Arundel Castle

The disgraceful second marriage of the unpleasant 3rd Earl of Arundel….

Sep 21, 2024

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, law, religion

“Copped Hat”, annulment, Arundel Castle, bigamy, Bodleian Library, child marriage, clement vi, dispensations, Earl of Arundel, Edmund Crouchback, Edward II, Eleanor of Lancaster, executions, Fitzalans, Havering atte Bower, Henry III, Henry of Lancaster, Hugh Despencer the Younger, illegitimate children, Isabel le Despenser, John Beaumont, Kathryn Warner, Lewes Priory, Limoges, National Portrait Gallery, popes, prisoners, Saint-Martial, scandal, Sir Edmund Arundel, tournaments, Tower of London

In January 1376, 63-year-old Richard Fitzalan, 3rd/10th (depending on how you calculate it) Earl of Arundel, passed away at Arundel Castle and was interred at Lewes Priory, where his 54-year-old second wife had lain to rest since 1372. The earl was nicknamed “Copped Hat” because of the type of gabled headwear he favoured, and he…
Neither quite one thing nor the other?

Apr 5, 2024

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, religion

architecture, Arundel Castle, Dukes of Norfolk, Earls of Arundel, Eleanor of Lancaster, Fitzalan tombs, Fitzalan-Howards, Fitzalans, greyhounds, Liverpool, liverpool cathedrals, marriage, No, Richard Earl of Arundel, sir frederick gibberd, sir giles gilbert scott, St. Philip Howard, Tower of London

We have probably all come across one or both cathedrals in Liverpool, where the Anglican building was built by a Catholic and probably vice versa (Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Sir Frederick Gibberd). Here, however, is a single ecumenical building at Arundel Castle. On the one hand, the nave and chancel are the Anglican church…
The top ten English castles….?

Sep 6, 2023

archaeology, buildings, Uncategorized

Arundel Castle, Beeston Castle, Bolsover Castle, Carisbroke castle, castles, Dover Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, Edward IV, Kenilworth Castle, Middleham Castle, Portchester Castle, Reader’s Digest, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Tintagel Castle, Warkworth Castle

My two favourite kings, Richards II and III, get a mention in this article Top 10 castles in England (readersdigest.co.uk). All ten castles are splendidly impressive, but there are so many more, equally splendid and impressive, that are omitted. As witness Arundel above. But if you’re selecting your own top 10 in England, these are…
A medieval tournament at Arundel Castle….

Jul 15, 2022

battles, buildings, Events

Arundel Castle, tournaments

Well here’s something exciting and diverting for high summer this year—a great tournament at Arundel Castle. This event will take place from 26-31 July and looks set to be a wonderful recreation of a medieval tournament. All sorts of diversions and goodies (see the above link for many, many photographs) are on offer and I’m…
THE MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES OF GREAT BRITAIN : CHARLES A STOTHARD

Jan 16, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, religion

Arundel Castle, Aveline de Foix, Bere Ferrers, Blanche of the Tower, Branchepeth Church, British Museum, Canterbury Cathedral, Charles Alfred Stothard, Devon, Edmund Crouchback, Edward II, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, effigies, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Harfleur, Hatfield Broadoak, Henry IV, Ingham Church, Joan “Beaufort”, Joan of Navarre, John Duke of Suffolk, John of Eltham, Lord Ligonier, Magna Carta, Michael Earl of Suffolk, Miles Stapleton, Monumental Effigies, Pontefract Castle, Ralph 2nd Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard II, Robert Baron hungerford, Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral, Sir john Wingfield, Staindrop Church, Westminster Abbey, William Fitzalan, William of Windsor, Wingfield Church

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Effigies of Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmorland d.1491 and one of his wives. Branchepeth Church, Durham. These effigies, which were wooden, are now lost to us having since been destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1998. Made in very dark oak it was difficult to get good photos of…
MAD, MURDEROUS MABEL

Dec 2, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, sources

“Poisoned Chalice”, Arnulf, Arundel Castle, books, Bridgnorth Castle, Bure Castle, Earl of Shrewsbury, Ela of Salisbury, Eleanor of Castile, Giroie family, Haburga, Hugh Bunel, Mabel de Belleme, marriages, Matilda of Blois, mediaeval women, murder, Norman invasion, Normandy, Orderic Vitalis, Robert de Belleme, Roger de Montgomery, ships, William I, William Talvas de Belleme, William Talvas IV

Many people still hold to the idea that all medieval women were quiet, timid, and downtrodden, unable to defend themselves and at the mercy of others. Clearly they have never heard of Mabel de Belleme! Mabel was a Norman noblewoman, born sometime in the 1030’s to William Talvas de Belleme and his first wife, Haburga.…
Philippa Mortimer, Countess of Pembroke and Arundel – a short, interesting and little-known life

Sep 24, 2021

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, sources

accidents, annulment, Arundel Castle, Boxgrove Priory, dowries, Edmund Mortimer, executions, John Hastings Earl of Pembroke, John of Gaunt, jousting, Lord St. John of Basing, Philippa Mortimer, Philippa of Ulster, Richard Earl of Arundel, Sir John St. John, Sussex, Thomas Poynings, uxuriousness, Westminster Chronicle

Philippa was the younger of the two daughters of Edmund Earl of March and Philippa of Clarence,and second youngest of their four children, being born in November 1375. Philippa lost both her parents at a very young age, but her future was provided for (eventually) by her marriage to John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke after…
THE MARRIAGES OF THE SIBLINGS OF ELIZABETH WOODVILLE

Aug 13, 2021

battles, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Wydeville, Arundel Castle, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Blackheath, Canterbury Cathedral, Edgecote, Elizabeth Baroness Scales, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Grey Earl of Kent, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, Hicks, Hillingdon Church, Jacquetta Wydeville, Jane Wydeville, Jasper “Tudor”, John Earl of Lincoln, John Lord Strange, John Wydeville, Katherine Duchess of norfolk, Katherine Plantagenet, Katherine Wydeville, Knights of the Bath, Margaret Fitzalan, Margaret Wydeville, marriages, Martha Wydeville, Mary Lewis, Mary Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Warwick, Sir Anthony Grey, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir John Bromley, Sir Richard Wingfield, Stoke Field, The Cornish Rebellion, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel, Thomas Lord Stanley, Tintern Abbey, Turner, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, William of Worcester, William Viscount Bourchier, windows, Wydevilles

Elizabeth Woodville Royal Window Canterbury Cathedral Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Very soon after the clandestine marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville had taken place in 1464 it became abundantly clear to the old nobility that the siblings of the new Queen would henceforth be having their pick of the most sought after heirs and heiresses of…
Rosary of Mary, Queen of Scots, stolen from Arundel Castle….

May 27, 2021

art, buildings, religion

Arundel Castle, burglaries, Dukes of Norfolk, executed women, Fotheringhay, Mary Stuart, Rosary beads

The theft of items of great historical importance aren’t common, thank goodness, but they do come along…and this time—on Friday, 21st May, when a burglar alarm went off at 22:30 BST—it was Arundel Castle that was raided. To read all about it, go to this site. The stolen treasures were worth more than £1 million,…
THE SIX SISTERS OF WARWICK THE KINGMAKER

Apr 14, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Alice Montacute, Alice Neville, Anne Fitzhugh, Arundel Castle, Ashby St Ledgers, Barnet, Cecily Neville the Younger, Cicely Bonville, Colne Priory, Despencers, Earl of Desmond, Eleanor Neville, Elizabeth Baynham, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Lord Strange, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry Fitzhugh, Henry VII, impaling, Joan Neville, John Earl of Oxford, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Katherine Neville, Kirby Muxloe, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Margaret Neville, Margaret Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, St. george’s Chapel, St. James Garlickhythe, Tanfield Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey, The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, tomb effigies, Wakefield, William Bonville Lord Harrington, William Fitzalan, William Lord Hastings

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Joan Neville and her husband William Fitzalan Earl of Arundel lie together to this day in their beautiful tomb in the chapel at Arundel Castle. Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (d. 1460) and his wife Alice Montacute had 10 children, including two sons, Richard Earl of Warwick and John…