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“….Sir Thomas Markenfield was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1484 and fought on the side of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth….” When it comes to the great old houses/castles of Britain, a lot have links to Richard III. Markenfield Hall in Yorkshire is one such. The Sir Thomas Marlenfeld in the quote above…
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We always bunch the participants in the Peasants’ Revolt together as something akin to Bulwer-Lytton’s great unwashed . But were they the great unwashed? No, according to new research. (See https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-peasants-of-the-1381-peasants-revolt-new-database-has-answers-278011.) Many of them were almost wealthy by 14th-century standards, and women played a great part in what happened. What they didn’t have was armour!…
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Job Opportunity! 🙌 Join our team… 👉 We’re hiring ahead of another fantastic summer at Rievaulx Abbey. You’ll be part of our amazing team of employees and volunteers, ensuring visitors have a great time from the moment they arrive until they say goodbye. This could include talking about the benefits of English Heritage membership, or…
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Heads up, ladies and gentlemen:- “….The Ancient High House in Stafford is the setting for the insight into the king’s life on Saturday, May 9, from 4.30pm to 5.30pm….Titled ‘Richard III & Shakespeare’, the event will be led by acclaimed historian and author Matt Lewis…..” To read more, please go to this link: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sentinel/20260410/281891599838394 The…
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reblogged from a Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Evocative Minster Lovell at sunset. Photo with thanks to Colin Whitaker Part One of this two part post covered the early life of Francis Viscount Lovell. We left Francis at the Coronation of his childhood friend – now his king – Richard III on the 6 July 1483. Due to time…
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Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Francis Viscount Lovell’s Stall Plate, St Georges Chapel, Windsor. Image thanks to the Heraldry Society: ‘Francis Viscount Lovell & de holand Burnett deynccort & Grey.’ Note also the silver fox and the mantling strewn with another Lovell badge, padlocks. Another of the enduring mysteries from the period now known…
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Last month we published a post on the top fifty Ricardian fiction books and now we look at the top non- fiction ones. I wasn’t surprised at the top few of these. Number one was the classic biography of Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall. It flows like a novel and isn’t the usual…
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Give this anti-Richard tosh a miss: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10-truths-that-explain-why-richard-iii-is-still-so-hated/ss-AA1HYsu4?ocid=HPDHP17#image=1. I don’t know anything about the author except that he’s written a smugly and deliberately inaccurate article that purports to tell ten “truths” about Richard III. All this article proves is that its writer is a Silly Smart Arse who isn’t even on nodding acquaintance with the truth.…
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The cathedral is dim and quiet, the early-morning hush broken only by the faint hum of machinery being tested near the chancel. A group of tech consultants in matching polo shirts bustle around a tall, coffin-shaped metal frame draped in a dust sheet. Richard and Anne drift in through the north transept, mid-conversation. “I’m telling…
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A Taste of Loyalty will be showing at The Bedford Independant Film Festival on the 12th of April at 12:40 in the Historical Category.This is just the beginning.Click the link to grab your film festival tickets! https://quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows?tags=bedfordfilmfest
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