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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
“Perkin”, Anne Mowbray, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Dukes of Norfolk, Dukes of York, Earl of Nottingham, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Garden Tower, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Ludlow Castle, Mowbray estates, Polydore Vergil, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Shrewsbury, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas More, Three Estates, William Lord BerkeleyRichard Shrewsbury Duke of York was the second son of King Edward IV. We don’t know a lot about him because he was not the heir to the throne but notwithstanding this, he is one of the most investigated historical characters being him one of the well known “Princes” in the Tower. We have not…
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Ah, how we all love to hope that one day some vital documents pertaining to Richard III will turn up…in an old, old chest in a long-forgotten corner of an undercroft…or at the top of an ivy-covered tower with a spiral staircase so dangerous it’s dodgy to even breathe near it! Or, as in this…
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On April 9 of 1445, a determined fifteen-year-old French girl arrived at Southampton. She had been ill before her departure and seasickness from the crossing added to her discomfort. Nonetheless, she ploughed on further inland with her entourage toward the house of the Premonstratensians at Titchfield in Hampshire. Whether she looked forward to the journey…
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As we approach the holidays, I am flipping through at least fifty English cookbooks to get the lowdown on Simnel Cake. I know that it has long been associated with both Mothering Sunday (similar to North America’s Mother’s Day) and the Easter season. Nevertheless, it is a relatively simple fruitcake, covered in the usual marzipan…
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Not so long ago, I visited Westminster Abbey. As I gazed through the bars at the large, gilded, virtually glowing bling tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, I began to chuckle. People must have thought I was mad (or should that be madder?) There in the back of the chubby cherub right next…
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EDWARD OF MIDDLEHAM ‘SON TO KYNG RICHARD’ & THE MYSTERIOUS SHERIFF HUTTON MONUMENT
AJ Pollard, Anne Neville, Anne Sutton, Beaucham Pageant, burial mystery, cenotaphs, costume, Coverham Abbey, Edward of Middleham, hairstyles, Henry V, Jane Crease, Jervaulx Abbey, John Neville, John Rous, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Middleham, monuments, Nottingham Castle, Peter Hammond, Pontefract Castle, pudding basin, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Neville, Rhoda Edwards, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Robert Glove, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, Society of Antiquaries, Somerset Herald, St. Mary and St. Akelda, The Children of Richard III, York MinsterReblogged from sparkypus.com Edward of Middleham from the Beauchamp Pageant. Described as ‘Edward Plantagenet, son to Kyng Richard’ Its often been written that, along with so many children of the times he lived in, even those of the nobility, not a lot is known about Richard III and Anne Neville’s small son Edward. There is…
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Bamburgh Castle is a site with a long, frequently dramatic history. A wooden Saxon fortress built by Ida the Flame-bearer, a place frequented by saints such as Oswald and Aidan, a seemingly impregnable fortress attacked by William Rufus with his siege castle ‘Evil Neighbour’, and the first English castle to fall to cannon-fire, when Warwick…
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Did ANYONE do the dirty deed in the Tower….?
“Perkin”, “Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Cicely Plantagenet, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executed women, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jack the Ripper, Jane Shore, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Patricia Cornwell, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, royal apartments, Sir James Tyrrell, Stanleys, Talbots, Tower of London, Tyrrell “confession”, Viscount Welles, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesIf you go to this link this article you’ll find an interesting if challengeable article about “Perkin Warbeck” and whether he could or could not have been Richard of Shrewsbury. Well, there were enough people who thought he was, and to make Henry Tudor’s existence thoroughly miserable. Pleasant thought. The article also discussed who might…
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