Edward IV

The butterfly that is Nottingham Castle….?

Aug 19, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Anne Neville, Edward III, Edward IV, Isabella de Valois, Nottingham Castle, renovation, Richard III, Roger Mortimer, Sheriff of Nottingham, Sir William Montagu

We all know of Nottingham Castle, perched high on its rocky hill overlooking the city. It was the lair of the wicked Sheriff, and has legendary connections with Robin Hood. It also has amazing caves through which Mortimer escaped, and that “It was from Nottingham Castle that news was announced to the people of England…
If Edward IV didn’t dispose of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter, who did….?

Aug 2, 2019

battles, heraldry

1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, attainder, Barnet, Coldharbour, deaths at sea, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, Fotheringhay, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Lord High Admiral, Louis XI, Margaret d’Anjou, mtDNA, Picquigny, Richard of Warwick, Scotland, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, Wenceslaus Holler

I must state from the outset that I could not find any contemporary likenesses of Henry Holand, so the above is of him as played by an actor unknown to me. The life of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter has never been of particular interest to me, but I did think that he was…
THE HOLY HAND OF ST JAMES FROM READING ABBEY

Jul 25, 2019

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“Princes”, Becket, bones, Constantinople, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry I, Marlow Catholic Church, Matilda, Reading Abbey, relics, Royal Berkshire History, Salisbury Cathedral, St. James, The Haunch of Venison, True Cross

A fascinating article from the Royal Berkshire History site on the preserved hand of St James, which was discovered in 1796 walled up in the ruins of Reading Abbey and now resides in the Catholic Church in Marlow. Recently,this medieval artefact has undergone scientific analysis with interesting results. Reading Abbey was a highly important place…
13 of the biggest mysteries of the British monarchy….

Jul 23, 2019

anniversaries, buildings

Albert Victor Duke of Clarence, Amy Robsart, Edward Duke of Kent, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth I, Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland, George V, illegitimacy, Jack the Ripper, John Brown, Joseph Sellis, Lord Dawson, Prince Albert, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Louise, Reader’s Digest, Richard III, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal mysteries, Three Estates, Tower of London, Victoria, Whitechapel murders

Oh, dear. The fate of Edward V (if he ever was a king) tops the Reader’s Digest list of 13 of the ‘Biggest Mysteries Surrounding the British Royal Family’. Hm. As the following quoted paragraph is a sample of the article’s accuracy, I won’t be bothering to read the other twelve. “….In April 1483, King…
A fabulous collection of Hundred Years War gold coins….

Jul 18, 2019

culture, Events

coins, Edward IV, Hundred Years War, Isladulcie Collection, Spink Auctions

Coins from the past are always fascinating, but gold coins in such mostly spectacular condition (the Isladulcie Collection) are amazing beyond belief. It will be auctioned on 26th June 2019 at Spink. The collection doesn’t only cover the Hundred Years War, because it stretches from 1346 to 1483 under Edward IV. To read a lot…
Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel

Jun 30, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, law, religion

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, Barnet, bigamy, Burton Dassett, Carmelite Priory, Christ’s College, coronations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, fiction, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, Janet Reedman, John Crowne, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Norwich, Poor Clare’s convent, Richard of Warwick, royal marriages, St. Erasmus Chapel, Talbot hound, Westminster Abbey, Whitefriars Monastery

Over the years there has been lots of fiction written about Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and of course Richard III. However, there is one one figure in their story who often gets a mention, but is rarely portrayed as a living person, with the events long after her death in 1468 taking the forefront instead. …
The Trial That Should Have Happened in 1483

Jun 26, 2019

anniversaries, law, religion, sources

archbishops, Beaumaris Castle, bigamy, canon law, Charles Donohue, Commines, consistory court, Crowland Chronicle, documents, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, George Duke of Clarence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, illegitimacy, inheritance, John Fortescue, King’s Bench, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leeds Castle, Margery Paston, Papal Curia, Parliament, Pope, PreContract, procedure, Protectorate, R.H. Helmholz, Richard Calle, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, secular law, Sir William Shareshull, sorcery, St Stephens Chapel, Statute of Merton, Statute of Praeminure, The Court of Arches, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, treason, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, William Durantis, witnesses

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Putting aside the mystery of what ultimately happened to Edward IV’s two sons, one enduring difficulty for a student of history is whether Richard III used the proper legal procedure in having them declared illegitimate because of their father’s precontracted marriage to Eleanor Talbot. The most (and only) significant defect…
Richard III’s portrait is on the move….

Jun 20, 2019

art, Events

Edward IV, Edward V, exhibitions, New Walk Museum, NPG, portrait, Richard III

From 8 June – 22 September 2019, Richard’s NPG portrait is on its travels to the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. If you wander around the NPG site, you’ll find more about their portraits of Richard. Twenty-six in all. But you’ll also find the following: “Richard III was the last Yorkist king of England.…
The “saintly” “Jane Shore”….?

Jun 12, 2019

anniversaries, law, religion

“Tudors”, Edward IV, Elizabeth Lambert, Hastings, penance, Richard III, royal mistresses, Wydevilles

Well, if you read this you will surely be led to believe she was a saintly woman. She wasn’t, and considering her history with Edward IV, Hastings, the Woodvilles, and heavens know who else, Richard showed her amazing leniency. But then, he didn’t punish troublesome women to the extent they deserved. And yet fingers are…
Bishop Stillington’s Lost Chapel

Jun 8, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law, religion, sources

“Lambert Simnel”, “Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Sedgemoor, bigamy, Camery Gardens, Edward IV, Edward VI, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, imprisonment, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Chapel, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Chancellor, Monmouth Rebellion, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Saxon churches, Sir John Gates, Stoke Field, Taunton, Titulus Regius, Wells Cathedral, Yorkist symbols

The beautiful Cathedral of Wells is a medieval visual delight. It was, of course, the See of Bishop Robert Stillington who sought out Richard Duke of Gloucester and announced that King Edward IV had been secretly married to Eleanor Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, prior to wedding Elizabeth Woodville in a second secret…