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heraldry

The battles of 1471

Nov 6, 2014

battles, heraldry

“Arrivall of Edward IV”, Barnet, denialists, Earl of Oxford, Hector, Military tactics, Richard III, Tewkesbury

There were two major battles in England in 1471. The first was fought at Barnet on 14 April and the second at Tewkesbury on 4 May. Richard, the eighteen year-old Duke of Gloucester, was engaged in both and they were to form his first major campaign. We know that Gloucester led one wing of the…
One troll in particular

Oct 9, 2014

heraldry

denialists, Henry VII, John de la Pole, Lincoln Roll, Richard de la Pole, trolls

How “hard of understanding” are the denialists? We ask this because David Durose is displaying even more symptoms of the Cairo Syndrome. He repeats many of his claims in the teeth of the evidence and makes more, unsupported, claims. The “Lincoln Roll” cannot have pertained to the younger John de la Pole, Earl thereof, if…
The over-sensitivity of the Cairo-dwellers

Oct 2, 2014

heraldry, humour

“Princes”, denialists, John Ashdown-Hill, Lincoln Roll, Marie Barnfield

This time last week, we at Murrey and Blue saw a post trying make a very tenuous link between the “Lincoln Roll” (dating at least ten years after the Earl of Lincoln died”) and his cousins, Edward IV’s sons, suggesting that the Roll “proved” their deaths. We replied, correcting the poster on several points including:…
The “Lincoln Roll” and the desperate sandbagging of the Cairo residents

Oct 1, 2014

heraldry

“Perkin”, Canterbury, Catherine de Valois, denialists, Durose, Earl of Lincoln, Edmund de la Pole, Edward IV, Licence, Lincoln Roll, Parliament, Pavia, Richard de la Pole, Richard III, shrine, Thomas Penn

You have probably heard of the “Lincoln Roll”. It resides at the John Rylands Institute of the University of Manchester. It shows the strength of the de la Pole claim to the throne (John of Lincoln being of that family) and the weakness of the “Tudor” claim, having been featured in Dr. Thomas Penn’s BBC2…
Richard III’s ‘Armour’ at the New Leicester Visitor Centre

Jul 30, 2014

buildings, heraldry

armour, Leicester, museum display techniques, Richard III, Richard III Visitor Centre, Star Wars stormtrooper

I haven’t seen this for myself yet – but I’ve seen plenty of photographs and a good deal of huffing and puffing over the replica of Richard III’s suit of armour at the recently-opened Visitor Centre in Leicester. The bone of contention, (apart from the replica’s authenticity, on which I don’t feel qualified to comment),…
Henry Tudor to a T…?

Jun 20, 2014

heraldry

dragon, Henry Tudor, Tudor Pattern Book, VII, white rose

When I saw this dragon in the Tudor Pattern Book, I immediately thought of Henry Tudor. The dragon was green, so now he’s red, and has a white rose between his teeth. Seems like Henry to me.
The Buckingham Tiles

May 27, 2014

heraldry

badges, Buckingham, de Bohun, Stafford, Thomas of woodstock, Thornbury

These tiles were on display at the Richard III Exhibition in Gloucester, and I think they are very interesting. Thornbury Castle ended up in the hands of Jasper Tudor, who died there, I think. Not certain, so don’t take that as a statement of irrefutable fact. As the castle is still there (it’s a hotel)…