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In 1386, when Richard II was on the throne, there was invasion panic in England. The French were gathering a huge fleet to cross the Channel in order to swarm over the counties of the southeast, which then as now, were most convenient to European shores, as well as being closest to London. It was…
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Is there such a thing as coincidence? Happenstance? Fluke? Call it what you will, sometimes things happen that make us wonder. For instance, how often are you reading a word or phrase at the same time that someone on TV uses it? Well, if you’re buried in books as often as I am, then it’s…
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The Wardrobe, the King’s Wardrobes….er, no The Queen’s Wardrobe….?
Agas map, Baynard’s Castle, Besant, Canterbury, Edward III, Great Fire of London, Henry IV, Joan of Kent, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, past maps, Peasants’ Revolt, Phillippa of Hainault, pilgrimage, Richard II, Richard III, Royal Street, Royal wardrobe, Simon of Sudbury, Stow, Tower of London, wine merchantsDuring the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, when the Tower of London was breached by the rebels and some of those sheltering inside were dragged out and executed, another person of note who was there was widowed Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales, mother of 14-year-old King Richard II. Well, the future Henry IV was…
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Two Huggin Lanes, two churches of St Michael….
Agas map, Cheapside, churches, Dictionary of London, Edward VI, Huggin Lane, John of Gaunt, John of Northampton, John Stow, Kingsford, London, Map of London, maps, marriages, Mary Godwin, Nicholas Brembre, Percy Shelley, Ralph Sporoun, Savoy Palace, Sir Christopher Wren, Sporran Lane, St. Michael Hoggenlane, St. Michael Queenhithe, St. Mildred and St. Margaret Moses, Thames Street, Wood StreetThe 14th-century story of John of Gaunt enjoying dinner in a friend’s house (including oysters, I understand) in the city of London when rebels ransacked his palace of the Savoy in the hope of laying hands upon him. He escaped, but not before cracking his shin (or some such part of his anatomy) on…
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REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Artists impression of how St Mary Spital may have appeared before the Dissolution. Museum of London. Artist Faith Vardy. St. Mary Spital Augustinian Priory and Hospital covered the area known today as Spital Square. Standing outside the city walls it was bordered from the west by Bishopsgate Street…
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