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Following Philippa Langley’s successful visit to Malvern a few weeks ago, the Malvern Community Partnership has arranged a coach trip to St Matthew’s Church, Coldridge in Devon on Thursday, 25 September. Those who are interested in the history of Richard III and the “Princes in the Tower” will want to see the all-important stained-glass window…
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If you go to this link https://tinyurl.com/5y5j2fwy you’ll read that after a number of failed negotiations in the past, Britain is at last to be entrusted with the Bayeux Tapestry. Not for good—Heaven forfend!—but on loan, and in return we are lending France the wonderful Sutton Hoo treasures. (Can they be trusted with our treasures,…
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A story by Rod Minchin of the Independent says: Rare medieval music, discovered within a 15th-century book, will resonate through Buckland Abbey in Devon this August, bringing the sound of monks back for the first time in 500 years. The “plaintive” melodies will be performed to mark the book’s return to the abbey, a place…
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Apparently, according to Copinger’s Manors of Suffolk, Richard of Gloucester, who later became Richard III, was Lord of the Manor of Lavenham from 1473 until his death in 1485. He may possibly have been made Lord of the Manors of Lavenham on the execution of the 12th Earl of Oxford in 1462, but have then…
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This is the eighth You Tube video that the Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long. This is the eighth one:
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Archaeology Today reports that the remains of St Leonard’s, a medieval hospital, have been discovered while repairing a sink hole in York. It dates from the 12th or 13th centuries and wasn’t destroyed until H8 got his hands on it during the Reformation, so Richard III would certainly have known of it. Read more about…
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6th July was the date of Richard III and Anne’s coronation. English Heritage is celebrating with the Richard III Festival at Middleham Castle on the weekend of 5th – 6th July. Here is a link with more information: Richard III Festival
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Receiving the following link, https://shorturl.at/b4f00, has prompted me to express my view on this matter. Why am I not surprised that those in charge at the Tower of London “politely decline” to mention Philippa Langley’s research which has produced definitive documentary proof that the two boys in the Tower lived to adulthood? Why? Because the…
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This is the seventh You Tube video that the Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long. This is the seventh one:
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