Edward VI
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RICHARD WHITTINGTON c.1350-1423. MERCER, MAYOR AND A MOST BENEVOLENT CITIZEN OF LONDON
Alice Fitzwaryn, Anne Sutton, Blitz, cats, charitable donations, City of London, College Hill, Edward VI, estates, Gloucestershire, Henry IV, Henry V, John Earl of Somerset, John of Gaunt, John Stow, la Riole, legends, Lord Mayors of London, Mary I, medicine, mercers, moneylenders, pantomimes, Pauntley Court Manor, Richard II, Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn, Sir Richard Whittington, Sir Simon Burley, Somerset, Staffords, Thomas of woodstock, Westminster Abbey, WiltshireReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com A delightful artist’s impression of ‘Richard Whittington dispensing his charities’. Artist Henrietta Ray before 1905 oil on canvas. Royal exchange. Even the most disinterested in history children would recognise the name Dick/Richard Whittington and also his best, and only friend, his cat, most of them being familiar with the rather delightful folk…
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The Secret Diary of Edward VI (and other monarchs)
accession, Archbishops of Canterbury, British Library, death, diaries, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Enfield, executions, George V, Henry VIII, King’s Council, Lord Conyngham, marriage, Master of Horse, memorials, Nicholas II, Prince Albert, Prince Alfred, Prince Phillip of Greece, privacy, proclamation, Richard III, Russia, Sir Anthony Browne, Sir Michael Stanhope, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Victoria, Victoria Duchess of Kent, William IV, willsYes, Edward VI and other monarchs wrote diaries. Here are some extracts : Edward VI, early 1547: “After the death of King Henry th’eight his son Edward prince of Wales was come to at Hartford by th’erle of Hartford and S[ir] Anthony Brown Master of t’horse for whom befor was made great preparation that he…
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Lady Mary Howard married the bastard son of Henry VIII….
“Tudors”, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Arthur “Tudor”, Bess Holland, Countess of Nottingham, Devonshire Manuscript, Duchess of Richmond, Duchess of Somerset, Edward VI, Eric Ives, Exhumation, Henry Fitzroy, Howards, illegitimate children, John Foxe, Kenninghall, Lady Mary Howard, Lissa Bryan, Mary I, non-consummation, Reigate Castle, royal marriages, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, Thomas Earl of Surrey, VictoriansI found the article below at this site where the numerous posts are Tudor-oriented (Henry VIII), but very interesting and informative. The article is given in full to tempt you into visiting the site to read all the others:- “….On November 25th or 26th, 1533, Henry FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard. “….Mary Howard…
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Was Thomas Seymour guilty of any hanky-panky with his young stepdaughter Princess Elizabeth (to become Elizabeth I)? Well, yes, I don’t think there’s any doubt of that, but there has to be doubt about the extent of the hanky-panky. She was very young, around thirteen, and he was thirty-eight, so it certainly wasn’t runaway youthful…
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Death and the Gallant
Anne Neville, books, CADW, chaplaincy, churches, Cowbridge, Death and the Gallant, Edward VI, French, Glamorgan Record Office, Holy Cross church, Jane Rutherford, Latin, Llancarfon, murals, Newark, Norman invasion, Pitt Stops through History, Reformation, repairs, Richard III, seven deadly sins, St. Cadoc’s church, St. George and the dragon, The art that made us, The story of Welsh art, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, Wales Online, Wall PaintingsMany years ago I lived in Cowbridge in Glamorgan and one of my daughters was christened in Holy Cross Church. About twenty years later I joined the Richard III Society and discovered that Holy Cross had a connection to Richard III. The following is taken from History Points.org:Holy Cross Church was probably built around 1254…
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We’re accustomed to reading about Henry VIII’s six wives, but his mistresses aren’t quite as well known. This article (by Amy Licence) is all about these ladies—at least, about the ones of whom we’re aware. I suspect that Henry was a man of huge appetites and that his little black book was much scribbled…
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For the last few years we’ve been beset by a pandemic. COVID-19 is the new blight on the block, and has set about knocking us down like ninepins in spite of antibiotics and even immunisation. But modern medicine has done a lot to standing up to the silent menace. In times gone by folks…
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Edward V and Coldridge: the evidence so far
“halo”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Missing Princes Project”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor” rebellions, Bermondsey Abbey, blond hair, Brooks, Cecily Bonville, Chris Brooks, Coldridge, Dan Jones, David Starkey, Deer, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, Elizabeth Roberts, Elizabeth Wydeville, ermine, Evans chantry, groupthink, height, Henry VII, Henry VIII, heralds, John Ashdown-Hill, John Dike, Journal of Stained Glass, King’s Council, Latin inscriptions, Lord of the Manor, Martin Cherry, mtDNA evidence, Philippa Langley, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Markenfield, sanctuary, Sheen, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Speke, Stoke Field, sunne in splendour, The Dublin King, The Mythology of the “Princes in the Tower”, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, white roses, William ShakespeareThanks to this Daily Telegraph article last December, the world is now far more aware of the distinct possibility that the former Edward V lived on as “John Evans” at Coldridge in Devon into the reign of Henry VIII, his nephew, as a parker minding deer for his half-brother Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset. In…
