burial mystery
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ANOTHER MISSING QUEEN: JOAN OF SCOTLAND
Alexander II, Bishop of Salisbury, burial mystery, Cistercians, Dorset, Eleanor of Provence, Ermengarde, Henry III, Hugh X of Lusignan, Isabella of Angouleme, Joan of Scotland, John, pilgrimage, Reformation, Richard of Cornwall, Richard Poore, royal marriages, Scotland, Tarrant Crawford Abbey, York MinsterThe village of Tarrant Crawford really isn’t a village anymore. If you type the address into your Satnav, it will vanish from the screen while driving down the nearby main road–there are no signposts and the only other road visible is a simple farm track fringed by thick trees. However, here at one time was…
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EDWARD OF MIDDLEHAM ‘SON TO KYNG RICHARD’ & THE MYSTERIOUS SHERIFF HUTTON MONUMENT
AJ Pollard, Anne Neville, Anne Sutton, Beaucham Pageant, burial mystery, cenotaphs, costume, Coverham Abbey, Edward of Middleham, hairstyles, Henry V, Jane Crease, Jervaulx Abbey, John Neville, John Rous, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Middleham, monuments, Nottingham Castle, Peter Hammond, Pontefract Castle, pudding basin, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Neville, Rhoda Edwards, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Robert Glove, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, Society of Antiquaries, Somerset Herald, St. Mary and St. Akelda, The Children of Richard III, York MinsterReblogged from sparkypus.com Edward of Middleham from the Beauchamp Pageant. Described as ‘Edward Plantagenet, son to Kyng Richard’ Its often been written that, along with so many children of the times he lived in, even those of the nobility, not a lot is known about Richard III and Anne Neville’s small son Edward. There is…
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Richard III and Harold II
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Anne Neville, Archibald Whitelaw, bastardy, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Hastings, Bishop’s Stortford, Bosham, burial mystery, Constable of England, coronations, Earl of Wessex, Edgar the Atheling, Edith Swan Neck, Edward V, exile, George Duke of Clarence, Godwin Earl of Wessex, Gruffydd ap Llewellyn, Harold Hardrada, Harold II, Henry VII, Lord Protector of the Realm, marriage, more Danico, Nevilles, Orderic Vitalis, propaganda, Richard Duke of York, scoliosis, Scotland, St. Edward the Confessor, Stamford Bridge, Tostig, Wales, Waltham Abbey, William I, WitangemotWe all know that Richard is directly descended from William the Conqueror, who is his eleven times great grandfather. Here is Richard’s pedigree to William in three parts – follow the yellow dots left to right. (N.B. the first few generations have the yellow combined with red and blue which lead to other ancestors). But…
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Can you imagine swarms of investigators milling around unmarked graves (and known graves) across the UK, taking samples of DNA in the hope of locating someone of historic interest? After all, it’s how Michael Ibsen’s descent from Richard’s sister was discovered. Well, the nature of events in Quebec, Canada, described in this article, raise…
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Was the younger Despenser buried in two places at the same time….?
“Copped Hat”, annulments, burial mystery, Chertsey, Despenser tomb, Earl of Arundel, Edmund of Rutland, Edward II, Edward III, Edward IV, Eleanor of Lancaster, executions, Havering atte Bower, Henry VI, Hereford, Hugh Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser, Hulton Abbey, Isabel le Despenser, Leicester Greyfriars, Piers Gaveston, Pontefract, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Soar, St. george’s Chapel, Staffordshire, Tewkesbury Abbey, WakefieldWe Ricardians know all about the problems, if not to say mysteries, that can arise from the final resting places of famous figures from the past. It doesn’t help that in the medieval period especially a person’s remains could be moved from place to place. Edward IV had his father and brother moved from Pontefract…
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Edward of Middleham: the prince of Richard III
Anne Idley, Anne Neville, burial mystery, Charles Ross, Coronation, Coverham Abbey, Crowland Chronicle, dispensations, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, Earl of Salisbury, Edward of Middleham, George Duke of Clarence, investiture, Isabel Burgh, Isabel Neville, Jervaulx Abbey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Middleham, Nevilles, Nottingham, portrait, Prince of Wales, Prince’s Tower Middleham, Richard III, Sheriff Hutton, St. Alkelda’s, stained glass, York MinsterEdward of York, better known as Edward of Middleham, was the only legitimate son of King Richard III and his Queen, Anne Neville. Edward was thought to have been born in Middleham Castle in December 1473, but this date is not certain. The historian Charles Ross wrote that this date “lacks authority” and was…
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Where lies Harry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham? No one can say for sure, his final resting place is as elusive and entwined with myth and legend as Richard III’s once was. Stafford, leader of the October 1483 rebellion against Richard, was turned in by one of his own men while hiding in a cottage, apparently…
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