Richard III
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This is a new research paper about the popular perceptions of Richard III, by Olga Prokopis. It’s titled Un-disabling the King: Richard III and the ‘New Evidence’. It investigates the popular perceptions about him, the reasons for them and whether they are true, going on to address the new, equally false narratives, but the title…
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“The Pretender” takes the same-old attitude to Richard III….
Oh dear… “….The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III [who has murdered the boys in the Tower] is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan [to be Lambert Simnel, the…
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Ricardians know Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel The Daughter of Time too well by now for me to go into its plot too deeply. Suffice it that this was a landmark publication for the reputation of Richard III, whose name is cleared brilliantly by Tey’s hero, Alan Grant, a Scotland Yard police inspector who is laid…
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Above is an interesting if brief illustration of livery colours from the Wars of the Roses. Not everyone’s there, of course, e.g. the Earl of Lincoln, but it’s interesting all the same. Found on Pinterest. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/9d/ed/b49ded7f38199dad2bc3f46a87b7a464.png I have also found a much longer but unillustrated list of livery colours at http://www.theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=391439, as follows:Edward Neville, Lord…
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See “King Richard III” give a talk in Stamford, Lincolnshire….
There is a wonderful 550-year-old hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and it is there due to the 1475 generosity of wealthy wool merchant William Browne and his wife. It was granted a charter by Richard III, not long before the king’s tragic death at the Battle of Bosworth. “….British Museum curator Dr Gareth Williams is helping…
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This is the fifth You Tube video that the Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long. This is the fifth one:
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Here is a review of the latest album from The Legendary Ten Seconds ‘A Ricardian Argosy’, which will be available in May. Bonus tracks available on Bandcamp: All in all this is very polished album, with a good mix of remixes of old favourites and new offerings. I especially like the electronic aspects of some…
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This year, 2025, it was the ten-year anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. My friend and I went to Leicester to experience some of the festivities and took the opportunity to visit Fotheringhay, about an hour’s drive from Leicester. This, of course, was the birthplace of Richard as well as the…
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Those of you who watch ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, might remember that Danny Dyer found out he was descended from Edward III and later, in ‘Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family’ he explored some of the other regal ancestors he had. One of these was Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis.…
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Saint George was one of the saints depicted on the Middleham Jewel, which probably belonged to either his wife, Anne Neville, his sister-in-law, Isabel Neville, or his mother-in-law, Anne Beauchamp (or possibly all three at different times). Saint George became the patron saint of England during the 13th century. Before that, Saint Edmund the Martyr…
