Anne Neville
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This concerns Dartford Manor (and then priory) in Kent (above), of which you can read more at https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/02/DDAG/08/20.htm and http://www.akentishceremony.com/kcc-register-offices/the-manor-gatehouse/ My interest lies in the history of the manor, i.e. pre-Henry VIII. The following, which is taken from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol2/pp2-22, seems at first not to concern Dartford Manor, but its pattern of ownership is the same,…
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The following is taken from this interview in History Extra “Q: Which three historical figures would you invite to a dinner party and why? “Queen Anne Neville. Frustratingly little is known of her life. I’d love to know if Anne was happily married to Richard III and how she felt about the events of 1483,…
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Elizabeth of York – her privy purse expenses
“Perkin”, Ann Wroe, Anne Neville, Arthur “Tudor”, Bermondsey Abbey, borrowing, burials, Catherine of York, childbirth, clothing, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Food, Gravesend, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Beaufort, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Verney, Margaret “Tudor”, Mary “Tudor”, medical care, mottoes, Nottingham, Nottingham Borough Records, ODNB, Privy Purse, records, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, servants, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicholas, St. John’s Friary, Tower of London, Vaux Passional, WappingUpdated post @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/elizabeth-of-york-her-privy-purse-expenses/ Henry Vll and his children in mourning for Elizabeth of York. An idealised presentation of Henry. His children , Margaret and Mary sitting in front of the fire while a young Henry weeps into his mother’s empty bed. From the Vaux Passional, a 15th century manuscript. And so…
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Richard III’s lost queen….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, Cardiff Castle, Croyland, Dean Stanley, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grey Friars, Henry VII, High Altar, John Rous, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester cathedral, Pietro Torrigiano, Richard II, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Rous Roll, royal tombs, Sir George Gilbert Scott, stained glass, Titulus Regius, Weir, Westminster AbbeyWhat follows is a word-for-word opinion of Anne Neville, and Richard’s attitude/feelings for her. I make no comment, the article by Elizabeth Jane Timms speaks for itself. “Amidst the chronicle of lost tombs at Westminster Abbey is that of Queen Anne Neville, wife of King Richard III. Queen Anne’s invisibility in these terms underlines the purported neglect…
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There are times when researching the past is, for a woman of today, a very insulting experience. This morning at the hairdresser I dipped into a book called Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270-1540. (No Hello, Heat or OK for me!) Yes, I knew before I started that I wouldn’t like…
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UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/18/crosby-place-home-to-the-duke-and-duchess-of-gloucester/ The arms of Richard III in Crosby Hall On June 5th 1483 the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in London and joined her husband at Crosby Place (1). She had left both her small son and and home at Middleham to join her husband, who had been staying…
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The 10 greatest medieval royal romances? Some, maybe….
Anne Boleyn, Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Blanche of Lancaster, Catherine de Roet, Catherine de Valois, Cecily Duchess of York, Charles Brandon, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Eleanor of Castile, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VIII, Hugh le Despenser, Isobel Neville, John of Gaunt, Mary “Tudor”, Owain Tudor, Phillippa of Hainault, Piers Gaveston, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard IIIWell, my opinion only, of course, but where are John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford/de Roët? I don’t believe his first wife, Blanche, was his greatest love. That honour went to Katherine, for love of whom he went to extraordinary lengths, enduring scandal and opprobrium, but eventually making her his third duchess. And managing to…
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Easter is here again, and in these modern times it is only too often thought of as a time of pretty bunnies, fluffy chicks, chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and the joys of spring. But in the past it was a very different occasion, for it was the most important time of the year…
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