buildings

Finding my way around medieval Vienna….

Mar 28, 2022

buildings

Danube, Meldeman map, past maps, Richard II, Vienna

Reading old maps isn’t the easiest of things, but at least you stand a fair chance of finding your way around them if you know the general layout of the place they cover. Now, I don’t know anything about medieval Vienna, and have been endeavouring to find my way around it. In detail. So I…
The builders of Stonehenge liked sweet things….

Mar 27, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, culture

bees, builders, Food, mammoths, salads, Stonehenge, sweets

I have to say this. Why are we always taken aback to discover that our ancient forebears ate more than raw mammoth steaks garnished with grass and leaves? From this article it seems they probably liked sweeter things too. Well, what a surprise! Gosh, who’d have thought it? 😲 Presumably bees hadn’t been invented.
Richard III university team now find a Roman mosaic….

Mar 26, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, art, battles, buildings, religion

Achilles, Greek myths, Leicester cathedral, Leicester University, mosaic tiles, Rutland, Trojan War, Yahoo news

“….This undated photo issued on Thursday Nov. 25, 2021 by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services shows a Roman mosaic unique to Britain and depicting one of the most famous battles of the Trojan War. Nearly a decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park near Leicester Cathedral,…
An interesting magazine I missed….

Mar 25, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Events, religion, Science

Current Archaeology, Leicester cathedral, magazines, Richard III, Richard III reburial

When the remains of Richard III were sought and then discovered, A magazine entitled Current Archaeology covered it prominently on a number of occasions: “….Current Archaeology reported on the unfolding story in detail, with no fewer than three ‘cover’ features, in CA 272, CA 277, and CA 294 (November 2012, April 2013, and September…
Calais – a bed of Tudor roses for Anne Boleyn….?

Mar 24, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, travel

Anne Boleyn, Calais, Captain of Calais, executed women, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VIII, Isabel Neville, John of Gloucester, marriage law, Richard of Warwick, Riichard III

Calais was at one time English territory, and Richard III made his son John of Gloucester the Captain of Calais. John was as ill-fated as his father. Further back, Warwick (the “Kingmaker”) was another Captain, and in 1469 his elder daughter Isabel was married there to Richard’s older brother George, Duke of Clarence. The…
Medieval tombs weren’t commenced at the time of death….

Mar 20, 2022

anniversaries, art, buildings, religion

Blanche of Lancaster, Canterbury Cathedral, Edward Despenser, Edward of Woodstock, Great Fire of London, Henry IV, John of Gaunt, London, Mary de Bohun, Old St. Paul’s, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard II, royal tombs, Tewkesbury Abbey

According to this article about the tomb of Edward of Woodstock, the “Black Prince”, at Canterbury: “….The study also re-dates the effigy to a decade after Edward’s death, suggesting that although Richard II faithfully followed his father’s instructions, it did not happen immediately….” Perhaps it should be remembered that Richard II was only ten…
Joanna Fitzalan, Lady of Abergavenny

Mar 18, 2022

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, sources

Abergavenny Castle, Adam of Usk, Azincourt, Constance of York, Edward Duke of York, executions, House of Lords, Isabel le Despenser, Joanna Fitzalan, King’s Council, life jointure, Owain Glyn Dwr, Richard Earl of Arundel, Richard Earl of Worcester, Richard II, Thomas Earl of Gloucester, William Beauchamp Lord Bergavenny

Joanna was the daughter of that Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, who was executed by Richard II in 1397. In 1392, when she was about 17, she was married to William Beauchamp, Lord Bergavenny, younger brother of the Earl of Warwick, who was 55. They had a son, Richard, who eventually became Earl of Worcester,…
One of the medieval knights who lived to be a centenarian….

Mar 15, 2022

art, buildings, heraldry, law, religion

arms, Bolton Abbey, Crediton, Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, Garter stalls, Grosvenors, heraldic disputes, Scrope/ Grosvenor case, Scropes of Bolton, Sir John Chydioke, Sir John de Sully, Sir Richard le Scrope, Sir Robert Grosvenor

We are inclined to think people in the medieval period didn’t live very long compared with this present age. Well, perhaps the very poor died younger, but those from the higher echelons were as likely as us to live on I to very old age. Proof of this can be found in the records…
The Sisters Neville – Isobel, Duchess of Clarence and Queen Anne Neville, Daughters to the Kingmaker.

Mar 14, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

alcohol, Amboise Cathedral, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Barnet, Baynard’s Castle, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, bigamy, Calais, Clarence Vault, Crowland Chronicle, dispensations, Edgecote, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Henry VI, Hicks, Honfleur, illegitimacy, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Lord Wenlock, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, King’s Lynn, l’Erber, Lincolnshire rebellion, Louis XI, loyalty, Luton Guild Book, Margaret of Anjou, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, royal marriages, Sir John Woodville, Sir Robert Welles, Southampton, St. Martin le Grand, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Tony Pollard, Tower of London, Warwick Castle

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Warwick Castle birthplace of both the Neville sisters. Photo with thanks to Scotty Rae @Flkr. Richard Neville and Anne Beauchamp, Earl and Countess of Warwick had in their long marriage just two daughters. If there were any initial disappointment about that there was always Plan B, that illustrious marriages could…
The joys of rubbish in medieval London….

Mar 12, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, culture, religion

Calendar of Close Rolls, London, Richard II, rubbish, seagulls, Tower of London, Westminster, Winchester

Oh dear, just as we start imagining the romantic, colourful side of life in medieval London, we’re obliged to consider the other side of that particular coin. My trawlings through the Close Rolls and Richard II brought me to the following entry for 12 March 1393: “….To the bailiffs of Westminster of the abbot of…