Barbary pirates
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Anne Boleyn, Sir James Tyrell….and the Horndon Worm….!
“Missing Princes Project”, Anne Boleyn, Barbary pirates, Battle of Bosworth, Blickling Hall, dragons, East Horndon church, G.R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones, Gipping Hall, Henry VII, Heron Hall Herongate Essex, Horndon Worm, London Falling, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Medusa, Perseus, Philippa Langley, Princes in Tower, Richard III, Sir James Tyrell, St Mary’s Church Erwarton Suffolk, St Paul’s Church Salle Norfolk, Tyrell family medieval EnglandA few years ago I wrote about the suspected whereabouts of Anne Boleyn’s heart (see here https://murreyandblue.org/2021/03/24/where-is-anne-boleyns-heart/ and see also https://www.history.com/news/anne-boleyn-beheaded-facts). There were two claimants to being the heart’s last resting place: the Church of St Mary in Erwarton, Suffolk, and the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle, Norfolk, (If you can log…
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Invasions
“confessions”, “Perkin”, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Anglo-Saxons, archery, Armada, Barbary pirates, Battle of Hastings, BBC4, Bertram Fields, castles, Charles II, Charles Laughton, churches, Dan Jones, Domesday Book, Elizabeth I, executions, films, Glenda Jackson, Harold II, Harrying of the North, John, Lady Catherine Gordon, Matthew Lewis, Medway Raid, naval battles, Royal deer forests, Sam Willis, The Shadow of the Tower, Tilbury speech, Tower of London, William I, WroeI have watched Dr. Sam Willis on several occasions and regularly enjoy his programmes, particularly his artillery series. With the prematurely grey beard, he is usually much more informative than Dan Jones, who is of a similar age. However, part two of his Invasions fell below this standard. It featured a lot of black and…
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