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We all know that ‘Loyaulté me lie’ was Richard’s motto, that it means ‘Loyalty binds me’. I often think of it regarding aspects of Richard’s life: loyalty to his brother, to his wife, to the country, to York, to the memory of his father, but is there any similar loyalty that people manifest today? Well,…
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No, I’m not talking about the World Cup but something even more exciting! The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK for the first time in almost a millennium – and the ancient artefact will be the centrepiece of what is anticipated to be the British Museum’s most popular exhibition ever. Possibly created as a…
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By Sue Lamb Richard was doing his very best to look dignified and regal as usual. He was standing near his tomb, his arms folded, trying to project an air of ‘Plantagenet power’ in case any tourists with cameras wandered by. He’d been practising his ‘look’ in front of the mirror in the Gents conveniences…
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YORK AND LANCASTER If this fair rose offend thy sight, Placed in thy bosom bare ‘Twill blush to find itself less white And turn Lancastrian there But if thy ruby lip it spy, As kiss it thou mayst deign With envy pale ’twill lose its dye And Yorkish turn again. It was attributed to a…
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“….Sir Thomas Markenfield was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1484 and fought on the side of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth….” When it comes to the great old houses/castles of Britain, a lot have links to Richard III. Markenfield Hall in Yorkshire is one such. The Sir Thomas Marlenfeld in the quote above…
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“….Dating back to around 1484 the town [Grantham] was given the right to hold a weekly market and two annual fairs by order of a Royal Charter granted by King Richard III….” From https://www.gbnews.com/news/grantham-medieval-onion-fair-revival-centuries-old-tradition-market. To be at an event for which Richard III was responsible at a pivotal moment in his reign, Grantham is the…
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Richard III had seen many things since haunting Leicester Cathedral — bishops fainting, tourists taking selfies with his tomb and one memorable incident involving a guide dog who could see him. But nothing, absolutely nothing, prepared him for the arrival of 4B from St. Margaret’s Primary School. They came in just like a wave of noise,…
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On 16 February the following Directors reluctantly resigned their directorships: Cris Reay Connor, Amanda Geary, Kim Harding, Philippa Langley, Joanne Larner, Janine Lawrence. They include some of the Society’s most hard-working Officers, and their combined years of membership amount to 193. Their full grounds for resignation have been stated in a document delivered to the…
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I’m writing this after reading the article at https://tinyurl.com/yceukwsm. Oh dear, oh dear. Try this for size: “….the show traces the life of Margaret of Anjou from when she is 15 years old and a prisoner of the Marquess of Suffolk until she returns to England at 50 to announce the end of Richard III’s…
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