bones

THE HOLY HAND OF ST JAMES FROM READING ABBEY

Jul 25, 2019

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“Princes”, Becket, bones, Constantinople, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry I, Marlow Catholic Church, Matilda, Reading Abbey, relics, Royal Berkshire History, Salisbury Cathedral, St. James, The Haunch of Venison, True Cross

A fascinating article from the Royal Berkshire History site on the preserved hand of St James, which was discovered in 1796 walled up in the ruins of Reading Abbey and now resides in the Catholic Church in Marlow. Recently,this medieval artefact has undergone scientific analysis with interesting results. Reading Abbey was a highly important place…
The bones of 2,500 people under a Northamptonshire church….

Jul 10, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, religion

bones, burials, churches, Leicester Greyfriars, Northamptonshire, Richard III, Rothwell

“….The Holy Trinity Church in the small town of Rothwell [Northamptonshire] houses the corpses of 2,500 ancient men, women and children in a mysterious “hall of bones….” I, um, hate the thought of being in a church with all those bones under it, but it is a mystery, all the same. Nothing would persuade me…
Terry Jones’ opinion of Richard III….

Feb 1, 2019

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, sources, The play’s the thing

“Medieval Lives”, “Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, bones, Bootham Bar, Coronation, Council of the North, Edward IV, Edward V, Garden Tower, Henry VII, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Rous, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Protector of the Realm, Louis VII, motive, plots, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Richard III, Tanner and Wright, Terry Jones, Wars of the Roses, wine merchants, Wydevilles, York

I am a great fan of Terry Jones’ writing/opinions when it comes to medieval history, and today just happens to be Terry’s birthday. That he supports King Richard II I already knew, but I did not know he also thinks highly of King Richard III. What I write below is taken from a book, which…
A 1962 talk about That Urn and what Richard might or might not have done ….

Aug 4, 2016

archaeology, Science

“Princes”, bones, Dr. Lyne-Perkis, evidence, Science, Tanner and Wright, teeth, Tower of London

I apologise in advance for posting this in so many picture files, but the manuscript of Dr Lyne-Pirkis’ 1962 speech about the urn in Westminster Abbey was sent to me, page by page, in PDF format. I couldn’t work out how to post them, so turned them all into separate JPEGs They come courtesy of a…
Examining an alternative theory

Sep 4, 2015

archaeology, Science

“Beauforts”, Annette Carson, bones, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, George Duke of Bedford, Mary, reductio ad absurdam, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Tanner and Wright, Thomas More, Westminster Abbey, Windsor

For several centuries, some historians and other writers have connected Sir Thomas More’s narrative of the murder of Edward IV’s sons to the bones found in 1674 and declared them to prove his case, even to the point of deluding Tanner and Wright in 1933 into calling the bones “Edward” and “Richard” before they even…
EDWARD V–YOUNG APOLLO OR INVALID?

Aug 2, 2015

Science

“Tudor” “sources”, Annette Carson, Apollo, bones, Dr. John Argentine, Edward V, evidence, George Buck, Hicks, intellect, jaw disease, Ludlow, Mancini, Richard of Shrewsbury, teeth

There are some, though increasingly few in number, who still wish to believe the ‘bones in the urn’ at Westminster are, without doubt, the remains of Edward V and his brother, Richard of York. Professor Hicks, among others, chides those who ‘do not wish to believe’ despite ‘the best medical opinion of the day.’ (Extraordinary…
Just what or who is in that urn in Westminster Abbey….?

Sep 15, 2014

Science

“Princes”, bones, Tanner and Wright, urn, Westminster

This may be something everyone else knows but I didn’t. So I’ll post it, in case others might wonder as I do. Who or what is in the urn in Westminster Abbey, which supposedly contains the bones of the two boys known as the ‘Princes in the Tower’? I have acquired a book called The…