Boots

Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville

Oct 17, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy, humour, law, religion

Anne Mortimer, bigamy, Boots, Bryan Dunleavy, Despencers, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Lady Eleanor Talbot, mistresses, Pope, pre-contract, Richard Earl of Cambridge

(This letter, of which a version was published in the September 2018 Bulletin, was in response to Bryan Dunleavy’s article about Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville.) The article in the latest Ricardian Bulletin by Bryan Dunleavy is interesting, and also provocative, given that the bulk of readers of the publication are, by definition, Ricardians. However…
Henry Tudor lurked in a Tenby cellar….?

Oct 4, 2018

buildings

Boots, Edward IV, Henry VII, Richard III, Tenby

Um, 14-year-old Henry Tudor hid in a Tenby cellar under what is now Boots? While fleeing the future Richard III? I don’t know how that is right. When Tudor fled the country, Edward IV was the king, and as far as I know, Richard did not go hurtling off to Tenby, even with his bucket…
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire’s next door neighbour, has a lot to offer too….

Feb 23, 2018

buildings, travel

Boots, caves, D.H. Lawrence, East Midlands, Edward III, Isabella de Valois, lace market, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Richard I, Richard III, Robin Hood, Roger Mortimer, Sherwood Forest, William I

Leicester’s next door neighbour has something to offer too, including a connection with Richard. This is a good article…except for that stupid vertical band that descends through two of the excellent illustrations. If there’s a way of sending it packing, I didn’t find it.

Boots

Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville

Henry Tudor lurked in a Tenby cellar….?

Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire’s next door neighbour, has a lot to offer too….