Carson
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Sir Reginald Bray – not by L.P. Hartley
“Tudor” servants, Carson, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chief Justice, Constable of Oakham, Coronation, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, High Treasurer, John Morton, Knights of the Bath, Lady Catherine Hastings, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Polydore Vergil, Reginald Bray, Royal Grammar School Worcester, Sir Henry Stafford, usurpation, WorcesterReginald Bray was born in Worcester in around 1440. He was the second son of Sir Richard Bray, a surgeon, and Joan Troughton. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School at Worcester. Leland mentioned that his father, Sir Richard Bray was Henry VI’s doctor. Reginald was married to Catherine Hussey. Bray is described by…
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It appears that the traditional assumptions surrounding the execution of William, Lord Hastings in June of 1483, generally incline towards the idea that the Lord Protector, Richard Duke of Gloucester, simply lost his temper and so, without lawful trial or consultation, ordered the immediate beheading of his previous friend, virtually on the spur of the…