Edward IV
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I came across a conversation recently where people were regretting the early death of the Black Prince, because apparently everything would have been much better had he lived. Unfortunately, even people interested in English history tend not to appreciate that at the end of Edward III’s reign England was 1. losing the war with France…
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Sometimes one comes across fascinating nuggets of information, and I have just happened upon the following:- “This barbour shall haue every satyrday at night if it please the Kinge to cleanse his head, legges or feet, and fort his shaving, two loves, one picher wine. And the ussher of chambre ought to testyfye if this…
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Here is a strange identification. While seeking more information about the duel that had supposedly taken place at Richard and Anne’s wedding, I happened upon a source that made it clear the Richard and Anne in question were the little Duke of York, son of Edward IV, and Anne Mowbray, and the wedding date was…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Mr Warbeck
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Woodville, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Isabel of Castile, James IV, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Sherlock Holmes, Sir William Stanley, Stoke Field, Thomas MoreOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Sherlock and Watson are on a case. They have time travelled back to the C15th to try and uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the ‘Princes in the Tower’ but the trail has gone cold with multiple possibilities and suspects, if they were indeed murdered at all. Sherlock hopes…
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Last night on the Yesterday channel, I again watched the TV documentary Henry VII: Winter King, present by Thomas Penn. It’s still good, although, dealing as it does with Henry’s character, it necessarily skirted around some of the other folk. For instance, I was again left with the impression that Penn believes Elizabeth of York…
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TREASON 2 – The Parliament Of Devils, 1459
“Loveday”, Alison Hanham, Anthony Goodman, attainder, Bellamy, Bertram Wolffe, Blore Heath, Calais, Cecily Duchess of York, Chris Givern-Wilson, Colehill, Coventry, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, First Battle of St. Albans, forfeiture, Garter King of arms, Henry VI, Jack Cade, John Duke of Somerset, Kenilworth, Kent, Lancastrians, Ledbury, Lord Audley, Lord Powis, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Market Drayton, Merciless Parliament, Middleham, Parliament of Devils, Paul Murray Kendall, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Severn, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir henry Radford, St. Paul’s, Thomas Lord Stanley, treason, Treason Acts, Walsall, Walter Devereux, Wars of the Roses, William Duke of Suffolk, Worcester, YorkistsIntroduction This is the second of two articles I have written about treason. In the first article, I wrote about the Merciless Parliament of 1388 at which eighteen of king Richard II’s closest advisors and friends were tried by parliament and condemned as traitors, against the king’s wishes. In this article I am writing about…
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(by Matthew Lewis, originally published in History Today): http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/father-son-richard-plantagenet-and-richard-iii?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
