Complete Peerage
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I confess that when I wrote the article The disgraceful second marriage of the unpleasant 3rd Earl of Arundel…. – murreyandblue, {21/9} I thought such marital chicanery was a one-off (Henry VIII excepted!) I certainly didn’t expect to happen upon another instance. This second example of heir-shuffling isn’t as easy to explain as Arundel’s, however,…
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Richard’s Castle, on the border of Shropshire and Herefordshire, was founded by a Norman knight called Richard Scrob or FitzScrob. This is how it received its name. The manor eventually passed from Richard’s line and was owned by a junior branch of the Mortimers, the Mortimers of Attleborough. In 1264, Hugh Mortimer was forced to…
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I have just made the mistake of watching The Private Lives of the Tudors, which is based on the book of the same name by Tracy Borman. It’s bad enough that Henry Tudor is first referred to as the Earl of Richmond, but then Dr Susan Doran INSISTS upon referring to him as the DUKE of…
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Heading for a new record?
“Perkin”, attainder, Bishop Leslie, Catherine de Valois, Complete Peerage, denialists, Doctor Who, Earldom of Richmond, Edmund “Tudor”, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Fourth Lateran Council, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Lincoln Roll, Llewellyn Fawr, Owain Glyn Dwr, Owain Tudor, Richard Dunne, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, secret marriage, time travel, trollsThis is Richard Dunne, the player who has scored the most top flight own goals (ten in twenty seasons) since the beginning of the Premier League. “David” is already challenging that total in a shorter time frame. Here are some of his career highlights: 1) Claiming that “Perkin” confessed his imposture to a Scottish Bishop, many…
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