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Wow! These new postage stamps are brilliant. So colourful and truly interesting. Well done whoever chose to do this, and well done even more Graham Turner for his amazing paintings. Among the other battle scenes depicted are Wakefield, Towton, First Battle of St Albans, Tewkesbury and Northampton.
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THE SIX SISTERS OF WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
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 HastingsREBLOGGED 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…
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GEORGE DUKE OF CLARENCE, ISOBEL NEVILLE AND THE CLARENCE VAULT
Ankarette Twynho, attainder, Barnet, bigamy, childbirth, Clarence Vault, Crowland Chronicle, dental evidence, Despenser tomb, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Domenico Mancini, Edward of Warwick, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Guild of the Holy Cross Stratford-on-Avon, Hicks, high treason, Isobel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Stacey, Joyce Filyer, Luton Guild Book, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, Ralph Holinshed, Roger Bolingbroke, Rous Roll, Samuel Hawling, Shakespeare, Tewkesbury Abbey, Thomas Burdet, Thomas More, Thomas Penn, Thomas Southwell, Tower of London, wounds, WydevillesReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkpus.com GEORGE DUKE OF CLARENCE, ISOBEL NEVILLE AND THE CLARENCE VAULT This is thought to be a portrait of Isobel from the Luton Guild Book. See The Dragonhound’s interesting post here After the death of Isobel Duchess of Clarence on the 22 December 1476 aged 25, her coffin lay in…
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I first heard of Codnor Castle some 40 years ago…and never went there. At the time, the only info I had said it was ‘just foundations’ so I passed on by. It was only in the last two years I realised there was in fact large, standing masonry including towers of this once-imposing castle. However,…
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If Edward IV didn’t dispose of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter, who did….?
1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, attainder, Barnet, Coldharbour, deaths at sea, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, Fotheringhay, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Lord High Admiral, Louis XI, Margaret d’Anjou, mtDNA, Picquigny, Richard of Warwick, Scotland, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, Wenceslaus HollerI must state from the outset that I could not find any contemporary likenesses of Henry Holand, so the above is of him as played by an actor unknown to me. The life of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter has never been of particular interest to me, but I did think that he was…
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Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel
Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, Barnet, bigamy, Burton Dassett, Carmelite Priory, Christ’s College, coronations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, fiction, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, Janet Reedman, John Crowne, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Norwich, Poor Clare’s convent, Richard of Warwick, royal marriages, St. Erasmus Chapel, Talbot hound, Westminster Abbey, Whitefriars MonasteryOver the years there has been lots of fiction written about Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and of course Richard III. However, there is one one figure in their story who often gets a mention, but is rarely portrayed as a living person, with the events long after her death in 1468 taking the forefront instead. …
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Sir James Tyrrell – Sheriff of Glamorgan
“Princes”, Anne Neville, Audrey Williamson, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Beaulieu Abbey, Captain of Guisnes, Constable of Cardiff Castle, executions, Gipping Hall, Isabel Neville, Jane Stradling, knights banneret, Middleham, Rhys ap Thomas, Scottish campaign 1482, Sheriff, Sir Edward Brampton, Sir Edward Stradling, Sir James Harrington, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Matthew Craddock, Sir William Parr, St. Donat’s Castle, Thomas Rotherham, Thomas Stradling, Tyrrell “confession”, Vice Constable of England, Wales, Warwick Inheritance, Welsh Marches, William Lord HastingsAs we said in an earlier article,“ Richard III appointed James Tyrrell Sherriff of Glamorgan and Constable of Cardiff in 1477. The importance of Glamorgan is little understood or recognised in Ricardian Studies, but this was certainly a key job and one of the most important at Richard’s disposal. The practical effect, given that Richard…
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The Church of St. Alkelda at Middleham
Anne Neville, Barnet, Cecily Duchess of York, churches, College, Dales National Park, Dean Wood, Diocese of Leeds, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edward IV, Edward VI, George Duke of Clarence, Gretna Green, Henry VI, Lady Chapel, marriage, Mary of Middleham, Middleham, Norse, relics, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, St. Alkelda’s, Thomas Cromwell, walking routes, white boar, YorkshireHistory of St Mary and St Alkelda Church If you go to Middleham, your priority will be to visit the castle of King Richard III but you can’t leave this fabulous town of the Dales without having a look at the church of St Mary and St Alkelda. This church is a must for visitors,…
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Seeking the Real Duke of Clarence
alcoholism, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, Barnet, Bromham church, Buckingham rebellion, charisma, disloyalty, Edward IV, executions, fiction, George Duke of Clarence, Hicks, insanity, Isabel Neville, John Thursby. Sir Roger Tocotes, propaganda, puerperal fever, Richard III, stereotypes, Tewkesbury, Towton, tuberculosis, WarwickI’ve been thinking a lot recently about Richard III’s brother, George of Clarence. You know the one–typical ‘middle child’, ‘false fleeting Clarence’, the one drowned in Malmsey who was also a drunk and quite possibly insane, hanging, as he did, old ladies on the vaguest of suspicions. And I began considering–is George, like Richard, maligned,…
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Here is a link that explains just how important it was to bear and display the correct arms. Just think of the Battle of Barnet, when in the fog the Earl of Oxford’s “star with rays” was mistaken for Edward IV’s “sun in splendour”, leading two allies to turn upon each other. Needless to say,…
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