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How did Henry VII find the tomb of King Arthur…?

Aug 15, 2017

anniversaries, religion

Arthur, Arthur “Tudor”, Battle of Bosworth, Brittany, Henry VIII, Silures, Sir William Stanley, St. Armel, Thomas Malory, Wales, Westminster Abbey

The following article is based on books by Chris Barber and David Pykitt, so I do not claim anything as my own work. The books are The Legacy of King Arthur and Journey to Avalon. It is also based on a third book by Chris Barber called King Arthur: The Mystery Unravelled, which contains more…
Whose spirit might be wandering Middleham Castle….?

Jul 27, 2017

buildings, religion

Devon, Holsworthy, Iona, Middleham, Old London Bridge, sacrifices, saints, St. Columba

St Columba may have been the founder of Iona, but he (apparently) had some rather odd views, including the need to banish women and cows from the island. He said—”Where there is a cow there is a woman, and where there is a woman there is mischief.” Like far too many men of God, his…
Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541 Loyalty Lineage and Leadership by Hazel Pierce.

May 27, 2017

anniversaries, Book Reviews, religion

Anne Boleyn, book review, Christchurch Priory, Earl of Southampton, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Hazel Pierce, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Human Shredder, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Sir Richard Pole, St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, Warblington Castle

Those looking for an in-depth assessment of the life of Margaret Pole need look no further. Hazel Pierce has more than adequately supplied it in her biography of Margaret – Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541 Loyalty Lineage and Leadership. Covering Margaret’s life from early childhood – orphaned at five years old, Margaret’s earlier needs…
A well-connected Archdeacon?

May 8, 2017

anniversaries, buildings, religion, travel

Archdeacons, Barrington Hall, Barringtons, Blythburgh, Cecily Duchess of York, Gatehouses, genealogy, Hatfield Broadoak, Ipswich, Sir Thomas Barrington, Staffords, Suffolk, Thomas Bourchier, William Pykenham, wills, Winifred Pole

As we said last year, late mediaeval prelates were often well-connected. Indeed, as this ODNB article shows, William Pykenham, Archdeacon of Suffolk, died some time in spring 1497, approximately sixty years after his father. His mother was Katherine Barrington, of the prominent Hatfield Broadoak family, which explains some of his appointments through her Bourchier and Stafford…
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge and its Royal Patrons

Apr 14, 2017

buildings, religion, travel

Anne Neville, Anne Sutton, bells, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Charles II, Christ’s College, churches, Easter, Edward III, Elizabeth Wydeville, Erasmus, Grey Friars, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, heraldry, Jewish community, John Fisher, King’s College Chapel Cambridge, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Margaret of Anjou, Martin Bucer, Mary I, Matthew Parker, Michaelhouse, Peasants’ Revolt, portcullis, Queens’ College Cambridge, Richard III, St. John’s College, Thomas Barowe, Thomas de Chiveley, Thomas Rotherham, tomb, Trinity College

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: ? ? ? In the very heart of historic Cambridge, stands a tall and elegant late Perpendicular Gothic church, sandwiched between the colleges and market square. The church of St Mary the Virgin has stood on the site since 1205; the first recorded rector being Thomas de Chiveley who was appointed…
Well, well – who was the real St Alkelda of Middleham….?

Mar 28, 2017

buildings, religion

Anglo-Saxons, anniversaries, churches, Giggleswick, Middleham, Richard III, saints, St. Alkelda

28th March is the Feast of St Alkelda, a lady who has two churches named after her, one in Middleham, the other in Giggleswick. That seems clear enough. BUT there does not appear to be a St Alkelda. “She” may even be a well, there being a theory that the name Alkelda derives from an old…
Merton Priory

Mar 8, 2017

buildings, religion, Science

archaeology, Dave Perry, Henry III, Henry VIII, Merton, Merton Priory, plans, Priories, Statute of Merton, Thomas Becket

Thanks to Dave Perry for drawing our attention to this video. Merton Priory was built in 1117 and dissolved in 1538 but plans are afoot to conserve its remains and renew the Chapter House.
No smoke without …

Dec 14, 2016

religion

anniversaries, de heretico comburendo, escapes, executions, French Civil Wars, Henry IV, Henry V, High Sheriffs, Lancastrians, Lollards, Owain Glyn Dwr, rebels, Savaronola, Sir John Oldcastle, Tower of London

Today in 1417, Sir John Olcastle was hanged and burned at Smithfield , as a leading Lollard and political rebel who had previously escaped from the Tower. He had been a High Sheriff of Herefordshire, an MP and a soldier under the Prince of Wales in Wales and France, all in Henry IV’s reign. One…
More reburials based around Richard’s service at Leicester….

Dec 9, 2016

archaeology, religion

Anglo-Saxons, burials, Leicester, Redcar

Richard III’s reburial service is to be adapted for more reburials, this time of Anglo-Saxon Christians-men, women and children-found at Kirkleatham, have been laid to rest at St Cuthbert’s, Redcar. http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anglo-saxon-christians-reburied-redcar-12218102
Thomas Langton: Richard III’s Character Witness

Nov 16, 2016

religion, Uncategorized

Archbishop of Canterbury, Bologna, Cambridge, Charles Ross, Charles VII, credibility, Croyland, Dockray, Dunbar, Henry VI, Italy, John Morton, John Rous, Lionel Woodville, Louis XI, Macenas, Oxford, Padua, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Salisbury, Scotland, Selling, St. David’s, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Langton, Thomas Rotherham, Wales, Westmorland, Winchester, wine, witnesses

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Amongst the glories of Winchester Cathedral, there is a chantry chapel of outstanding beauty and magnificence. The man who is buried there, and for whom the roof bosses provide a rebus clue, is Thomas Langton, who died of plague in 1501 only days after being elected by Henry VII as…