Austin Friars

One of Richard III’s Haunts?

Dec 7, 2025

buildings, culture, history, medieval characters, medieval life, religion, Richard III

Austin Friars, Lendal Cellars, Medieval architecture

York is a city full of history, wherever you look and Lendal Cellars is one such place. If you have ever visited the Cellars, you’re entering right into York’s medieval undercroft. It has wonderful vaulted brick ceilings and chunky stone blocks that are all that remains of the Austin Friary that was once on the…
ANNE OF YORK – DUCHESS OF EXETER – SISTER TO KINGS

Jan 14, 2024

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, Science, sources, travel

1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, annulment, Austin Friars, Bishop of Ely’s Chapel, canon law, Cicely Neville, Clare Priory, consanguinity, divorce, Edward IV, executions, Fotheringhay, George Manners baron de Ros, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Hollands, inheritance, John Holland, Lancastrians, Luton Guild Book, memorial brass, mtDNA line, mysteries, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, royal marriages, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, wills

Reblogged from sparkypus.com Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hathe funde within thys College a Chauntre with too prestys sy’gyng for eu’more. On whose soule god haue mercy. The wych Anne duchess…
Borman on Thomas Cromwell

Apr 18, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, religion, television reviews

5Select., Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, attainder, Austin Friars, Battle of Bosworth, brewing, Cromwell Square, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Earl of Essex, executions, Henry VIII, Ipswich, Pickwicks, Putney, Reformation, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Tracy Borman

This two part series was originally shown on 5Select during December 2021, presented by Tracy Borman from the Tower of London. It went beyond the cliched story of: the brewery in Putney, service to Wolsey, surviving him, the Dissolution, outmanoeuvring Anne Boleyn, setting up the Cleves “marriage” and being sent to the block to encounter…
THOMAS CROMWELL’S HOUSE IN AUSTIN FRIARS

Jan 25, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“Perkin”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Augustinian Friars, Austin Friars, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edmund Bellard, executions, Great Fire of London, Hans Holbein, Henry VIII, John Stow, London, Museum of London, Pilgrimage of Grace, Royal Marriage Secrets, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Wolsey, Throgmorton Street, William Calley

Reblogged from A Medieval potpourri sparkypus.com Thomas Cromwell c.1532. Minature attibuted to Hans Holbein the Younger. Oil on panel. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Following on from my earlier post on Perkin Warbeck and his burial at Austin Friars where I touched upon Thomas Cromwell’s house in the Austin Friars precinct I was happy to come across this…
Sorry, Frederick Forsyth and John Stonehouse, but Henry VII did it first

Nov 23, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, Science

“Perkin”, Anne Wroe, Austin Friars, Australia, Burgundy, Edward of Warwick, executions, faked death, false identities, Frederick Forsyth, Henry VII, John Stonehouse, Margaret of Burgundy, Miami, Richard of Shrewsbury, The Day of the Jackal, torture, Tournoi, Tower of London, Walsall, Westminster Abbey

I expect you all know the basic premise of Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal (published in 1971). A mysterious and ruthless assassin obtains a birth certificate and passport in the name of someone who died as a child, before setting out to kill de Gaulle. In 1974, John Stonehouse followed this method by “borrowing”…
Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck

Oct 12, 2021

anniversaries, art, buildings, sources

“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annabella Drummond, Austin Friars, Bernard Andre, Christopher Ashton, Cicely Plantagenet, clothes, Edward of Warwick, executions, Exeter, Fyfield Hall, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James IV, James Strangeways, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Margaret Kyme, Scotland, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir Matthew Craddock, St. michael’s Mount, Thomas More, torture, Tower of London, Tyburn, Warkworth’s Chronicle

Reblogged from A medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Michaels Mount. ‘A Strong Place and Mighty’ wrote Warkworth in his Chronicle. Perkin left Katherine and their son here prior to his march to Exeter. Note the causeway. Thanks to John Starkey @ Flikr for this atmospheric photo. It may seem prima facie that Katherine was a tragic…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
SIR JAMES TYRELL – CHILD KILLER OR PROVIDER OF A SAFE HOUSE ?

May 2, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, Science, sources

“Missing Princes Project”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Audrey Williamson, Austin Friars, Beaulieu Abbey, Coldridge, Countess of Warwick, Edmund de la Pole, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Gipping Chapel, Hastings, John Ashdown-Hill, Kathleen Margaret Drew, London Guildhall, Philippa Langley, Richard III, sanctuary, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Speke, Sir Thomas Tyrrell, St. Nicholas, stained glass, Suffolk, The Mystery of the Princes, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas More, Tower of London, trial, Tyrrell “confession”, Tyrrell knot, Westminster Abbey

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com 15th century stained glass from great east window St Nicholas Chapel, Gipping. Did Elizabeth Wydeville gaze up at this very window if the family tradition is correct. Photo thanks to Gerry Morris @ Flikr While there is much information on Sir James Tyrell, c.1455-1502 available, unfortunately some of…
AUSTIN FRIARS: LAST RESTING PLACE OF PERKIN WARBECK

Nov 23, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, genealogy, religion, Science

“A survey of London”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Austin Friars, Blitz, burials, churches, Drapers Hall, Dutch Church, Earls of Hereford, Earls of Oxford, Edward of Buckingham, Erasmus, Eustace Chapuys, executions, friaries, Great Fire of London, Humphrey de Bohun, John Stow, Marquis of Winchester, mtDNA evidence, Old Broad Street, Sir Thomas Cook, St. Augustine, tenements, Thomas Cromwell, WE Hampton, William Collingbourne

UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/austin-friars-last-resting-place-of-perkin-warbeck-2/ Austin Friars today. This section of road covers part of the perimeter of the Friary. With thanks to Eric, Londonist. Austin Friars in London, was founded about 1260 by Humphrey de Bohun 2nd Earl of Hereford and Constable of England d.1275. It was rebuilt in…
Another piece …

Aug 16, 2019

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, genealogy, Science

“confessions”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Tudor” rebellions, Austin Friars, Battle of Bosworth, Brecon rebellion, Colchester, Deptford Bridge, Elizabeth Roberts, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, Garden Tower, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, mtDNA evidence, Richard of Shrewsbury, sanctuary, Stafford brothers, Stoke Field, The Cornish Rebellion, torture, Tyburn, Westminster Abbey

… on two of the major rebellions – Simnel and “Perkin” – against Henry VII. This article is from Voyager of History and we may soon be in a better position to know whether Richard of Shrewsbury could have been at Tyburn in 1499. During the same reign, there was also the Stafford-Lovell rebellion starting…