Annette Carson

They don’t like it up ’em?

Apr 12, 2020

archaeology, Book Reviews, genealogy, law, Science, sources

“Princes”, Ann Wroe, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Barrie Williams, Bertram Fields, bigamy, canon law, Charles Ross, denialists, dispensations, Domenico Mancini, Hicks, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leicester Greyfriars, Marie Barnfield, Matthew Lewis, Philippa Langley, Polydore Vergil, Portugal, pre-contract, Reformation, Richard III, Soar, Thomas More

It seems that some of the denialists are becoming even more sensitive than before and dislike being called Cairo dwellers. One Michael Hicks acolyte went to the point of giving Matthew Lewis well-researched biography of Richard III a one-star review. Sadly for “Alex Brondarbit”, the introduction to his own latest book (below) by the Professor…
Hastings was executed because….?

Feb 6, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, law

“Princes”, Annette Carson, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward VI, executions, Henry VII, high treason, India, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord High Constable, pre-contract, Richard III, Tower of London, William Lord Hastings, Wydevilles

“….[executed in the Tower of London was] William Hastings, who tried to support the claims of Edward VI [sic] children to the throne in 1483….” The above is a quote from this link – which contains boo-boos, as you can see from my quote. Well, was that why Hastings was executed? For trying to support…
Eleanor: A reminder of the evidence

Dec 27, 2019

law, religion, sources

1486 year book, Anglican dioceses, Annette Carson, bigamy, Calais, Captain of Calais, Catherine of Aragon, Charles V, Crowland Chronicle, David Johnson, denialists, Earls of Desmond, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Eustace Chapuys, France, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Empire, John Ashdown-Hill, John Blount Lord Mountjoy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Lucy, letters, Louis XI, Philippa Langley, Phillippe de Commynes, pre-contract, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Revealing Richard III, Ricardian Bulletin, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Sandra Pendlington, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, Wendy Johnson, William Catesby

I know some people in Cairo are a little slow on the uptake, but there are several independent sources, as shown by the Revealing Richard III blog. In a recent series of articles in the Ricardian Bulletin, the team cite: Titulus Regius, as composed from the petition to the Three Estates on 26 June 1483;…
ELIZABETH WYDEVILLE, JOHN TIPTOFT AND THE EARL OF DESMOND

Oct 17, 2019

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources

Annette Carson, attainder, bigamy, Bishop Thomas Barrett, Cecily Neville the Younger, Domenico Mancini, Drogheda, Dublin, Earl of Desmond, Earl of Kildare, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Greyndour, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Holy Trinity Cathedral, John Ashdown-Hill, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Palace of Westminster, pre-contract, privy seal, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Westminster Abbey

I like to be fair. I really do. Even when I find it hard. Take Elizabeth Wydeville ..or not if you prefer. Although I am not and never will be a fan of this lady… ‘wife’ to Edward IV, illustrious Son of York, a golden warrior but a man prone to keeping his…
NOT AGAIN! THE LATEST FROM A CAIRO DWELLER …

Jun 19, 2019

art, genealogy, law, religion, sources

“Princes”, “Tudor” “sources”, Anne Mowbray, Annette Carson, Baynard’s Castle, bigamy, Charles Dickens, children, denialists, Domenico Mancini, Duchess of Norfolk, Earl of Northumberland, facial reconstruction, Hastings Execution, Henry of Buckingham, Historical Notes of a London Citizen, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord High Constable, Lord Protector of the Realm, pre-contract, Richard III, The Maligned King, The Mythology of Richard III, The Mythology of the “Princes in the Tower”, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, usurpation

Richard Duke of Gloucester being offered the crown by the Three Estates at Baynards Castle, June 1483. Painting by Sigismund Goetze at the Royal Exchange…(or according to some.. Richard in the actual act of ‘usurping’ the throne)… I came across this article on a forum devoted to late medieval Britain. Unfortunately I read it..5 minutes from my…
Unveiling a new portrait of Richard III…

Nov 27, 2018

art, buildings, Events

Annette Carson, Dunster, Lord Protector of the Realm, portraits, Richard III, Somerset, The Mediaeval Gallery, Tithe Barn

Steve Beer, who owns fine art gallery The Medieval Gallery in Dunster, Somerset, is set to host a major event on December 1, called ‘Picturing Richard’s World’. The event will be staged in two parts – first, the talks and displays at Dunster Tithe Barn, followed by the unveiling of the new portrait, which is…
DR JOHN ARGENTINE – PHYSICIAN TO PRINCES

Jul 22, 2018

anniversaries, buildings, Science

“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annette Carson, arrests, Arthur “Tudor”, brass, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, doctors, Dr. John Argentine, Edward V, Italian, King’s College Chapel Cambridge, Latin, Lord Welles, Mancini, plot, Tower of London

UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/15/dr-argentine-physician-to-the-princes-in-the-tower/ King’s College Chapel. Dr Argentine is buried in a chantry chapel on the south side close to the alter. In Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, just south of the alter can be found the chantry chapel where Dr John Argentine, Provost of Kings College from 1501 until his death…
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDWARD IV

Apr 9, 2018

anniversaries, sources

Annette Carson, apoplexy, chill, cold, Commines, Croyland, Easter, Edward IV, Hall, History of the English Speaking People, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, malaria, Mancini, Palace of Westminster, poison, R.E. Collins, Secret History, The Maligned King, The Private Life of Edward IV, Thomas More, treaty of Arras, William of Worcester, Winston Churchill

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/27/the-mysterious-death-of-edward-iv/ Edward IV 1442-1483 For a king whose reign is otherwise well documented it is curious that the cause of Edward’s death remains a mystery. It would appear that his death was unexpected. It seems he was first taken ill at the end of March and despite having access to some of…
HENRY VII’S HATED HENCHMEN

Jan 28, 2018

anniversaries

advisers, Annette Carson, avarice, BBC History Magazine, Edmund Dudley, executions, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Henry Wyatt, Merton College Oxford, Richard Empson, Richard III, Scotland, Steven Gunn

Here is a link to an interesting article first published in the BBC History Magazine in October 2016. Written by Steven Gunn, a professor of early modern history at Merton College, Oxford, the article gives appraisals of five of the ‘upstart’ advisers who Henry came to rely upon and their varying fates. Professor Gunn, however,…
Another view on that urn

Dec 25, 2017

archaeology, buildings, genealogy, Science

“Princes”, Annette Carson, Charles II, coffins, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Glenn Moran, Helen Maurer, Henry Pole the Younger, human remains, John Ashdown-Hill, More, mtDNA, Nerdalicious, propaganda, Richard of Shrewsbury, royal tombs, Tower of London, urn, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle

This excellent post from Nerdalicious, whose tabs appropriately include “History of Folk and Fairy Tales”, shows just how desperately ridiculous the Cairo case really is, particularly when they treat More’s first half as a Fifth Gospel and ignore his second. After all, we have already shown that the small coffins buried with Edward IV are…