Anthony Woodville
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The above illustration is of Edward IV receiving a book from Anthony Woodville. With the king are his queen, Elizabeth Woodville, and his heir, the future Edward V. Looking at it, I found myself wondering if the man in blue and ermine, third from left, might be Richard III. As Duke of Gloucester, of course.…
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Historical opinion often moves in circles on certain topics. Sometimes it’s a slow process and sometimes it happens quickly. The White Queen series stirred up the latent and under-examined but long-standing theory linking Margaret Beaufort to the disappearance and murder of the Princes in the Tower. In short order, the increased attention drew an onslaught […]…
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7 books 60 hours + of TV 1 year of history Warning: Massive spoilers!!! Game of Thrones is perhaps the most epic novel and TV series ever created. George RR Martin has woven a world Tolkien would have been proud of, managing to be filled with fantasy, but just recognisable enough to pull us in,…
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Concert by The Legendary Ten Seconds, in York House, Stony Stratford February 20th 2016
“Tudor” propaganda, Ambion Hill, Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, music, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Richard III Society, Richard of Warwick, Sandra heath wilson, Shakespeare, Sir John Say, Stony Stratford, The Legendary Ten Seconds, White Surrey
Having enjoyed the three CD albums of songs about Richard III by The Legendary Ten Seconds (which can be bought here), I was very keen to attend when I heard there was to be a live concert by the group, who comprise Ian Churchward on lead vocals and acoustic guitar (and writer of almost all…
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King Arthur, King Richard and the Wars of the Roses….
Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Arthurian legend, Cecily Duchess of York, Charles VIII, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Francis Lovell, Gawain, George Duke of Clarence, Guinevere, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, Holy Grail, Isabel Neville, John Earl of Lincoln, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, John of Gloucester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancelot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Anjou, Merlin, Middleham, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sir William Stanley, Thomas Lord Stanley, Viscount WellesThe following is just a little diversion; the result of that strange half–world we go into when we’re dropping off to sleep. There I was, not counting sheep, but matching Arthurian characters with figures from the Wars of the Roses. Now, I am not an expert on Arthur, or indeed on Richard, just an amateur…
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Sherlock: The Mystery of the Princes
“confessions”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anthony Woodville, Dan Jones, Dighton, Dr. John Argentine, Dr.Watson, Edward of Middleham, Forrest, France, Green, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, John Morton, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, Richard III, Scotland, Sherlock Holmes, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Stony Stratford, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas MoreOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Sherlock and Watson are looking for a killer. There has to be a killer or killers because Dan Jones said that ‘The Princes Must Die’ (episode three of Britain’s Bloodiest Crown) and after the Christmas special they are able to time travel which is just as well as they…
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When people think of places connected with Richard III, they sometimes think of Northamptonshire due to his birthplace at Fotheringhay…but seldom of the town of Northampton itself. However, the town, although having lost in grandest medieval structures in two devastating fires, still has features of interest to Ricardians, Wars of the Roses students and medievalists.…
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THE MALIGNED RICARDIANS
“Princes”, “Tudors”, Anthony Woodville, Charles II, Earl of Essex, Earl of Southampton, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Lucy, forced loans, George Buck, Henry VI, Horace Walpole, Ireland, James VI/I, John Morton, Kincaid, Magna Carta, Mary I, Netherlands, Norfolk, Orford, Phillip II, Privy Chamber, Ralph Shaa, recusants, Richard III, Robert Cecil, Seneca, ship money, Sir Henry Neville, Sir Thomas Grey, Sir William Cornwallis, Slobodan Milosevic, Spain, The Encomium of Richard III, Thomas More, War, William CecilPart 1 – Sir William Cornwallis the younger “ His virtues I have sought to revive, his vices to excuse” (The Encomium of Richard III, Sir William Cornwallis) It is conceivable that historians do not take the early revisionist histories of king Richard III seriously owing to an assumption that the authors were not themselves…
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