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When there’s snow at midsummer….

Jun 23, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry

bigamy, Castell Du, Coventry, cults, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, First Battle of St. Albans, George Duke of Clarence, Gervase la Vallee, Henry Duke of Somerset, Henry VI, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, Ludlow Castle, manticore, Margaret of Anjou, mermaids, Micklegate Bar, Midsummer Day, Mortimer’s Cross, poachers, pre-contract, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Warwick, Royal deer forests, secret marriage, stag hunting, Towton, Wakefield, Welsh Marches, witchcraft

A short story by Sandra Heath Wilson (viscountessw) Please remember, ladies and gentlemen, that this story is fiction. The great midsummer bonfire crackled and roared, and sparks billowed high into the dark sky. It was encircled by thirteen hooded black-robed figures, and the face of the youngest was pale as he accepted the carved wooden…
GLEASTON CASTLE – RENDEZVOUS FOR THE YORKIST REBELS IN 1487?

May 25, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, Science

“Lambert Simnel”, Battle of Bosworth, Cecily Bonville, Coldridge, coronations, Cumbria, David Baldwin, Dublin, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Gleaston Castle, Harringtons, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, John Beaumont, Michael Bennett, Richard III, Robert Markenfield, sanctuary, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Evans, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, St. Matthew’s, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Westminster Abbey

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com Gleaston Castle today. Entrance to south west tower. Photo Chloe Grainger @castlestudiestrust.org Some of you reading this may be familiar with other posts I have written concerning what I call the Coldridge theory. For those of you who are not familiar with the theory here is a brief…
Ankarette Twynho

Apr 12, 2023

anniversaries, law, Science, sources

Ankarette Twynho, Attorneys General, Blore Heath, Edward IV, Edward V, executed women, Frome, George Duke of Clarence, Hawkstone Hall, Isabel Neville, Lord Audley, MPs, names, pardons, poison allegations, Recorders of Bristol, Roger Twynho, Warwick, Welsh, Welsh Marches, William Twynho, wool merchants

Who was Ankarette Twynho? It takes a lot of working out, as there is only limited information available and there are quite a lot of Twynhos, most of whom have some sort of official link to the court or to parliament. Ankarette herself was born a Hawkston or Hawkstone, sometime around 1412. Sadly, we do…
More Legendary Ten Seconds songs …

Mar 16, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, Music Reviews, religion

Coldridge, Cornwall, Dark Ages, Devon, Devon Roses, Drinking Foundations, Edward V, Glorious Revolution, History Book Part One, Ice Age, John Peel, Jules Jones, metal detecting, reburial, Salvation Army, Scottish campaign 1482, Spanish Armada, The Legendary Ten Seconds, The Mer de Mort, Torquay, White Surrey, William III

… with Jules Jones as lead vocalist: A new album highlighting the singing of Jules Jones on some of her favourite songs of the Legendary Ten Seconds.Recorded in Torbay, Kingsteignton, Teignmouth and Madron.Released on Richard the Third Records, Songs mastered by Phil Swann in Kingsteignton.Jules Jones lead and harmony singingIan Churchward guitars, keyboards, mandolin, mandola, ukulele…
Royal burial places

Feb 9, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, genealogy, religion, Science

Balmoral, Charles I, Edward II, Edward V, Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Roberts, France, Germany, Gloucester Cathedral, Harold II, James V, John, John Ashdown-Hill, Leicester cathedral, Matilda, monarchs, mtDNA evidence, Richard III, royal burials, Westminster Abbey, Worcester Cathedral

This post in the Times details the final resting place of every English and then British monarch since 1066, although Harold II (probably Waltham Abbey) is omitted. Note from the interactive map that there are four (plus the Empress Matilda) burials in France and one in Germany. There are none in Scotland, Wales, Ireland or…
Edward IV knew he’d made a big mistake with Elizabeth Woodville….?

Jan 26, 2023

anniversaries, law, religion, sources

Anne of Brittany, bigamy, Brittany, Duke Francis II, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Jehan de Wavrin, Maid Marian, Robin Hood, secret marriage

The following sentence makes me want to smack Edward IV! Again. I fear I’ve wanted to smack him a great deal recently. Still, perhaps in this instance meant that he’d realised the damage that could ensue from a stupid marriage. Certainly he didn’t want the ‘error’ repeated. Not that he ever revealed the true extent…
The Wandering Butler: John, 6th Earl of Ormond

Dec 14, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, sources

“Perkin”, Act of Resumption, Anne Boleyn, Anne Welles, Archbishop Talbot, attainders, bastardy, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Northampton, Burgundy, Butlers, Butlers of Desmond, Captain of Calais, Charles the Bold, Chief Butler of Ireland, Cockermouth Castle, consanguinity, County Kilkenny, Earls of Desmond, Earls of Ormond, Edmund MacRichard Butler, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Elizabeth of York, Ellice Barry, entail mail, First Battle of St. Albans, Guisnes, Henry of Buckingham, Ireland, Jerusalem, Joan Beauchamp, Joan Chaworth, justiciar of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle, Killone Abbey, languages, law studies, Lincoln’s Inn, Lord Grey of Codnor, Louis XI, Ludford Bridge, Margaret of Burgundy, marriages, Munster. Avice Stafford, naval fleet, nuns, ODNB, Peerage of Ireland, Piers Butler, Piltown, Portugal, Pronothary of Bourbon, Raghnailt, Readeption, Richard III, Rome, royal pensions, Sandwich, Scotland, Sir Edmund Mortimer, Sixtus IV, Statute of Kilkenny, Stephen Ellis, Tadhg King of Thomond, Thomas Earl of Desmond, Tipperary, Wars of the Roses, Waterford, Wydevilles

FAMILY BACKGROUND The Lancastrian leader who faced – or failed to face – Thomas, Earl of Desmond, at the Battle of Piltown in 1462 was the fourth of the five children born to James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (otherwise known as the White Earl), and his countess Joan Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, Lord…
SIR HENRY BODRUGAN – A LINK TO RICHARD III, EDWARD V, COLDRIDGE AND THE DUBLIN KING

Aug 17, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion, sources, Uncategorized

“Lambert Simnel”, A.L. Rouse, attainders, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Bodrugan Barton, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Calendar of Patent Rolls, chaperone, Charles Ross, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Coldridge, Cornwall, coronations, Courtenays, David Baldwin, earls of devon, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, France, Francis Viscount Lovell, Harleian Manuscript, imprisonment, Ireland, John Ashdown-Hill, John Beaumont, John Earl of Lincoln, John Reskymer, knights of the body, Lovell rebellion, Megavissey, ODNB, Richard Antron, Richard III, Robert Markenfield, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir Henry Trenowith, Sir John Evans, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, Star Chamber Proceedings, Stoke Field, The Dublin King, The Parochial History of Cornwall

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @sparkypus.com Bodrugan Leap – a traditional Cornish story tells of how Sir Henry Bodrugan leaped from this cliff top to a waiting boat and made his escape first to France and later to Ireland. If you are reading this then it is also likely that you have read my other various…
Was Elizabeth Woodville a witch….?

Aug 12, 2022

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law, religion

“Princes”, Arthur, Bermondsey Abbey, bias, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Henry VII, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Merlin, plotting, Richard III, Sir William Stanley, Tower of London, witchcraft

Royalty and magic (black or otherwise). Well, the connection isn’t new, after all, King Arthur had Merlin. And when it suited one’s enemies, a charge of witchcraft was always a guaranteed spanner in the works. The first section of this article this article deals with Elizabeth Woodville, and is perhaps of most interest to…
The Summer of 1483: Who Was Doing What, Where, With Whom and Why.

Aug 6, 2022

buildings, Events, law, religion, sources

Anglia Historica, Annette Carson, Barrie Williams, bigamy, Brecon Castle, coronation procession, Crowland Continuator, Duke Francis II, Edward V, Edward Wydville, Elizabeth of York, Gloucester, gold coins, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jasper “Tudor”, John Morton, John Stow, John Welles, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lionel Woodville, Looking for Richard Project, Louise Gill, Malcolm Underwood, Mancini, marriage plans, Michael K Jones, More, piracy, plots, Polydore Vergil, Portuguese marriage plans, rebels, Rhoda Edwards, Richard of Shrewsbury, Rosemary Horrox, royal apartments, sanctuary, Sir George Buc, Southampton Water, The Itinerary of Richard III, Thomas Basin, Three Estates, Tower of London, W.E. Hampton, Westminster Abbey, William Lord Hastings, Wydevilles

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Today a guest post from Annette Carson, author of many excellent books about Richard III and his times including The Maligned King, Richard III, A Small Guide to a Great Debate, Richard Duke of Gloucester as Lord Protector & Constable of England and a new translation of Mancini. Annette was also…