Devon
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I endeavoured to include a link to the following article, but it was far too long, and the resultant Tinyurl simply would not transfer. Very strange. One might almost say devilishly so! Anyway, I do hope Tara MacIsaac will not mind that I include the article in full, because I gladly acknowledge her work Devil’s Hoofprints Spotted…
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THE MISSING PRINCES-LOOKING IN LINCOLNSHIRE & DEVON
“Missing Princes Project”, “Princes”, Coldbridge, Devon, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleanor of Brittany, Fotheringhay, Grimsby, Henry III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John, John Evans, Lincolnshire, Mary Stuart, Old Sarum, Philippa Langley, Richard III, Robert More, Sandra heath wilson, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, windowsPhilippa Langley has recently been on the road with ‘The Missing Princes Project’ making inquiries in Lincolnshire as to any local legends or folklore (such stories can often hold a tiny grain of folk memory) relating to King Richard or the two boys. Interestingly, author Sandra Heath Wilson in her novels has the princes hidden…
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St Columba may have been the founder of Iona, but he (apparently) had some rather odd views, including the need to banish women and cows from the island. He said—”Where there is a cow there is a woman, and where there is a woman there is mischief.” Like far too many men of God, his…
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The great hall at Dartington Hall, near Totnes in Devon, is a magnificent example of 14th-century architecture, but there is a little oddity that not everyone will notice. It concerns the supporting figures on the corbels supporting the five-bay hammerbeam timber roof. The figures are angels holding the heraldic shields of the families that have…
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A PRINCESS OF DEVON
attainder, Bickleigh Castle, Catherine of York, Devon, Duke of Ross, earls of devon, Edmund de la Pole, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Eltham Palace, Henry VII, Henry VIII, James III, John Welles, Lancastrians, Manuel, marriages, Ralph Scrope, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Tiverton Castle, Tower of LondonAfter the battle of Bosworth, Henry VII married Edward IV’s daughter Elizabeth of York. What happened to Edward’s other daughters? Bridget, the youngest, went to a nunnery. Anne married the younger Thomas Howard (which was the marriage proposed for her by Richard III; Thomas Jr’s father Thomas still desired the marriage for his son and…
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More groaning from Yours Truly, I fear. At the weekend I was taken to see Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon. It was very beautiful, and my complaint is not to do with the castle, but with a book I bought in the gift shop. It’s called Medieval Women, is by Henrietta Leyser, and has mixed reviews,…
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Another version of Shakespeare’s Richard…which means the same old, same old, of course. This one is slightly different in that the lead is played by a woman, Emily Carding. She may be truly excellent, I don’t know, but the usual humpy back, evil psychopath, crawling around the stage and so on is much in evidence. If you’re a…
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Very good although it makes an assumption about “Perkin”‘s identity: http://www.devonperspectives.co.uk/exeter_1497.html
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