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Edward IV

A Song for the Stanleys

Sep 23, 2018

anniversaries, battles, humour

Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Edward IV, France, Louis XI, poetry, Richard III, Stanleys, Towton, treachery, Wars of the Roses

On the battlefield of Towton We were rearmost of the rear We were tasked to guard the baggage And to keep the exits clear But when the foe was vanquished And ran away in frantic fear We charged right in (We charged right in) We charged right in (We charged right in) We showed them…
Elizabeth of York – her privy purse expenses

Sep 20, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings, sources

“Perkin”, Ann Wroe, Anne Neville, Arthur “Tudor”, Bermondsey Abbey, borrowing, burials, Catherine of York, childbirth, clothing, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Food, Gravesend, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Beaufort, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Verney, Margaret “Tudor”, Mary “Tudor”, medical care, mottoes, Nottingham, Nottingham Borough Records, ODNB, Privy Purse, records, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, servants, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicholas, St. John’s Friary, Tower of London, Vaux Passional, Wapping

Updated post @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/elizabeth-of-york-her-privy-purse-expenses/ Henry Vll and his children in mourning for Elizabeth of York. An idealised presentation of Henry. His children , Margaret and Mary sitting in front of the fire while a young Henry weeps into his mother’s empty bed. From the Vaux Passional, a 15th century manuscript. And so…
The Wydeville Household

Sep 4, 2018

Music Reviews

Edward IV, Edward V, Ludlow Castle, music, Sir Anthony Wydeville, The Legendary Ten Seconds, videos, Wydevilles
A genealogical illustration …

Aug 22, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Dr. John Clement, Earl of Leicester, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Guildford Dudley, Guildford family, Hans Holbein, Jack Leslau, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lady Catherine Gordon, Matthew Lewis, More, Richard of Shrewsbury, Tyburn

… of Lewis’ The Survival of the Princes in the Tower. Here is the pedigree, incorporating the “Simnel” and “Warbeck” hypotheses but also Jack Leslau’s theory involving More and Hans Holbein’s painting.
Richard III, Henry VII and the City of York….

Jul 31, 2018

buildings, sources, The play’s the thing

“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Neville, Archbishop Scrope, Berwick Castle, british History Online, Christmas, Corpus Christi Guild, Council of the North, Creed Play, Earl of Northumberland, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, entertainment, Fishergate Bar, fishgarths, Henry VII, James IV, John Brackenbury, John Vavasour, Lammas, Lord Clifford, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Margaret “Tudor”, Micklegate Bar, Miles Metcalf, Nicholas Lancaster, Ouse, Paston Letters, Paul Murray Kendall, Percies, Pontefract, Princes of Wales, Richard Green, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, riots, Scarborough Castle, Scotland, Shakespeare, Sheriff Hutton, Sir John Egremont, The Ainsty, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Thomas Wrangwissh, Three Estates, Walmgate Bar, York, York Castle, York Guildhall

This is not my work, but has been lifted entirely from British History Online. My contribution is the illustrations. It is a sensible assessment of the relationship of both Richard and Henry Tudor with the great city of York. :- York, Richard of Gloucester, and Henry VII There was much that was new in…
Yet another case

Jul 30, 2018

anniversaries, sources, television reviews

Audley case, BBC2, Bontems, Canale Plus, denialists, Duc de St. Simon, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Fontainebleau, France, Harlay Archbishop of Paris, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Louis XIV, Marquise de Maintenon, marriage law, morganatic marriage, Pere la Chaise, Richard Earl Rivers, Royal Marriage Secrets, Saudi Arabia, secret marriage, Versailles

This year’s third series of “Versailles” reminded me of a further instance of secret marriage, even though some people maintain that nobody ever married in secret despite this case, that spawned two whole books, this one and this just decades ago, let alone Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville or her parents. In 1683 or 1684,…
The Banbury Barmaid and the Battle of Edgcote. . . .

Jul 26, 2018

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Banbury, Bridgewater, Deddington Castle, Edgecote Moor, Edward IV, executions, Henry VI, Humphrey Stafford Earl of Devon, livery colours, Robin of Redesdale, Sir Richard Herbert, Wars of the Roses, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

According to this site, (http://www.northamptonshiresurprise.com/news/2018/the-battle-decided-by-a-banbury-bar-maid/) Edward IV lost the Battle of Edgcote in 1469 because of a Banbury barmaid. And no, amazingly, Edward was not involved in the lustful squabble. The culprits were the Earls of Pembroke and Devon. . .and a barmaid from Banbury. It seems that prior to the battle:- “Edward decided to…
Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry….

Jul 16, 2018

battles, law

Barnet, chivalry, Court of Chivalry, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Grosvenors, National Archives, Scropes

Here is a link that explains just how important it was to bear and display the correct arms. Just think of the Battle of Barnet, when in the fog the Earl of Oxford’s “star with rays” was mistaken for Edward IV’s “sun in splendour”, leading two allies to turn upon each other. Needless to say,…
Cecily Neville

Jul 15, 2018

art, Book Reviews, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

bigamy, biographies, birth dates, Cecily Neville, children, Coronation, Duchess of Norfolk, Edward IV, Henry VII, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Penrith church, portraits, pregnancies, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, siblings, Wars of the Roses, William of Worcester, wills, Wydevilles

As we mentioned here, Ashdown-Hill’s biography of Richard’s mother was published in April. Whilst his latest, to which we shall return later, was released today, we shall concentrate on Cecily here. This is the book that summarises Cecily’s life by delineating her full and half-siblings, demonstrating that portraits (right) previously assumed to be of her and…
When ten royal tombs were opened….

Jul 8, 2018

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Science

Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, John, Richard II, royal tombs, St. Edward the Confessor, St. george’s Chapel, St. Peter ad Vincula, Westminster Abbey, Worcester Cathedral

This article about what was found in ten royal tombs is interesting because of the descriptions. Not that I would have liked to see Edward IV in his 3″ of goo….