Richard III
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The 15th century tower of St Nicholas’s Church, Canewdon, rises on high ground. Legend has it that while the tower stands tall and firm, six witches will be found living in Canewdon village, three in silk and three in cotton (i.e. three rich and three poor). It is said that every time a stone falls…
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By Susan Lamb. Richard was going for a nice quiet walk… until it was not. Richard slipped out of the peace of the cathedral for a rare moment of solitude. The gardens were quiet, the early spring air crisp, and his statue was standing in its usual heroic pose — the one he privately thought made…
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There are actually very few ‘English’ names that originally arise from Old English / Anglo Saxon. My own comes from the bible, so Hebrew, and is the feminine form of John, which means ‘God is gracious’. What about Richard? As a name it has been popular here for centuries (if not in the Royal family),…
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I’m writing this because of the article you’ll find at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/5vrc3c6z. Yet again there is a certain economy with the truth where Richard II is concerned. Because of this, we may not know much about Wat Tyler, one of the leaders of the so-called Peasants’ Revolt, but we sure as heck know…
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The wonderful Richard III Middleham Festival is now approaching! The Yorkshire Branch is hosting all presentations on Saturday 4th July and tickets are still available for seats in Richard’s Collegiate Church of St Mary & St Alkelda. See poster below: All the presentations are ticketed and tickets may be obtained electronically from rgm@dockroyd.co.uk. The Richard III Society…
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Ian Churchward’s Blog 24th May 2026 On Monday afternoon The Legendary Ten Seconds played a set of Ricardian songs at Waldon Point, St Luke’s Road South in Torquay. I sang and played the guitar, Elaine sang and Lord Zarquon played his Memotron keyboard. Elaine sang the lead vocals on King in the Car Park…
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By Susan Lamb Richard was feeling very bored and restless. A medieval ghost-king in a cathedral is never a good thing, especially when he’s bored. The congregation left their coats and hats neatly on the pews while they were rehearsing songs for an event in the local home for the bewildered and lost. Richard drifted…
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In February 2026, as you may recall, several of us resigned our directorships of the Richard III Society. A panel was convened by the Board to investigate our complaints, but the process has proved ineffectual, and after three months we have decided to withdraw from the attempt to make our concerns understood. Whilst we are…
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Reblogged from Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill House can be glimpsed in the background. Artist John Charles Eccardt c.1755. Horace/Horatio Walpole (1717-97), 5th Earl of Orford (not to be confused with Oxford), MP, Author, Historian, Antiquarian and Connoisseur, is numbered among the earliest defenders of King Richard III. His father was Sir Robert…
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