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How Trustworthy is Thomas More?

Apr 26, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources

Annette Carson, Cuthbert Tunstal Bishop of Durham, heresy cases, injustice, Lollards’ Tower, mortuary fees, Old St. Paul’s, posthumous execution, Richard Hunne, Richard Marius, Statute of Praeminure, Thomas More, Tim Thornton

In the light of Tim Thornton’s recent claims relating to allegations made by Thomas More, I must start by saying I have never remotely considered taking Thomas More seriously as a historian of King Richard III, and nor would anyone who has read Richard Sylvester’s masterly analysis. But I do take him seriously as a…
Two Lancastrian King Henrys and their use of prophecies….

Apr 16, 2021

anniversaries, law, sources

books, Henry IV, Henry VII, Marie Louise Bruce, Merlin, prophecy, usurpation, Wales

“Today it is hard to credit the importance that the Middle Ages attached to prophecies, at that time taken so seriously that King Henry VII was to declare them against the law on the grounds of political danger.” The above quote is taken from The Usurper King by Marie Louise Bruce, the usurper of…
THE SIX SISTERS OF WARWICK THE KINGMAKER

Apr 14, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Alice Montacute, Alice Neville, Anne Fitzhugh, Arundel Castle, Ashby St Ledgers, Barnet, Cecily Neville the Younger, Cicely Bonville, Colne Priory, Despencers, Earl of Desmond, Eleanor Neville, Elizabeth Baynham, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Lord Strange, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry Fitzhugh, Henry VII, impaling, Joan Neville, John Earl of Oxford, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Katherine Neville, Kirby Muxloe, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Margaret Neville, Margaret Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, St. george’s Chapel, St. James Garlickhythe, Tanfield Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey, The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, tomb effigies, Wakefield, William Bonville Lord Harrington, William Fitzalan, William Lord Hastings

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Joan Neville and her husband William Fitzalan Earl of Arundel lie together to this day in their beautiful tomb in the chapel at Arundel Castle. Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (d. 1460) and his wife Alice Montacute had 10 children, including two sons, Richard Earl of Warwick and John…
A new Mancini – by Annette Carson

Apr 9, 2021

anniversaries, Book Reviews, sources

Angelo Cato, Annette Carson, Bernard Andre, bias, Burgundy, CAJ Armstrong, Charles Ross, Charles VIII, Crowland Chronicle, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Latin, Lord Protector of the Realm, Louis XI, Luxembourg, Phillippe de Commynes, Polydore Vergil, Richard III, The Maligned King, Thomas More, translation

Towards the end of 1482 an Austin friar by the name of Domenico Mancini was sent to London by a senior minister of King Louis XI of France This was pursuant to France’s act of hostility in breaching her long-standing treaty with England, and Mancini was clearly on a fact-finding mission, as shown by the…
Sir John Dalton and the wealthy widow….

Apr 7, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources

abduction, Aldworth, alice of norfolk, Baron Poynings, Beaumys Castle, Bipsham, Bungay, Constable of the Tower, Edmund Bacon, Edward III, edward montacute, Gerard Lord de l’Isle, Lancashire, Margery de Poynings, Maude Holland, murder, Nicholas Lord de la Beche, Prior of Burscough, Priors of Upholland, Scotland, Seneschal of Gascony, Sir John Dalton, Sir Robert Dalton, Thomas Aderne, Thomas of Brotherton, Wallingford

I have seen the above painting used an an illustration for the abduction of Guinevere. All that’s lacking are the fluffy kittens with pink satin bows. If it was really a medieval abduction, it wouldn’t be anything resembling this idyllic springtime scene, but much more likely to be as the illustration below! I’ve posted…
Richard’s generosity is contrasted with his successor’s parsimony

Mar 31, 2021

Events, humour, religion, sources, The play’s the thing

“Hey Big Spender”, Christmas gifts, Dame Shirley Bassey, Ernie Wise, generosity, Henry VII, National Archives, parsimony, Richard III

Here is a Telegraph documented article about Richard III’s distribution of money and other gifts at Christmas. Helpfully, they estimate the current value of some of his expenditure. Without mentioning any of Richard’s contemporaries, I am reminded of “Hey, Big Spender” reducing Ernie Wise to tears …
The Wakefield Medieval Portaloo!

Mar 22, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, sources

boar, Council of the North, English Civil War, Harleian Manuscript, mediaeval artefacts, Peter Hammond, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, Sandal Castle, Wakefield

In Wakefield Museum there is a rather unusual artefact–a late medieval chamber pot that was discovered in the ruins of Sandal Castle. This would be an unusual find at the best of times, but what makes this porta-potty even more interesting and special is that is is mounted with the large figure of a boar!…
THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III – PART TWO

Mar 8, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, art, battles, law, religion, sources

“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, adultery, AJ Pollard, altered portraits, Anne Sutton, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Buckingham rebellion, Charing Cross Hospital, Constable of England, Coronation, David Starkey, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, Jean Ross, Lady Eleanor Talbot, letter to York, Middleham Castle, More, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Phillippe de Commynes, portraits, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Rosemary Horrox, royal collection, Sir James Tyrrell, Southern bias, succession, William Lord Hastings, Windsor Castle

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI SPARKYPUS.COM The two QCs prepare to do battleFollowing on from my earlier post. The day had dawned – the trial commenced. Because of the length of the trial I only give snippets here which stand out and which I think are the most pertinent/funny/excruciating. The judge addressed the jury as to…
THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III, PART 1

Feb 21, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources, television reviews

“Princes”, A.L. Rouse, Anne Sutton, attainder, Audrey Williamson, Barrie Williams, Carolyn Hammond, Channel Four, Charles Armstrong, Charles Ross, Charles Wood, Croyland, David Starkey, Dockray, Domenico Mancini, Dorothy Mitchell, Elizabeth Jenkins, G.R. Elton, Isolde Wigram, Jeffrey Richard, Jeremy Potter, Kincaid, London Weekend Television, Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Nuremberg, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Parliament, Peter Hammond, Richard Drewitt, Richard III, Richard III Society, Rosemary Horrox, South Bank Television Centre, The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents, Tony Pollard

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI SPARKYPUS.COM The statue of Justice, Old Bailey, London. Way back in 1980 the late Jeremy Potter, Chairman of the Richard III Society, and producer Richard Drewitt discussed King Richard III at length and an idea was born. That was to put Richard on trial for a heinous murder he had…
Was Katherine Gordon called the “White Rose”….?

Feb 13, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, sources

“Perkin”, burial sites, Christopher Ashton, Elizabeth of York, executions, Fyfield, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James Strangeways, ladies in waiting, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Old London Bridge, Oxfordshire, Richard of Shrewsbury, Royal Historical Society, Sir Matthew Craddock, Swansea, Tyburn, white rose

Wandering around the internet, as usual, I came upon this link , from which I have taken the following extract: “Perkin Warbeck was tried for treason on November 16 and executed on November 23, 1499. His head joined the lineup of traitors spanning the London Bridge. Warbeck’s wife had been living in Westminster for so…