Battle of Bosworth
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Murrey and Blue’s second in the ‘An Interview With…’ series is with Dr Toby Capwell, expert on European arms and armour of the medieval and Renaissance periods (roughly, the 12th century to the 16th). He was formerly Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection in London. Joanne Larner: I’ll start by asking how…
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Tenby seems quite determined to brag that it provided a safe escape route for the 14-year-old future Henry VII in 1471, see https://shorturl.at/5VvpW. The story goes that after the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury in that year, he was fleeing from Richard III! Not in 1471 he wasn’t! There was no…
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See “King Richard III” give a talk in Stamford, Lincolnshire….
There is a wonderful 550-year-old hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and it is there due to the 1475 generosity of wealthy wool merchant William Browne and his wife. It was granted a charter by Richard III, not long before the king’s tragic death at the Battle of Bosworth. “….British Museum curator Dr Gareth Williams is helping…
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Here is a review of the latest album from The Legendary Ten Seconds ‘A Ricardian Argosy’, which will be available in May. Bonus tracks available on Bandcamp: All in all this is very polished album, with a good mix of remixes of old favourites and new offerings. I especially like the electronic aspects of some…
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The Angel & Royal has its blue plaque at last….!
Angel & Royal Inn Grantham, Battle of Bosworth, blue plaque, Buckingham’s Rebellion 1483, Elizabeth of York, Great Seal, Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Henry Tudor – Henry VII, House of Lancaster, House of York, Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford, Margaret Beaufort mother of Henry VII, Richard III, Richard III Society, Wars of the RosesWe first posted about a blue plaque for the Angel & Royal Inn back in October 2021 (see https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2021/10/19/a-blue-plaque-for-the-angel-royal/). Well, at last that blue plaque has become fact. The plaque (see in detail at the end of this article) is in place and very impressive it is too….if long overdue! It is there thanks to…
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An Interview With… Thomas Dennis
This is the first in a proposed series of interviews with notable people associated with King Richard III. A short while ago, I was lucky enough to interview Thomas Dennis, the young actor who recreated the voice of Richard III. He was chosen, not only for his acting ability (which has garnered great reviews), but…
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What was King Richard III really like? Well, Ricardians have always known he was the best, as has Matthew Lewis, who has set about putting the rest of the world right about a king who has had nothing but wrong done to his memory. Historian and author Matthew is, of course, a former Chair of…
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“….A sapling from an oak tree in the grounds of King Richard III’s birthplace has been planted in the place where he died….” So begins the BBC article you’ll find at https://rb.gy/n5r3y4. And the photograph above is of the ‘mother tree’ at Fotheringhay, near Peterborough, from which the sapling has been ‘born’. The great oak…
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Dan Snow video on some of our kings and queens, including Richard III….
Dan Snow may be a popular historian, always on TV, always praised and admired, but he seldom comes in for any thumbs-up from Ricardians. Well, like most of today’s TV-historians, he’s pro-Tudor. And that, folks, means putting their Rosa Klebb boots into Richard III. So when this link https://shorturl.at/nlCnD turned up and I saw it…
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The above publication (link to home page https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069006610&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021) is full of interesting information about the London of the past, although I advise caution when it comes to the “facts” printed therein. While researching the royal residence in the city, known as Tower Royal or the Queen’s Wardrobe, I happened upon this on page 62:- The…
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