Barnet
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Thomas Tresham – Lancastrian and Speaker of the Commons.
attainder, Barnet, edmund lenthall, francis tresham, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VI, Henry VII, High Sheriffs, huntingdon castle, Jack Cade, John Earl of Oxford, jps, Lord Grey of Ruthin, Margaret of Anjou, mary zouche, MPs, Richard Duke of York, Second Battle of St. Albans, simon norwich, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir William Tresham, Sir William Vaux, Tewkesbury, Tower of London, TowtonThomas Tresham was born in about 1420. He was the son of William Tresham and Isabel Vaux. (Isabel Vaux was the great-aunt of that Sir William Vaux who was executed at Tewkesbury.) William Tresham was an important servant of Henry VI, which undoubtedly helped his son’s advancement. In 1443, father and son were appointed joint…
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Here is the promotional video, which can be gruesome at times – with thanks to Philip Photiou and the Legendary Ten Seconds.
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Trooping the Colour is purely ceremonial these days, but in times gone by, when there was no instant communication on the battlefield, prior to the conflict the flag (colours) was paraded (trooped) up and down the lines of soldiers to remind them of exactly what their own flag looked like. This may sound unnecessary, but…
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Here is another number from the Legendary Ten Seconds. The Valiant Squires, at the end of this selection, is about those who fell at Barnet fighting alongside the Duke of Gloucester.
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Yet again I live and learn. I’d wondered why hedges were such an important feature of the medieval landscape, and on reading this article, concerning the Battle of Blore Heath, I’ve discovered why. “….The Lancastrian position at the beginning of the Battle of Blore Heath was behind a ‘Great Hedge’. ‘Great Hedges’ existed…
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The above illustration is from In search of Shakespeare in Gloucestershire The article states that “Shakespeare takes liberties with Tewkesbury” (and calls Richard III a scallywag!) and then lists all the things that are wrong in the Bard’s accounts. But it doesn’t notice the glaring error in the above illustration’s caption. I’d like to…
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CROWN IN EXILE: A NOVEL OF RICHARD AND EDWARD IN BURGUNDY
“Beauforts”, Anthony Wydville, Barnet, Belgium, Bruges, Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Crown in Exile, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, George Duke of Clarence, Gruuthuse, Henry IV, Jehan de Wavrin, John Ashdown-Hill, King’s Lynn, Lord Hendrik van Borselen, Louis de Groothouse, Louis XI, Margaret of Burgundy, museums, Netherlands, novels, Princes of Wales, publishing, Ravenspur, Readeption, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, William Caxton, William Lord Hastings, YorkA part of Richard III’s life often overlooked in fiction is the brief time he spent in exile with his brother, Edward IV, from October 1470 to March 1471. Usually, this event is a mere footnote in most novels, no doubt because it might be seen as ‘slowing down the action’ and also…
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JOHN DE LA POLE EARL OF LINCOLN AND ELSTON CHAPEL – A POSSIBLE BURIAL PLACE?
Anne Curry, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Stoke, Bernard Andre, Bisham Abbey, city of York, David Baldwin, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Elston Chapel, Francis Viscount Lovell, Glenn Foard, Henry VII, Heralds Account, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, Leicester Greyfriars, Margaret Fitzalan, Martin Schwarz, Michael Bennett, Polydore Vergil, revenants, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, St. Oswald’s, Willow Rundle, Wingfield ChurchReblogged from a Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901. The battle of Stoke Field fought on the 16th June 1487 has been discussed elsewhere extensively so there is no need for…
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On 14th April 1471, Easter Sunday, in thick fog, was fought one of the pivotal battles of the Wars of the Roses, when the Yorkist Edward IV took on and defeated the by-then-Lancastrian Earl of Warwick, who was killed in the aftermath while trying to escape. His brother Montagu was killed as well. The…
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Picking the Bones….
Anne Neville, artillery, Barnet, bells, bigamy, cavalry, Charles Dickens, coronations, Coventry, Easter, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, emblems, fog, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Holy Saturday, Isobel Neville, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, Lent, Middleham Castle, murder, poison, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard Woodville, rivers, Robert Stillington, supernatural, Thames Valley, Westminster Abbey, WydevillesThis ghost story was inspired after reading this post by my good friend sparkypus. And the Battle of Barnet just happened to take place at an earlier Easter. Oh, and there’s a nod toward Dickens, but the facts don’t cooperate with Christmas! The eve of the Battle of Barnet, Holy Saturday, 13 April, 1471 It was…
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