Christine Carpenter

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN NEVILLE, MARQUIS OF MONTAGU and EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND d.1471

Oct 18, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Anne Neville, Anne Neville the younger, Anne Stonor, Barnet, Barons Scrope of Masham, Charles Brandon, Christine Carpenter, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville Duke of Bedford, Hicks, Isobel Ingoldesthorpe, Isobel Neville, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, letters, Mary “Tudor”, ODNB, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Sawston, Sheriff Hutton, St Peters Church Elford, Taunton Castle, WE Hampton

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Smythe monument Elford Church. Photo Aidan McRae Thomson Of the four sons of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, only two, Richard Earl of Warwick and John Marquis of Montagu had children. Warwick, who would go on to become known as the ‘Kingmaker’, had two daughters, while John who…
Henry VI: saint or sinner?

Sep 1, 2019

anniversaries, battles, law, religion

“Nicholas of the Tower”, Adam Moleyns, Archbishop Kemp, aristocratic lawlessness, Azincourt, Bertram Wolffe, biographies, Calais, Cardinal Beaufort, Charles VI, Charles VII, Christine Carpenter, debt, deposition, Duke of Orleans, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Eton, feudalism, First Battle of St. Albans, France, Great Council, Harfleur, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Humphrey of Gloucester, Hundred Years War, impeachment, insanity, Ireland, Jack Cade, John Blacman, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of Suffolk, John Harvey, John Watts, Kent, King’s College Cambridge, Lord Protector of the Realm, majority, Margaret d’Anjou, Normandy, Parliamentary Roll, Polydore Vergil, Ralph Griffiths, Ralph Lord Cromwell, Readeption, Richard Duke of York, treason, Valois, Wakefield, William Duke of Suffolk, William Tailboys

A gentle and devotional life About seventy years ago, the historian John Harvey wrote this in an essay about King Henry VI: “The life and death, and the thwarting of his noble designs are one (sic) of the sorriest tragedies of English history. He was a victim of forces outside his control, for whose existence…
Review of ‘The “Princes” in the Tower’ (Channel 4)

Mar 25, 2015

television reviews

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Annette Carson, Bertram Fields, bigamy, Christine Carpenter, David Starkey, Edward V, Hastings, Henry VII, Janina Ramirez, John Ashdown-Hill, Josephine Josepha Wilkinson, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Sir James Tyrrell, Susan Leas, Thomas More, trial, Weir

There were many good things about this programme. Dr. Janina Ramirez joined Dr. John Ashdown-Hill and the lawyer Bertram Fields. All three have studied the late medieval period in detail and in different ways. Then there was Dr. David Starkey. He is a renowned expert on the 1509-1603 period but tends to derive his views…

Christine Carpenter

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN NEVILLE, MARQUIS OF MONTAGU and EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND d.1471

Henry VI: saint or sinner?

Review of ‘The “Princes” in the Tower’ (Channel 4)