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Information about Blanche Bradestone (or Bradstone) is hard to find, despite the fact that she was recognised as ‘the King’s kinswoman’ by Richard II and became a Lady of the Garter in 1399. Her brass is to be found at Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, which appears to have been her principal manor. It is located in the…
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An interesting article about Ewelme and its church, where Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, has an exceptional tomb. Ewelme was part of the inheritance of Matilda Burghersh. As mentioned in the earlier M&B article, Matilda’s marriage was quite literally sold to John of Gaunt by her relative and guardian, Lady Mohun. This was only possible…
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This article is courtesy of one Sean Cunningham, historian. 😠 The article is informative about various National Archive documents that concern past coronations. They are very interesting. For instance, they reveal the preservation of “….bills submitted to the exchequer for the robes worn by past monarchs such as Elizabeth I when she was crowned in…
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Restoration commences on the de la Pole tomb in Wingfield Church….and I take a little detour to Wingfield Castle….
de la Poles, Edward IV, Elizabeth Mowbray, Elizabeth of Suffolk, French campaign, Harfleur, Henry V, Henry VII, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Michael Earl of Suffolk, ODNB, renovation, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard III, Suffolk, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, tombs, Wingfield Church, Wingfield ManorFor Ricardians the name de la Pole conjures thoughts of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. And maybe too of his father, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, whose effigy lies at Wingfield Church in Suffolk with his duchess Elizabeth of York. She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of…
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The Links That Bind – Reappraisals – Richard III, Edward V, the Herald’s Memoir, Coldridge/John Evans, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Thomas Grey and Gleaston Castle.
“Lambert Simnel”, “Princes”, AF Pollard, Alice Arundel, Arthur, attainders, Baynard’s Castle, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bodrugan’s Leap, books, Brittany, canon law, Canterbury Cathedral, Cecilia Bonville, Cheneygates, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, closed crown, Coldridge Church, Cornwall, coronations, Devon, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, fetterlock and falcon, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gipping Hall, Gleaston Castle, Guines, Harleian Manuscript 433, Henry VII, Historic England, John Dilke, John Earl of Lincoln, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Margaret Beaufort, letters, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludlow, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, More, Philippa Langley, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Markenfield, Robert Stillington, safe house, Sheen, Simon Stallworth, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Grey, Sir John Speke, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, Sir William Stonor, Stoke Field, sunne in splendour, The Missing Princes Project, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, YorkshireREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Could these images in Coldridge Church be of the same man? A young Edward V, an adult man whose face appears to show injury/disfigurement around the mouth/chin area and the face of the John Evans effigy which also seems to have a scarred chin? It was way…
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This interesting paper by Carole Cusak is well worth reading. Particularly worthy of note is the fact mentioned in it that no contemporary source suggests that there was anything wrong with Richard II‘s state of mind. It was, in fact, Bishop Stubbs in lectures at late as 1866, who first suggested that Richard was insane.…
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I was quite enjoying this article until I came to: “….‘Kings whose claims were disputed were accordingly anxious to be consecrated as quickly as possible,’ writes Zaller. ‘Both Edward IV and Richard III rushed to be crowned, and the Yorkist kings claimed to have been anointed with chrism conveyed directly to Thomas á Becket by…
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Sir William Vaux and his wife, Katherine.
Anthony Poyntz, attainder, Calendar of Patent Rolls, exile, governesses, Gregorio Panizzone, Harrowden Hall, Henry VI, Henry VII, Jane Vaux, Katherine Panizzone, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Margaret of Anjou, Maud Lucy, MPs, Nicholas Vaux, Northamptonshire, Penistone, Provence, Rene d’Anjou, Sir Henry Guildford, Sir Richard Guildford, Sir William Vaux, Tewkesbury Abbey, William Vaux, YorkshireWilliam Vaux was born about 1435. He was the son of Sir William Vaux and Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey Lucy. His most important manor was Harrowden in Northamptonshire, which was eventually to provide a title for the peers who followed him, who were known as ‘Lord Vaux of Harrowden.’ He also had…
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