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The Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie – Kings of England????? They may have aspired to the throne, but never won it. There are others in this article who were NOT Kings of England. Or Kings of Anywhere Else. But the article is interesting…it should simply have a different title.
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Panorama of Old London. The Old Bridge stood to the west of the new one. https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/inspiration/shakespeares-london/. Of course Shakespearean London is post Ricardian but most of the streets and buildings covered in this interesting article would have been there in Richard’s time. For anyone visiting London, this article would be an excellent referral point…
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The following paragraph is extracted from the Rye Museum :- “….The river (which we know as the Rother) made its way south east from Appledore across the marsh to an outfall into the sea at New Romney; by the 12th century this marsh river was converted into a canal 6 miles (9.7 km) long to…
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The Inspirational Borders and Lothians
A History of Scotland, Alexander III, borders, Borders Railway, Borders towns, David Hume, Donald Bain, Douglas Haig, Dukes of Roxburghe, Earls of Lauderdale, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edith of Scotland, Floors Castle, guns, Henry I, Holyrood Palace, Honours of Scotland, Hume statue, James II holly, James V, James VII/II, Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Kelso, Leith, Malcolm III, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Queen of Scots’ House, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Melrose RFC, Neil Oliver, North Bridge, Ocean Terminal, Princes Street, rebellions, Richard III, River Tweed, Ronnie Corbett, Roxburgh Castle, Royal Mile, Royal Yacht Britannia, rugby clubs, Scotland, Scott Memorial, Scott’s View, Scottish campaign 1482, siege of Roxburgh, Sir Walter Scott, Skirmish Hill, St. Giles’ Cathedral, St. Margaret of Wessex, St. Margaret’s Chapel, Thirlstane, Tweedbank Station, Waverley Station, whiskyvia The Inspirational Borders and Lothians
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St Stephen’s Westminster – Chapel to Kings and Queens..
1834 fire, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, British Museum, Edward VI, Eleanor Crosses, Ernest William Tristram, House of Commons, Michael of Canterbury, Oliver Cromwell, Phillippa of Hainault, Reformation, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Richard Smirke, Rous Roll, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Roy Strong, St. Mary Undercroft, St. Stephen’s WestminsterUPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/st-stephens-westminster-chapel-to-kings-and-queens/ Reconstruction of a Medieval Painting from St Stephen’s Chapel. Possibly Queen Philippa with her daughter. Ernest William Tristram c.1927. Worked from original drawings made by the antiquarian Richard Smirke 1800-1811 before the fire of 1834. Society of Antiquities. Parliamentary Art Collection St Stephen’s was the medieval…
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“….history buffs are set for a ‘rip-roaring tumble’ through the sexual exploits of Britain’s most infamous royal family. “The sexual exploits of the Tudors will be exposed at a special buffet and lecture, which will take guests back in time to hear about the sex lives of the English and Welsh during their reign. “The…
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An unexpected conclusion
Amsterdam, Andalucia, Antiques Roadshow, Balding, BBC1, Bevis Marks synagogue, British Army, builders, conversos, Danny Dyer, Edward I, executions, fencing, First World War, football, Frank Gardner, heresy, Jewish community, Mark Smith, Mark Wright, Mediterranean complexion, namesakes, Oliver Cromwell, Sephardic Jews, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, theft, Who do you think you are?Who do you think you are? is always an interesting programme and is disappointing to see only eight episodes in the series. In the past, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Frank Gardner, Danny Dyer and Clare Balding have all been revealed as proven descendants of Edward I. That has not happened in 2019 and few lines have…
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Well, while researching the Painted Chamber of Westminster Palace, with particular reference to the “Good Parliament” of 1376, I couldn’t help imagining today’s House of Commons faced, not with someone like John Bercow (whose birthday it is today and is quite short with a head), but Edward the First! Can you just imagine old…
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Victorian William Flint was a Leicester architect who “…had a hand in many other projects, including significant alterations to New Walk Museum, St Mary de Castro Church and the first Richard III stone on Bow Bridge…” Now there is a book all about him by Mark Mitchley. To read more, go to this article.
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