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The de Courcy Matter, Part II: The French side of the story….
Azincourt, Castile, Charles VI, Chronique de la traison et mort de Richard Deux Roy Dengleterre, deanery of st george, Edward III, Enguerrand VII de Coucy, Flanders, France, governesses, Henry IV, Ireland, Isabeau of Bavaria, Isabelle de Valois, jewel theft, Kathryn Warner, Lancastrian propaganda, Lancastrians, marguerite lady de coucy, master pol, Milford Haven, Order of the Garter, pensions, Richard II, Scotland, sir philip de la vache, The Chronicle of Jean Creton, usurpers, Wallingford, William Scrope, Windsor CastleI hope that by the time you read this article you will already have visited yesterday’s Part I, which relates the English version of Marguerite de Courcy’s return to France. She left England under the cloud of having lived far too high a life for a governess and of stealing some English royal jewels. These…
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Sir Edmund Shaa – Cheshire’s Answer to Dick Whittington.
apprentices, Calais, Cheshire, Crowden, edmund shaa, Edward IV, goldsmiths, Greater Manchester, john shaa, Knights, London, Lord Mayors of London, moneylenders, mottram-in-longdendale, Royal Mint, sheriff of london, St. James, st. thomas of acre, stockport, Tower of London, wills, woodhead, YorkshireEdmund Shaa was born in about 1436, reputedly in Mottram-in-Longdendale, which was then in Cheshire. He was the son of John Shaa ‘of Dukinfield’ who was, it appears, a yeoman. ‘Shaa’ is the medieval version of the surname ‘Shaw’. Many of the name ‘Shaw’ can still be found in the general area of Greater Manchester…
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, if you’re looking for something exciting to do and are in the vicinity of Leicester on Saturday, 20 April, 2024, there’s to be a grand celebration of St George’s Day. Saturdays aren’t always conveniently placed on anniversaries, so the 20th is the closest one! To quote from this site City gets…
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In 1386, when Richard II was on the throne, there was invasion panic in England. The French were gathering a huge fleet to cross the Channel in order to swarm over the counties of the southeast, which then as now, were most convenient to European shores, as well as being closest to London. It was…
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The fenland around Peterborough is a liminal place, a world of still, deep water, rustling reeds, flat land and a big sky. A place full old legends of the Lantern Man and the Toad Man and the spectral dogs known as Black Shuck. A place full of memories, of hidden secrets… In 1999, a major…
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This article explains how the site of the C12 castle in Sheffield, where Mary Stuart was held but which has been lost since partial demolition and decay in the 1640s, is being explored by organisations including Keltbray, after previous work by Wessex Archaeology from 2018. The area, now known as Castlegate, includes the confluence of…
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I find this story quite discomforting. Just the thought that merely crossing your living room might result in falling through the floor into a 15th-century well is enough to give me the shivers. Mind you, if I noticed a dip in the floor I’d have had it inspected a little more promptly than the ten…
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An item on another group, concerning the Southwark palace of the Bishops of Winchester, set me looking for more information. I knew where the palace was, of course, and who the “Winchester geese” were! You can read about them here. Almost all the links about the palace that turn up in an online search are…
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When we think of Cambridge we’re inclined to think of its university, not its castle. But Cambridge did indeed have large castle, of which only the mound remains today. It was first built in 1068, so the Conqueror deemed Cambridge important enough to take care of very quickly after his invasion. As you will read…
