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The murdered Lancastrian countess and the disappearing Yorkist ghost rider….

Mar 22, 2024

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law, religion, sources

Blanche of Lancaster, british History Online, drowning, Edward II, Edward IV, executions, ghosts, Gloucestershire, Henry III, Henry of Grosmont, illegitimacy, Kempsford Castle, Lords Ordainers, Margaret of Anjou, Maud Chaworth, Owlpen Manor, Pontefract, possible canonisation, Prestbury, River Thames, Tewkesbury, Thomas Earl of Lancaster

Gloucestershire doesn’t lack ghostly stories, not least about the Wars of the Roses with, for example, Margaret of Anjou prowling the rooms of Owlpen Manor and the phantom messenger, on his way through Prestbury to Edward IV at Tewkesbury in May 1471 when he was killed by an arrow. He still gallops through the village…
ANNE ST LEGER, BARONESS de ROS – NIECE TO EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

Nov 13, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, Science, sources

Anne Holland, Anne of York, Anne St. Leger, annulment, canon law, Chapel of St. George, drowning, dysentery, Edward Hall, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Manners baron de Ros, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, John Ashdown-Hill, Joy Ibsen, Leicester Greyfriars, mtDNA line, Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Richard III, Rutland Chapel, Shoreditch, siege of Tournoi, Sir Richard Grey, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Stanleys, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Tomb of Anne St Leger and George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros of Helmsley. Note the brass plaque in the background dedicated to her parents, Anne of York and Sir Thomas St Leger. Photo with thanks to humphreysfamilytree.com ‘Here lyethe buryede George Maners knyght lord roos who decesede/ the xxiii…
Baron Arundel took fifty-two new suits to sea in 1379….!

Jan 24, 2022

anniversaries, religion, Science

Archbishop Thomas Arundel, Brittany, drowning, executions, fops, Irish coast, John Lord Arundel, naval fleet, nuns, Richard Earl of Arundel, Southampton, suits, Thomas Walsingham

I have just read in Margaret Aston’s excellent biography of Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor, that according to Walsingham (always a fount of truth, of course) when Sir John Arundel, 1st Baron Arundel, died at sea in December 1379, among his lost belongings “were fifty-two new suits”. This, it seems, led one…
Gloucester’s contribution to the Battle of Tewkesbury….

Aug 31, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, Events

Alney Island, Andrew Armstrong, charter, drowning, Edward of Lancaster, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucester, Henry VI, Henry VII, Lancastrians, Lord Protector of the Realm, Malmsey, Margaret of Anjou, processions, Richard Duke of York, Richard’s Wood, River Severn, Tewkesbury

This year is the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Tewkesbury, and—justifiably—Gloucester wants a piece of the celebratory action. After all, Gloucester did contribute a lot to the outcome, by ensuring Margaret and her forces were obliged to take a stand in a place they wouldn’t have chosen. The queen wanted to pass through the…
The Medieval River Ferry

Jun 6, 2021

anniversaries, travel

drowning, ferries, fords, mediaeval life, Mersey, Northenden, Pilkingtons, Sir William Harrington

A few days ago I had a need to describe a medieval ferry in my work-in-progress, albeit as a background, scenic item. I realised I had no idea how they were propelled, or even what they looked like. The answer seems to be rather like this one at Evesham. The vessel itself is rather like…
Is This The Face of Clarence’s Daughter

May 28, 2017

anniversaries, art, genealogy

altered portraits, barrel, Barrington Hall, drowning, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Hazel Pierce, John Barrington, Malmsey, Margaret of Salisbury, National Portrait Gallery, Rous Roll, Roy Strong, Winifred Pole

Portrait of an Unknown Lady formerly known as Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury PLEASE SEE UPDATED POST Is This the Face of George Duke of Clarence’s Daugher For many years this was believed to be a portrait of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George Duke of Clarence, and a niece to two kings. Tantalisingly…
The “historically aware” Murderer (2012)

Apr 2, 2014

genealogy

accidents, Agrippina, Ardlamont, drowning, Jack House, Kenya, libel, Madame Tussaud’s, Monson, murder, Murder Not Proven, Nero, New Forest, not proven, Rutlands, Walter Tirel, William II

Alfred John Monson was born in 1862. His parents were Rev. Thomas Monson and Hon. Caroline Monckton, putting the first two Barons Monson and the Viscounts Galway among his close ancestors. Both of his parents were descended from Anne of Exeter through the Earls of Rutland. Monson was a confidence trickster with three small children,…