The New Murrey and Blue blog

antiques road trip

Did Henry VII really fine the Earl of Oxford a huge sum for his loyalty….?

Sep 8, 2024

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law

antiques road trip, Battle of Bosworth, Chrimes, Essex, fines, Francis Bacon, hedingham castle, Henry VII, John Earl of Oxford, Sir William Stanley

I recently watched an episode of Antiques Road Trip in which a sequence was set in Hedingham Castle in Essex. It was Series 11, Episode 23, in which art experts Mark Stacy and Thomas Plant travelled through Essex and Suffolk on their way to an auction in Cambridgeshire. I fear I have not been able…
The Highland Games and the real Macbeth….

Jul 2, 2024

battles, genealogy, television reviews, The play’s the thing

antiques road trip, cabers, children in need, executions, highland games, lumphanan, Macbeth, Malcolm III, propaganda, Scotland, Shakespeare

As I’ve probably mentioned before, I enjoy watching the TV series Antiques Road Trip, and far from spending my evenings in riotous living, I like to watch a couple of episodes (of which there are a huge number!) The object of the programme is for two contestants (experts on antiques) to visit a number of…