Anne Mortimer

Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville

Oct 17, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy, humour, law, religion

Anne Mortimer, bigamy, Boots, Bryan Dunleavy, Despencers, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Lady Eleanor Talbot, mistresses, Pope, pre-contract, Richard Earl of Cambridge

(This letter, of which a version was published in the September 2018 Bulletin, was in response to Bryan Dunleavy’s article about Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville.) The article in the latest Ricardian Bulletin by Bryan Dunleavy is interesting, and also provocative, given that the bulk of readers of the publication are, by definition, Ricardians. However…
“On the Trail of the Mortimers”

Sep 22, 2018

anniversaries, Book Reviews, buildings, genealogy, Music Reviews

Anne Mortimer, Ireland, Isabel of York, King’s Langley, Mortimer History Society, Mortimers, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, The Legendary Ten Seconds, The Mer de Mort

This song was written in conjunction with the Mortimer History Society for Philip Hume’s book about the noble family.
ANNE MORTIMER AND RICHARD OF CONISBURGH , A LOVE MATCH?

May 23, 2018

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, religion

Anne Mortimer, Conisbrough Castle, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dr. George Rolleston, Edmund of Langley, Eleanor Mortimer, executions, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, King’s Langley, marriages, Matthew Lewis, papal bull, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, royal tombs, Southampton plot

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/17/anne-mortimer-and-richard-of-conisburgh-a-love-match/ THE TOMB THAT IT IS BELIEVED ANNE MORTIMER SHARES WITH HER IN-LAWS, EDMUND OF LANGLEY AND ISABELLA OF CASTILE…CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY Some time during the month of May 1408 , were married Richard III’s paternal grandparents, Anne Mortimer and Richard of Conisburgh. She was just…
The truth about the Beauforts and the throne of England. . . .

Mar 6, 2018

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law

“Beauforts”, Anne Mortimer, Battle of Bosworth, Blanche of Lancaster, Castile, Catherine de Roet, Constanza of Castile, Duchy of Lancaster, Edmund Mortimer, Edward III, Edward IV, excepta dignitate regali, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Ashdown-Hill, John of Gaunt, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, Mortimers, Phillipa of Ulster, Phillippa of Lancaster, Portugal, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Yorkists

John of Gaunt, third son of Edward III, was the Duke of Lancaster, and his illegitimate children, the Beauforts, were barred from the throne by his legitimate, firstborn son, Henry IV. Clearly the latter wasn’t having any baseborn relative wearing the crown. Nevertheless, we eventually ended up with a Beaufort king, who claimed to…
The Tantalising Childhood of Richard, Duke of York

Apr 19, 2016

genealogy

Anne Mortimer, Azincourt, books, Charles d’Orleans, Charles V, Matt Lewis, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Southampton plot

In 1416, Richard, Duke of York was just four and a half years old when, in March, he was placed into the care of Robert Waterton. Richard’s mother, Anne Mortimer, had died shortly after he was born and his father, Richard of Conisburgh, had been executed a year earlier for his part in the Southampton…
Lost in Southampton: Richard of Conisbrough

Dec 8, 2015

buildings, genealogy

Alice, Anne Curry, Anne Mortimer, Anthony Woodville, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, John Holland, Maud Clifford, Plantagenets, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, St. Julien’s, T.B. Pugh, York

Richard of Conisbrough was Richard III’s grandfather on the paternal side. He is a shadowy figure, the last son of Edmund of Langley and his wife Isabella of Castile. Even his date of birth is uncertain, varying in different accounts by up to ten years. His father left him no inheritance, and there were rumours…
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Feb 28, 2015

genealogy

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Anne Mortimer, Anne Neville, Barons Bergavenny, Constance of York, de la Pole, DNA evidence, Earl of Kent, Earls of Essex, Edward III, Isobel of York, Portugal, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Staffords

On Thursday, someone enquired: “Who had a better claim to the throne than Henry VII”? The short answer (excluding the right by conquest): almost anyone. Conventionally, his mother was descended from Edward III through the Beaufort line, but they were only legitimised “excepta dignitate regali”. However, the balance of evidence suggests that his parents were…
THE DOUBLE EXHUMATION OF EDMUND OF LANGLEY, FIRST DUKE OF YORK (from White Lily)

Jul 23, 2014

archaeology, Science

Anne Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Exhumation, Isabel of Castile

Much angst and verbiage has been vented and spilt lately on the subject of exhumation of bodies, particularly those of royal lineage. I don’t claim to be an archeologist, or an expert in the ethics of exhumation, but I stand in puzzled wonderment at the continued resistance to any proposed opening of the infamous urns…