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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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With thanks to Ian Churchward Here is a report from the Crediton Courier about the rededication ceremony at St Matthew’s Church in Coldridge: More than 170 people attended from across the UK, the day beginning with the Act of Re-Dedication Service which was performed by Rev Jo Stobart, the Bishop of Exeter’s Chaplain, assisted by…
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Well, the new extension to Leicester Cathedral will open next month (Saturday 14 June), see https://shorturl.at/85uxK. I wasn’t impressed when I saw the early “artist’s impression” (although I was remarkably restrained in a previous post https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2017/12/15/a-new-extension-for-leicester-cathedral-thanks-to-richard/ Not like me at all! 🙄) Now the horrible thing, started in 2021, has been finished and I’m…
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The Edward V Window at Coldridge church is to be re-dedicated by the Bishop of Exeter….
Coldridge, Coldridge Devon, Edward V, Edward V Window, Holywell Glass Wells Somerset, Ian Churchdown and the Legendary Ten Seconds, John Ashdown-Hill, John Dike, John Evans Coldridge, Philippa Langley MBE, Princes in the Tower, Richard III, Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison Bishop of Exeter, Rosemary Griggs, Service of Re-Dedication, St Matthew’s Church ColdridgeThere cannot be many Ricardians and general supporters of the Yorkist side in the Wars of the Roses who don’t know about the window discovered at St Matthew’s Church, Coldridge in Devon. “….THE Edward V Window in the chantry of St Matthew’s Church at Coldridge is a focal point of the mystery that surrounds the…
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See “King Richard III” give a talk in Stamford, Lincolnshire….
There is a wonderful 550-year-old hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and it is there due to the 1475 generosity of wealthy wool merchant William Browne and his wife. It was granted a charter by Richard III, not long before the king’s tragic death at the Battle of Bosworth. “….British Museum curator Dr Gareth Williams is helping…
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This year, 2025, it was the ten-year anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. My friend and I went to Leicester to experience some of the festivities and took the opportunity to visit Fotheringhay, about an hour’s drive from Leicester. This, of course, was the birthplace of Richard as well as the…
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Those of you who watch ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, might remember that Danny Dyer found out he was descended from Edward III and later, in ‘Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family’ he explored some of the other regal ancestors he had. One of these was Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis.…
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The Angel & Royal has its blue plaque at last….!
Angel & Royal Inn Grantham, Battle of Bosworth, blue plaque, Buckingham’s Rebellion 1483, Elizabeth of York, Great Seal, Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Henry Tudor – Henry VII, House of Lancaster, House of York, Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford, Margaret Beaufort mother of Henry VII, Richard III, Richard III Society, Wars of the RosesWe first posted about a blue plaque for the Angel & Royal Inn back in October 2021 (see https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2021/10/19/a-blue-plaque-for-the-angel-royal/). Well, at last that blue plaque has become fact. The plaque (see in detail at the end of this article) is in place and very impressive it is too….if long overdue! It is there thanks to…
The New Murrey and Blue blog 