Carmelite Priory

THE LION IN THE RIVER

Mar 4, 2022

archaeology, buildings, heraldry, religion

Carmelite Priory, corbels, Edward Duke of York, Kennet, lions, Marlborough, Marlborough House, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire

Volunteers working on clearing weeds in the River Kennet in the attractive Wiltshire town of Marlborough recently got a big surprise. A large lump of masonry was shifted from its position on the river-bed and they found themselves gazing into the weed-draped, grinning countenance of a stylised medieval lion! The lion is believed to have…
The White Friars of Farringdon Without and their property in Fleet Street….

Aug 16, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, religion

Alice Perrers, arguments, Carmelite Priory, Edward III, Farringdon Without, Fleet Street, Ireland, Lieutenant of Ireland, Reformation, Sir William de Windsor, Westmorland, Whitefriars London

Whitefriars is in Farringdon Without ward, London, where in medieval times stood a religious house belonging to the Carmelite friars. I came upon it (on-line, not in person) because while researching a certain Sir William de Windsor, a very unpopular and harsh Lieutenant of Ireland in the later reign of King Edward III. He was…
Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel

Jun 30, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, law, religion

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, Barnet, bigamy, Burton Dassett, Carmelite Priory, Christ’s College, coronations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, fiction, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, Janet Reedman, John Crowne, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Norwich, Poor Clare’s convent, Richard of Warwick, royal marriages, St. Erasmus Chapel, Talbot hound, Westminster Abbey, Whitefriars Monastery

Over the years there has been lots of fiction written about Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and of course Richard III. However, there is one one figure in their story who often gets a mention, but is rarely portrayed as a living person, with the events long after her death in 1468 taking the forefront instead. …
THE CARMELITE FRIARY OF NORWICH KNOWN AS WHITEFRIARS – BURIAL PLACE OF ELEANOR TALBOT

Jun 30, 2018

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, law, religion

Arminghall Arch, bigamy, Blackfriars, burials, Carmelite Priory, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, friaries, George Plunkett, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Kenninghale, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Margaret Beauchamp, marriage, Norwich, Norwich Magistrates Court, Philip de Cowgate, pre-contract, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Reformation, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Russell Colman, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Towton

UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/the-carmelite-friary-of-norwich-known-as-whitefriars-burial-place-of-eleanor-talbot/ COWGATE NORWICH, DAVID HODGSON c.1860. WHITEFRIARS STOOD ON THE EASTERN SIDE BETWEEN THE CHURCH OF ST JAMES POCKTHORPE (SEEN ABOVE) AND THE RIVER A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY..NORWICH MUSEUM On this day, 30 June, died Eleanor Butler nee Talbot. Eleanor came from an illustrious family. Her father was…
The lady whose existence led Richard to the throne…

Jun 20, 2016

law, Science

archaeology, bigamy, Carmelite Priory, Dundee University, Edward IV, facial reconstruction, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Norwich, pre-contract, Richard III Society

This is all so exciting! Wouldn’t it be marvellous if the remains did indeed turn out to be Lady Eleanor? The woman whose status and existence made a king of Richard of Gloucester. And to think, it’s not that long ago that we didn’t even know her name for certain. Now John Ashdown-Hill knows even more…

Carmelite Priory

THE LION IN THE RIVER

The White Friars of Farringdon Without and their property in Fleet Street….

Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel

THE CARMELITE FRIARY OF NORWICH KNOWN AS WHITEFRIARS – BURIAL PLACE OF ELEANOR TALBOT

The lady whose existence led Richard to the throne…