Edward of Middleham
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Elizabeth of York – her privy purse expenses
“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, WappingUpdated 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…
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Richard III’s lost queen….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, Cardiff Castle, Croyland, Dean Stanley, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grey Friars, Henry VII, High Altar, John Rous, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester cathedral, Pietro Torrigiano, Richard II, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Rous Roll, royal tombs, Sir George Gilbert Scott, stained glass, Titulus Regius, Weir, Westminster AbbeyWhat follows is a word-for-word opinion of Anne Neville, and Richard’s attitude/feelings for her. I make no comment, the article by Elizabeth Jane Timms speaks for itself. “Amidst the chronicle of lost tombs at Westminster Abbey is that of Queen Anne Neville, wife of King Richard III. Queen Anne’s invisibility in these terms underlines the purported neglect…
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UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/18/crosby-place-home-to-the-duke-and-duchess-of-gloucester/ The arms of Richard III in Crosby Hall On June 5th 1483 the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in London and joined her husband at Crosby Place (1). She had left both her small son and and home at Middleham to join her husband, who had been staying…
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“The accounts for the Duchy of Cornwall for 1483 – a momentous year in English history – are to be sold at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale in London on 21 March. They are estimated at £4,000-6,000. “The records were taken to Bonhams offices in Exeter for valuation, having been bought as part of…
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Here is an interesting article on York Minster with some stunning photographs. My Ricardian friends will find it easy to picture King Richard, Queen Anne and their small son, Edward, emerging through the massive doorway and pausing for a short while on the steps, following the glorious ceremony where Edward was invested as Prince of…
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TEN OF THE BEST MEDIEVAL ABBEYS IN BRITAIN.
Anne Neville, Bolton Abbey, Buildwas Abbey, Byland Abbey, Coverham Abbey, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edinburgh, Edward of Middleham, Fountains Abbey, Henry VIII, Holyrood Abbey, Kirkstall Abbey, lost buildings, Melrose Abbey, Monmouthshire, Richard III, Rievaulx Abbey, Roxburghshire, ruins, Shropshire, Tintern Abbey, Whitby Abbey, YorkshireWe have lost so much over the centuries down to warfare, fire, wanton and quite senseless destruction. Perhaps the most grievous loss has been that of our once magnificent Abbeys , which even in their ruinous states are still capable of moving us by their heartbreaking beauty, captured here in stunning and evocative photography Enjoy…
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Elizabeth of York and the cult of Edward of Lancaster….
“Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward of Buckingham, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel Neville, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Tewkesbury, Westminster AbbeyEdward, Prince of Wales, the eighteen-year-old son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury, 4th May 1471. He became the subject of an exclusive posthumous cult. The chronicle of Tewkesbury Abbey tells of the Prince’s death in battle and of his burial ‘in the mydste of the covent…
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If you support Richard III and believe history has “done him wrong”, for heaven’s sake do not read The Last Knight Errant: Sir Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry by Christopher Wilkins. I made the mistake, and it soon struck me that the author had learned by rote every single myth about Richard, and…
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IN AN OXFORDSHIRE VILLAGE
“Nicholas of the Tower”, Alice Chaucer, ambush, astrologers, de la Pole family, death at sea, Dover, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Ewelme, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Margaret of Anjou, Oxfordshire, Richard III, Thomas Montagu, Wallingford, William Duke of SuffolkIn a beautiful, sleepy Oxfordshire village stands the church of St Mary the Virgin. Once this village was a much busier place, with ornate Almhouses known as ‘God’s House’ (now partly a school) and a lavish manor house that was near enough a palace. Other than a wall of the old dairy, not one trace…
