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I have written before about the various medieval monarchs who visited Exeter, and about some of the sites and other goodies that can be seen there. (https://murreyandblue.org/2024/10/17/richard-iii-edward-iv-george-of-clarence-warwick-the-kingmaker-and-henrys-vi-and-vii-all-went-to-exeter-but-not-at-the-same-time/ and I mentioned the wax votive offerings and effigies discovered when wartime bombing at the cathedral affected the tomb of Bishop Edmund Lacy (circa 1370-1455). The unique wax…
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Oh, lord, I didn’t know we and the Irish Republic are locking horns over two rare bronze Henry VIII cannon taken from a wreck that was apparently lying off Waterford on the Irish coast. Under Irish law, the cannon belong to them and so were taken illegally. The cannon have been on display at the…
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Many—maybe even most—of you will know the majority of medieval words at a glance, but I still need to stop and think about far too many….and then I have search in a suitable dictionary. So here are some of the sources I turn to. I know there are a lot more:- And here is an…
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The Scone Palace of today is described as follows: “….Set in spreading parkland on the River Tay about two miles north of the centre of Perth, the present building is almost entirely the creation of the architect William Atkinson working for the Earl of Mansfield between 1803 and 1812….According to the Chronicle of the Kings of…
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As you may have gathered by now, I have done a lot of poking around (ahem, research 🙄) concerning Westenhanger Castle in Kent.(1) My concern has been what went on there in the late 14th century.(2) Well, there are times when the Internet is a double-edged sword for an amateur in search of accurate history.…
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Was Henry VIII the sole guilty party in his marriage to Katherine of Aragon….?
“The King’s Great Matter”, 17th Earl of Warwick, Anne Boleyn, Bessie Bount, Catholic Monarchs, Catholicism, Church of Englad, Edward IV, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, Extreme religious devotions, Ferdinand and Isabella, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, infertility, Jane Seymour, John of Gloucester, Katherine of Aragon, Lord Privy Seal, Ludlow, Mary Boleyn, Perkin Warbeck, Philip II of Spain, Pope Clement VII, Pope Julius II, Post-partum infections, Prince Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Prohibited degree, Protestantism, Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester, Spanish Armada, Spanish Inquisition, Ten Commandments, The ReformationJust look at the above portrait of Katherine/Catherine/Catalina of Aragon (https://tinyurl.com/3auwsmsf). This is her in 1502-1509, between losing her first husband, Prince Arthur (Tudor), (https://tinyurl.com/53n9mbd6) and marrying his younger brother, who had by then been King Henry VIII for about a month, (https://www.royal.uk/henry-viii). She and Prince Arthur had wed in November 1501, when he was…
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Here’s a smile for New Year’s Eve. Was it ever a 15th century mode—even for as briefly as a month—for men to, um, stick their bottoms out for the sake of fashion….? Look at the two gents talking lower centre in the image above. Are they or are they not adopting a stance that ensures…
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OK, before another word I will confess to the “sin” of pouncing on a remark spotted at random online. The site in question is https://queryblog.tudorhistory.org/2010/08/question-from-aoife-other-queens.html, the subject witchcraft in high places, and the point that caught my eyes concerned Bishop/Archbishop/Cardinal John Morton’s apparent little sideline: “….Margaret Beaufort’s pal was John Morton, alleged to have been…
