religion
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What on earth did the archbishop say to Edward III about Queen Philippa….?
Antwerp, Archbishop of Canterbury, Battle of Sluys, Blanche of the Tower, burghers of Calais, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Ghent, House of Lancaster, Ian Mortimer, john de stratford, John of Gaunt, Kathryn Warner, Lionel of Antwerp, Phillippa of Hainault, possible infidelity, siege of Tournoi, Tournai, treaty of esplechin, Westminster AbbeyWe have all probably heard the story of John of Gaunt being an illegitimate commoner because he was swapped at birth for a royal baby girl who died when the queen “overlay” her in bed. Only a boy from the town of Ghent could be found as a replacement. So there was no royal blood…
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“….March 1486….Henry VII went on [his first] Progress….Elizabeth of York went with Henry on a progress to the north of England. They were accompanied by 200 bowmen. Henry wanted to show the north of England that he was secure in London which he hoped would put off any would be Yorkist pretender to the throne.…
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The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was undoubtedly a huge milestone in English history, and it has been written about many, many times. But now there is a new three-video series from historyhit.com, featuring Matt Lewis. You can view the first video here, as well as read all about the background to the great uprising.…
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My research sometimes turns up something that makes me smile. This time it happened because I want to know exactly when the two branches of the River Tyburn that enter the Thames at Westminster (and thus formed Thorney Island) were actually covered over. The abbey and palace at Westminster once stood upon this island, of…
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The Battle of Towton took place on the 29th of March1461 on an open field between the villages of Towton and Saxton in North Yorkshire on Palm Sunday. The battle took place during a snow storm and is believed to be the largest and bloodiest battle to be fought on English soil. The battle was…
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Maryann Benbow has blogged extensively here on the death of Edward IV and the Wydeville Plot that followed. The golden gander had passed away early that spring. We don’t know conclusively how or precisely when, but the events surrounding it and the effects upon Edward V’s reign and family are covered in five posts.
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Carson on the Beaufort Legitimation
“Lancastrian”, 1397 charter, adultery, bigamy, bishop edmund stafford, Blanche of Lancaster, Boniface IX, Calendar of Papal Register, canon law, civil law, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, excepta dignitate regali, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Joan “Beaufort”, John Earl of Somerset, John of Gaunt, Katherine de Roët, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, laws of inheritance, legitimisation, letters patent, Parliamentary Roll, Richard II, Thomas Duke of ExeterHere is Annette Carson‘s investigation into the legal background behind the legitimation of the four Beauforts, a case with obvious implications for 1483 and the succession but some differences as well. Indeed, to what extent did Henry IV, with four healthy sons and two fit daughters want his half-siblings to be among his heirs?
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… brought to you by Alex Marchant‘s The Order of the White Boar … Here, Wendy Johnson, one of the Finding Richard team discusses applying her accrued background knowledge to writing her first novel.
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