Edward I
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I’ve known for a long time that King Arthur wasn’t buried at Glastonbury, but thanks to an incredible example of “seizing the moment”, the monks of the abbey ensured a huge income from pilgrims and tourists who believed their story. Or maybe it wasn’t only the monks, maybe Henry II had something to do…
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Wars of the Roses Delights in Suffolk
Battle of Bosworth, blue boar, Bury St. Edmunds, castles, Catherine Stafford, Cecily Neville, Clare, Clare Castle, Clare Priory, de la Pole family, de Vere star, Dunwich, Earls of Oxford, Edward I, Elizabeth of Suffolk, executions, Greyfriars, Hammes, Henry VII, Joan of Acre, John Ashdown-Hill, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Knights Templar, Lavenham, Leicester cathedral, Lionel of Antwerp, Michael Earl of Suffolk, pubs, rosary, Sir john Wingfield, St. Andrew’s Wingfield, Stoke Field, Suffolk, tomb effigies, Violante Visconti, Wingfield, YorkistsAfter over a year, I have finally been able to go on another holiday in which to indulge in my passion of church and castle crawling. I haven’t spent much time in Suffolk before–it’s just a little too far–but there were some places I really wanted to visit, so off we went, braving a crazed…
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The “awkward mediaeval cities” (2) : Northampton
artillery, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Northampton, Bletchley, coaches, delapre Abbey, Dissolution of the Monasteries, DNA, Edward I, Eleanor of Castile, Fotheringhay, Francis Crick, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Northampton Castle, Oxford, Peterborough, rail journeys, Richard III, siege of Roxburgh, St. Albans, St. Thomas Becket, Stony Stratford, trials, Weston FavellAnother such is Northampton. Like Oxford, most (all in fact) of the trains run to or from London, although the latter will reconnect to Cambridge in a few years, with Milton Keynes and Northampton joining the line via Bletchley. Northampton is only currently accessible from East Anglia via London, Birmingham, or switching to a coach…
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The Daughters of Edward I
Amesbury Abbey, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, Burgos, Clare Priory, deposition, Edward I, Edward II, Edward IV, Eleanor Crosses, Eleanor of Castile, Elizabeth Countess of Hereford, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Hardingstone, Israel, Joan of Acre, John Ashdown-Hill, Kathryn Warner, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Laura Culme-Seymour, Lucy Walter, Maria Smythe, Mary I, North Wales, Northampton, nuns, Royal Marriage Secrets, royal marriages, SpainKathryn Warner‘s latest tome has arrived and soon raised memories of Ashdown-Hill’s Eleanor, as two of the daughters in question – Joan of Acre (twice) and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan – are among the ancestors of Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lucy Walter, “Mrs. Fitzherbert” (Maria Smythe) and Laura Culme-Seymour, as shown in Royal Marriage Secrets and replicated here.…
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The history of castles….
Beaumaris Castle, Belvoir Castle, castles, Charles VIII, defences, Durham Castle, Edward I, English Civil War, Episcopal palaces, gunpowder, Italian Wars, keeps, Knights Hospitaller, Krak des Chevaliers, motte and bailey, Normans, ruins, slighting, stone, Syria, tourism, Wales, Warkworth Castle, William I, Windsor CastleWe all love early castles. Well, we can love those from later ages, but they don’t have quite the same cachet as those wonderful old fortresses that always make us gasp when we see them. But how did they evolve? And why did they become obsolete except as tourist attractions and scenic splendours? This article…
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Here is a quote from this article: “….Some say Humpty Dumpty is a sly allusion to King Richard III, whose brutal 26-month reign ended with his death in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. In this speculative version, King Richard III’s horse was supposedly called “Wall,” off of [sic] which he fell during battle.…
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