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Battle of Bosworth

Treason among the Roses….or….Who betrayed whom at Wakefield….?

Dec 30, 2017

anniversaries, battles

Battle of Bosworth, Edmund Grey Lord Ruthin, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, Micklegate Bar, Northampton, Percies, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Stanleys, treason, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, York

The scene above is fictitious, with roses being brandished nobly, but the strife known to posterity as The Wars of the Roses was full of treachery. Turncoats abounded, loyalty could be non-existent, and men’s names dragged down. Not always dragged down, of course, because if the traitor defected to the ultimately winning side, he did…
Medieval palace site at Lathom being excavated by group of military veterans….

Dec 2, 2017

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy

“Tudors”, archaelogy, Battle of Bosworth, Charlotte Countess of Derby, Civil War, Domesday Book, Henry VII, James Earl of Stanley, Lathom House, Marston Moor, military veterans, Richard III, Rupert, sieges, Thomas Lord Stanley

If you can stomach paragraph two of the article below (by Henry James) the rest is quite interesting! I have taken the precaution of copying the entire article because of a server problem that messed me around after a minute so. So I opened it again, copied, and it’s below, complete with link to the original. “A…
Fascinating Coventry….!

Nov 14, 2017

anniversaries, buildings, The play’s the thing

Basil Spence, Battle of Bosworth, Blitz, City of Culture, Coventry, Elizabeth I, Henry IV, Henry VII, Lady Godiva, Mary Stuart, Richard II, Shakespeare, St. Anne’s Charterhouse, St. Michael’s Cathedral. Coventry Castle, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, viaduct, Whitefriars Monastery, Worcester Men

Coventry’s history and buildings are very well served and illustrated in this article. I think the city is very well worth visiting and has a lot to offer.
Don’t they know Henry VII’s calendar went backwards….?

Nov 12, 2017

battles

Battle of Bosworth, Coronation, Henry VII, Lady Margaret Beaufort, legislation, media, Richard III, Westminster Abbey

Well, well, here we have ten facts about Horrible Henry VII. Oh, dear, he won’t be pleased about one thing…the Express has mistakenly dated his reign from the 22nd. Oops. We ALL know it was from the 21st, because Henners told us it was! He was king before Richard was killed in battle. Richard was…
Henry Tudor, Merevale Abbey, St Armel…and dear old Thomas Stanley….

Oct 12, 2017

battles, buildings, heraldry

Battle of Bosworth, Elizabeth of York, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Merevale, Richard III, rose en soleil, St. Armel, symbols, Thomas Lord Stanley, treason, windows

After a comment by David, about suns in splendour and white roses in the window glass above (see his comment here ) I decided to investigate more about the window at Merevale Abbey. There is, of course, a boar in the window glass at Merevale. Well, more a pig than a boar, and it’s…
Father of a Queen: Thomas Boleyn

Oct 10, 2017

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, travel

Anne Boleyn, arms, Battle of Bosworth, Cambridge University, Edenbridge, Elizabeth Howard, Elizabeth Tilney, Geoffrey Boleyn, George Viscount Rochford, Gonville Hall, Hever Castle, James IV, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Lord Privy Seal, Margaret Cheyne, Mary “Tudor”, Mary Boleyn, pubs, Richard III, Sheriff, Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire, Thomas Earl of Surrey, tombs, William Boleyn

Two miles from Edenbridge in Kent lies the small but attractive castle of Hever. Originally built in 1270, it was taken over 1462 by Geoffrey Bullen (or Boleyn) younger brother of Thomas Boleyn , Master of Gonville Hall, a constituent college of Cambridge. Geoffrey had a son called William and he in turn fathered Thomas…
THE WHITE ROSE: A POEM FOR RICHARD

Oct 2, 2017

anniversaries, battles, heraldry

art, Battle of Bosworth, boar, Frances Quinn, Janet Reedman, poetry, Richard III, Sharon Kay Penman, Sutton Cheney

Several years ago I was out at Bosworth to attend an author signing with one of my favourite Ricardian authors, Sharon Penman, who wrote the mighty epic The Sunne in Splendour. We were staying in the Royal Arms at Sutton Cheney, which has a public room filled with armour, memorabilia, paintings of the battle and…
Stanley and the Stanley Knife

Sep 23, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, heraldry, humour

“Perkin”, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Elizabeth Wydeville, hardware, Henry VI, Henry VII, Islington, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Strange, philosophy, Richard III, satire, Sir William Stanley, Stanley knife, Stanleys, The history of Philosophy, Thomas Lord Stanley, treachery

They are sharp and good for purposes both fair and foul, and might even be handy for some back-stabbing (should one be of that disposition!) What am I talking about? The Stanley Knife. Jokes abound on certain medieval groups about these multi purpose knives being something that should have been invented by the two side-shifting,…
The Bedingfield turncoat of Oxburgh Hall….

Sep 13, 2017

battles, buildings

badges, Battle of Bosworth, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, fetterlock and falcon, Henry VII, knights banneret, Lady Margaret Beaufort, National Trust, Norfolk, Oxburgh Hall, religion, Richard III, Sir Edmund Bedingfield, Stoke Field, treason

In this 2014 post mention was made of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh Hall, near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. He was a Yorkist-turned-Tudor supporter who, like the Stanleys and others, failed Richard III at Bosworth. Sir Edmund was a Yorkist who benefited under Edward IV and Richard III (at the coronation of the latter, he was…
Richard III and a hansom cab….?

Sep 6, 2017

battles, buildings, Events

Battle of Bosworth, Hansom cabs, Heritage Day, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Richard III, transport

The following is taken from the site to which there is a link below. I am posting it because among the exhibits will be items concerning Richard III and Bosworth:- The iconic Hansom Cab will return to its ‘hometown’ as part of the National Heritage Open Days celebration. The two-passenger horse-drawn carriage will be back…