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12th Century description of ball lightning over the Thames near London….

Jun 7, 2022

anniversaries, religion, Science

ball lightning, Durham University, Gervase of Canterbury, monks, weather, witnesses

“….‘Gervase’s description of a white substance coming out of the dark cloud, falling as a spinning fiery sphere and then having some horizontal motion is very similar to historic and contemporary descriptions of ball lightning,’ Professor Tanner said in a Durham University press release…” Unfortunately there don’t seem to be any known medieval representations of…
WAS LAMBERT SIMNEL A TUDOR HOAX?

Jun 5, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, AF Pollard, age, Arthur “Tudor”, attainder, banquets, Barrie Williams, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of StokeStoke, Bermondsey Abbey, Bernard Andre, Book of Howth, Cheneygates, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Christopher Urswick, Coldridge, Convocation of Canterbury, coronations, council meeting, David Baldwin, Earl of Kildare, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gordon Smith, Harleian Manuscript, Henry VII, heralds, House of York, imprisonment, Ireland, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Morton, John Yonge, Lambeth Palace, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Michael Barrett, Michael Bennett, Old St. Paul’s, Oxford University, Piel Island., Polydore Vergil, Randolph Jones, re-legitimisation, Reginald Bray, revolutions, Richard Fox, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richmond Palace, Robert Markenfield, Robert Stillington, Sheen, Sheriff Hutton, Sir John Evans, T.B. Pugh, The Dublin King, The Heralds Memoir, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, titles, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486, treason, Wenceslaus Holler, Westminster Abbey, William Simmonds

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com ‘So rude a matter and so strange a thinge, As a boy in Dublin to be made a kinge..’ * Old St Paul’s where the tragic Edward Earl of Warwick was displayed in February 1487 and with ‘Lambert Simnel’ on the 8 July 1487. ‘Old St Paul’s Cathedral Seen…
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Oxford Castle and King Arthur

Jun 4, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion, sources

Arthur, Charles I, colleges, English Civil War, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Henry I, History of the Kings of Britain, Matilda, monastic life, Oxford Castle, Oxford Prison, Robert D’Oylly, Siege of Oxford, Stephen, The Anarchy

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: King Arthur at the beginning of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain BnF, Latin 8501A, f. 108v Geoffrey of Monmouth is thought to have been born between 1090 -1100 in Wales; possibly at Monmouth but no written evidence remains to verify this. Geoffrey also signed himself as…
When in 1485 did Richard III watch the Coventry Mystery Plays….?

Jun 2, 2022

anniversaries, battles, religion, travel

Battle of Bosworth, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Coventry, Coventry carol, Coventry plays, dates, Easter Sunday, Richard III, Trinity Sunday

According to this site, which is all about the play entitled the Coventry Carol, and details its history: “In Coventry — where Richard III attended plays shortly before he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field — the plays lasted for longer than in other cities.” Well, whatever he watched, it wasn’t the Coventry…
The Strange Reluctance to Accept Facts

May 31, 2022

anniversaries, law, religion, sources

“facts”, Anne of Bohemia, Barrie Williams, celibacy, Edward I, Elizabeth of York, evidence, fertility potions, Holy Spirit, Joann, Joanna, Llewellyn the Last, Manuel Duke of Beja, miscarriage, Portuguese archives, Richard II, Richard III, Welsh people

Much of history is simply interpretation. You can interpret events, and facts, in various ways. Often there is no absolute truth and the interpretation depends on the standpoint of the historian. For example, a passionate Welsh nationalist is likely to see the events of 1282 in a rather different light to the interpretation of an…
Richard II went berserk in Salisbury….?

May 29, 2022

anniversaries, law, religion, sources, television reviews

biographies, Carmelite friars, English Historical Review, Henry IV, Ireland, John Latimer, John of Gaunt, L.C. Hector, Lancastrian propaganda, Parliament, plots, Richard II, Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland, Salisbury, Sir John Clanvowe, torture, William Shakespeare

Richard III’s predecessor, Richard II, shares with him the injustice of being maligned through history. In Richard II’s case all we hear that he was a hysterical madman who was rightly removed from his throne (and this world) by his cousin Henry, Duke of Lancaster, who became Henry IV. All sorts of scenarios are…
THE MYSTERIOUS DUBLIN KING AND THE BATTLE OF STOKE

May 24, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, attainder, bastardy, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bishop of Meath, Coldridge, coronations, Dublin Cathedral, Earl of Kildare, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, falconry, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Duke of Clarence, Gordon Smith, Henry VII, heralds, Isobel Neville, Jasper “Tudor”, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Evans, John Strensham, John Tapton, John Taylour, kitchens, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, Minster Lovell, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Roger Harewell, Sheen, St. Edward’s Regalia, Stoke Field, The Dublin King, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus Regius, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901. Dublin, Ireland 24th May 1487. A young lad is crowned King of England and France and Lord of Ireland in Christ…
TWO ANGELS, TWO BUCKINGHAMS

May 22, 2022

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, religion, travel

Buckingham, Buckingham Museum, coaching inns, coins, corbels, crown, Dukes of Buckingham, Edward III, Edward IV, gold half-angel, Grantham, Great North Road, Knights Templar, Phillippa of Hainault, Richard III, Sir Isaac Newton, St. Michael, St. Wulfram, swan

A nice little pre-Christmas break took me to two towns of interest, Buckingham and Grantham. I wanted to see Buckingham museum which is currently hosting a Richard III display featuring the gold Half Angel found in the fields nearby. It was a nice little collection and the info panels were mercifully free of too many…
Not Russian to judgement?

May 18, 2022

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion

Catherine the Great, France, Georgia, Henry VIII, James VII/II, morganatic marriage, Nicholas II, Pauline rules, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Revolution, Salic Law, Useful Charts

So, having examined the succession to the English monarchy according to Henry VIII’s will and the British monarchy if James VII/II had not been ousted, what do “Useful Charts” make of Russia? First, a few points to note:1) Russia had a monarch as late as 1917, more recently than France (1871).2) The Russian Revolution, with…
ANOTHER PRECIOUS FIND TO ADD TO THE MIDDLEHAM JEWEL AND RING..

May 13, 2022

archaeology, art, buildings, religion, sources

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, British Museum, Calais, Cheapside, childbirth, Coverham Abbey, Dennington, East Park, esses, gold bible, goldsmiths, Henry IV, Isobel Neville, Jervaulx Abbey, John Cherry, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, London Bridge, Lord Bardolph, Middleham Jewel, Middleham Ring, Nevilles, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, St. Leonard, St. Margaret, Suffolk, Ted Seaton, York Museum

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Middleham Jewel, AD 1450-1500. Photo Anthony Chappel Ross, Courtesy York Museums Trust. Two metal detectorists have recently had a sumptous litte find. A tiny gold bible beautifully engraved. Which is great. But what makes their find super great is that it is yet another discovery made near the remains…