Edward V
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The Edward V Window at Coldridge church is to be re-dedicated by the Bishop of Exeter….
Coldridge, Coldridge Devon, Edward V, Edward V Window, Holywell Glass Wells Somerset, Ian Churchdown and the Legendary Ten Seconds, John Ashdown-Hill, John Dike, John Evans Coldridge, Philippa Langley MBE, Princes in the Tower, Richard III, Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison Bishop of Exeter, Rosemary Griggs, Service of Re-Dedication, St Matthew’s Church ColdridgeThere cannot be many Ricardians and general supporters of the Yorkist side in the Wars of the Roses who don’t know about the window discovered at St Matthew’s Church, Coldridge in Devon. “….THE Edward V Window in the chantry of St Matthew’s Church at Coldridge is a focal point of the mystery that surrounds the…
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“The Pretender” takes the same-old attitude to Richard III….
Oh dear… “….The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III [who has murdered the boys in the Tower] is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan [to be Lambert Simnel, the…
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Reblogged from https://sparkypus.com/2025/04/11/princes-in-the-tower-a-damning-discovery-professor-tim-thornton-and-dr-tracy-gorman-a-smoking-gun-or-a-shooting-of-themselves-in-the-foot/ Professor Thornton shows Jason Watkins and Dr Tracy Borman his ‘new discovery’ that no one has ever seen before but only they have…. Channel 5 Documentary ‘Princes in the Tower: Damning Discovery’ Where to begin…should I even do so? But needs must…. Around early November 2024 it had begun to be…
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Polls are always interesting, whether for getting it wrong at General Elections or coming up with figures that take everyone so by surprise that no one believes them. If you go to this link—https://tinyurl.com/5c64bp23—you’ll find that YouGov has set about composing, in order of popularity and familiarity, a league of English/British monarchs….and an accompanying article…
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If you go to this link https://tinyurl.com/5t4nyjfb, from which the above photograph is taken, you’ll learn of the following: “….The 2025 Season of monthly history talks and guided tours of St Matthew’s Church at Coldridge [Devon] re-start on Thursday, February 27…. “….Two tours will be held on the day, bookable in advance, starting at 11am…
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Richard III the Ruthless….?
“Missing Princes Project”, “Princes”, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, executions, Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham Duke of Buckingham, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Protector, Philippa Langley, Richard III, royal succession England, Thomas Langton, Titulus Regius, Woodvilles‘He [Richard III] contents the people wherever he goes better than ever did any prince, for many a poor man that has suffered wrong many days has been relieved and helped by him…God hath sent him to us for the welfare of us all.’ So wrote J B Sheppard (ed), Christ Church Letters: A Volume…
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I had never heard of a pro cathedral before, and so had to look it up. According to Wikipedia, it’s the following: “….A pro-cathedral or procathedral is a parish church that temporarily serves as the cathedral or co-cathedral of a diocese, or a church that has the same function in a Catholic missionary jurisdiction (such as an apostolic prefecture or apostolic administration) that is not yet entitled to a proper cathedral. A…
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EDWARD V – HIS LIFE PRIOR TO JUNE 1483
“Princes”, bigamy, Cheyneygates, Coldridge Church, Domenico Mancini, Dr. John Argentine, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Gelderland Document, George Duke of Bedford, George Duke of Clarence, helen maud cam, Helen Maurer, Hicks, illegitimacy, Joanna Laynesmith, John Ashdown-Hill, Ludlow Castle, Philippa Langley, Readeption, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, Westminster AbbeyREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI He had such dignity in his whole person and in his countenance such charm that, however much they might feast their eyes he never sated the gaze of observers’. Domenico Mancini Edward V from the window at Coldridge Church, Devon. Despite the late historian Professor Helen Maud Cam opining rather harshly…
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… and here it is, with many thanks to Tony Riches. Uncrowned features claimants from several centuries, including Jane, Edward V, Edward the Black Prince and Henry Frederick Stuart. Ashley Mantle is also the author of King John: A Brief History.
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This programme was first shown about twenty-five years ago and is now being repeated for the D-Day anniversary. It was presented by Richard Holmes, a military history lecturer and a Territorial Army officer, covering battlefields from centuries of conflicts. Series 2 covered Bosworth quite well, although it described “Tudor” as a “Lancastrian claimant” ready for…
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