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The Normans didn’t only conquer mainland Britain, but—as Anglo-Normans—crossed the Irish Sea to eject the Vikings from their settlement in what is now Dublin. The remains of the Viking settlement have been excavated beneath the present castle. To read about Viking Dublin, go here. One thing led to another and in the 13th century…
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings
Ashby, attainder, castles, chapels, Charles the Bold, Domenico Mancini, Edward V, English Heritage, engraving, executions, Great Council, Hastings Tower, high treason, illustrations, Jasper “Tudor”, Katherine Hastings, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Lord Chamberlain, Louis XI, National Gallery, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, slighting, The Road to Bosworth Field, Tower of London, Towton, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesReblogged from Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings An intriguing doorway leads into the Great Chamber where the family would have entertained important guests. A fine 15th century fireplace has survived as well as a 16th century window. Photo from the English Heritage Guidebook book Following on from my earlier post…
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Edward II‘s “tomb” is, as is well-known, to be found in Gloucester Cathedral. What is less well-known is that Richard II wanted it become a shrine, and for his great-grandfather to become St. Edward of Caernarfon. Interestingly, we cannot even be entirely sure that Edward II’s remains lie in the tomb. Kathryn Warner has produced…
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The Betrayal of Richard III by V B Lamb – a book review
“Perkin”, Anne Neville, bigamy, Bosworth, Cecily Neville, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, illegitimacy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret of Salisbury, Peter Hammond, pre-contract, research, Richard III, Richard III Society, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir James Tyrrell, Stanleys, The Betrayal of Richard III, V.B. Lamb, Wakefield, WydevillesReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Artist Emma Vieceli This book is a little gem. Written by the late Vivien Beatrix Lamb and first published in 1959 it’s no surprise that it’s still in print and a new edition available from The Richard III Society online shop with an introduction and notes by Peter Hammond. …
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Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck
“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annabella Drummond, Austin Friars, Bernard Andre, Christopher Ashton, Cicely Plantagenet, clothes, Edward of Warwick, executions, Exeter, Fyfield Hall, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James IV, James Strangeways, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Margaret Kyme, Scotland, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir Matthew Craddock, St. michael’s Mount, Thomas More, torture, Tower of London, Tyburn, Warkworth’s ChronicleReblogged from A medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Michaels Mount. ‘A Strong Place and Mighty’ wrote Warkworth in his Chronicle. Perkin left Katherine and their son here prior to his march to Exeter. Note the causeway. Thanks to John Starkey @ Flikr for this atmospheric photo. It may seem prima facie that Katherine was a tragic…
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MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS…
“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, beards, Bere Regis, breeches, Catherine Howard, Charles Brandon, Cromwells, David Starkey, Elizabeth of York, executions, fashion, Hans Holbein, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane, Jane Seymour, John Morton, Katherine Parr, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary “Tudor”, Mary I, Master John, National Portrait Gallery, Nicolas Sanders, Queen’s Collection, queens, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, royal portraits, Sir John Cheke, St. Mary’s Fairford, St. Mary’s Warwick, Thomas Wolsey, Toledo Museum of Art, tomb effigies, Wars of the RosesReblogged from MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS… Does anyone else like me get irritated by misidentified portraits of historical characters? Is it that difficult to get correct? It’s quite sloppy to be honest as just a quick glance at them tells you something ain’t quite right here! It’s particularly common around 16th century portraiture when…
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THE ORANGE AND LEMON CHURCHES OF OLD LONDON
Blitz, burials, citrus fruits, executions, Great Fire of London, Great Plague, Grinling Gibbons, Hardicanute, Harold I, Hugenots, Hugh Lord Dowding, James Boswell, James Gibbs, John Smith, John Stow, Katherine Howard, London, Lord Mayors of London, Nikolaus Pevsner, nursery rhymes, Pocahontas, rugby, Rugby School, Samuel Johnson, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Richard Whittington, St. Clement Danes, St. clement Eastcheap, St. Dunstan’s and All Saints Stepney, St. Leonard’s Shoreditch, St. Martin Orgar, St. Mary-le-Bow Cheapside, St. Sepulchre’s Old Bailey, Thomas Culpeper, Will Somers, William Webb-EllisReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Old London – City of Churches. Bow Church can be seen to the left. Part of the The Visscher Panorama of London, 1616. Image Peter Harrington Rare Books. Orange and lemons say the bells of Saint Clement’s You owe me five farthings say the bells of St Martin’s…
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No longer passing the Buc(k)?
accuracy, Arthur Kincaid, Battle of Bosworth, British Library, CAJ Armstrong, Constable of England, Crowland Chronicle, Domenico Mancini, Earl Marshal, Elizabeth of York, fire, Flodden, George Buck, Joanna, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Manuel Duke of Beja, new edition, patron, Portuguese archives, pre-contract, Richard III, Shakespeare, Sir George Buc, Sir Robert Cotton, Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel, Thomas MoreNow for some very interesting news: Arthur Kincaid’s The History of King Richard the Third is set for a new edition, based on forty years of further research. Kincaid has managed to distinguish the forensic research of Sir George Buc (1560-1622), whose great-grandfather fought at Bosworth and whose grandfather was at Flodden, from that of…
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“….CPR, 1401-5, 377, 482. In 1405, according to the St. Albans chronicler who was suitably impressed by the event, a dragon appeared near Sudbury, hard by the vill of Buryra (probably Bures), and the serfs of Sir Richard de Waldegrave, on whose demesne it was found, shot at it with arrows, but with no effect.…
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