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The Bacon family and the Quaplode boar….

Jul 30, 2021

buildings, genealogy, heraldry, humour, religion

Bacon family, boars, Coddenham, Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, Lowestoft, Quaplode family, Shrubland Hall, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Whaplode, Whaplode Riots

As is natural, Ricardians are always interested in heraldry depicting boars. And one might expect a family named Bacon to sport a member of the family Suidae on its escutcheon. However, it seems the connection between Bacon and boars is not at the root of it:- “….You may think that the boar is a pun…
The man who eluded a Tudor charge of treason….!

Jul 9, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry, law

Arthur Viscount Lisle, Baron Dacre, fines, Henry VII, high treason, parsimony, Westminster Hall

William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre, did the miraculous….in the reign of Henry VIII he survived a charge of treason under the Tudors! Yes, really, like this case! He was exonerated on 9 July 1534. The link below gives 1535. “…Dacre was acquitted but as with all things Tudor there is a sting in the tale.…
The origins of the White Rose of York?

Jul 7, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, heraldry

Caroline Halsted, Clifford Castle, Fair Rosamund Clifford, Henry II, Mortimers, royal mistresses, Walter Clifford, white rose, Wye, Yorkists

According to Caroline Halstead in Richard III As Duke Of Gloucester And King of England, the White Rose derives from Clifford Castle (near Hay-on-Wye). It therefore came to the York family as part of their inheritance from the Mortimers, who had themselves inherited Clifford Castle. But why is Clifford Castle associated with a white rose?…
THE BOARS OF BARNARD CASTLE

Jun 27, 2021

buildings, heraldry, religion

Barnard Castle, boars, Bowes Museum, Northern Echo, St. Anthony

Many of us have visited Barnard Castle, one of the prime residences of Richard III when he was Duke of Gloucester, and gazed up at the eroded carving of a boar on the ceiling of the ruinous chamber that has a large window overlooking the river. (Richard clearly liked a scenic view!) However, there are…
Ralph, 3rd Baron Cromwell was unbelievably cruel and bullying to an innocent woman….

Jun 10, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry

abduction, Bartholomew Whitfield, Catley Abbey, Elizabeth Swillington, executions, Henry VI, lawsuits, Ralph Baron Cromwell, Tattershall Castle, Thomas Cromwell

Examples of the atrocious treatment meted to women “of property” by voracious, conscienceless men continue to flow, and this time the name Cromwell is to the fore. In the 1430s a certain Elizabeth Whitfield, née Swillington fell into the clutches of Ralph, 3rd Baron Cromwell, as follows: From this link :- “….Pa L 2: Extract…
My Tottering TBR: The Black Prince by Michael Jones

Jun 8, 2021

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, heraldry

Battle of Crécy, Before the second sleep, Edward of Woodstock, Jean II, Languedoc, Medieval, Michael Jones, Plantagenets, Poitiers, Richard II, The Black Prince

On this day in 1376, “the strenuous and warlike Prince departed to God. He died on Trinity Sunday, during the Great Parliament, and may God protect him, for he was the very flower of chivalry, without peer in this world.” — from the personal tribute to the Prince by military surgeon John Arderne* Our current…
Richard III: Coming Home – to the Yorkshire Museum….

Jun 1, 2021

archaeology, art, buildings, Events, heraldry

Coming Home, exhibitions, Middleham Jewel, National Portrait Gallery, portraits, Ryther Hoard, Stillingfleet boar badge, York, Yorkshire Museum

The following extract is from site this site, which concerns various attractions in York. I have picked out the paragraphs that apply paricularly to Richard III. “….The Yorkshire Museum, meanwhile, is scheduled to re-open in late July – by which time it will have been closed for 16 months, thanks to the Covid pandemic. “….It…
THE LOST CHAPEL OF THE PRINCE BISHOPS

Mar 20, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry, religion

Antony Bek, Archdeacon of York, Auckland Castle, banners, Barnard Castle, Battle of Neville’s Cross, chapels, Constable of the Tower, Crusades, david II, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Edward of Middleham, Farne Islands, Lincolnshire, Oxford, Patriarch of Jerusalem, prince bishops, Prior of Durham, Puritans, Richard III, saints, Scotland, Sir Arthur Heselrige, slighting, St. Cuthbert, statues, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle

Once upon a time, in the 13th century, in the grounds of Auckland Castle, there stood a mighty northern chapel that was almost as large as St George’s at Windsor and bigger than St Stephen’s Chapel at Westminster. The Prince-Archbishop Antony Bek was its founder, a man so powerful it was said by some that…
Was anyone Regent of England in 1360….?

Mar 10, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law, religion

Bishops of Lincoln, Canterbury Cathedral, Edward III, errata, flagstones, Henry of Lancaster, Hundred Years War, Jean II, John Buckingham, Kathryn Warner, regent, Thomas of woodstock, Treaty of Calais

John Bokyngham (or Buckingham; died 1399) was Bishop of Lincoln and was (according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bokyngham) “….appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1347 until 1350, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe in 1350 until 1353, Keeper of the (Household) Wardrobe in 1353 until 1357, and a Baron of the Exchequer in 1357 until 1360….” He was also “….keeper of the seal of Thomas, regent in England from March…
Edward III’s griffin instead of still more Tudor publicity….!

Mar 6, 2021

anniversaries, art, heraldry

coins, Edward III, griffin, Royal Mint

Here we have the Queen’s final beast in the silver and gold coin series. Well, a least it’s not another mangy Tudor creature this time! The usurpers probably pinched it somewhere along the line, but Edward III—a dazzling Plantagenet if ever there was one!—got there first.