Edward VI

Did Anne Boleyn plot Henry VIII’s death….?

Jan 15, 2021

anniversaries, law, religion

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, annulment, Arthur “Tudor”, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, George Viscount Rochford, Henry Norris, Henry VII, Henry VIII, high treason, Lucy Worsley, Mark Smeaton, Mary I, Thomas Cromwell

I have to confess that I’m not sure about the headline of this article. Just what royal row can be spoken of in the present tense is a puzzle. What does it matter to our present royals if Anne Boleyn had Henry VIII‘s demise in mind. If she did, she failed. The horrible lump lived…
Leslau, Holbein, More and Clement

Nov 23, 2020

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, Science

“Princes”, Dr. John Clement, Duchy of Lancaster, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Erasmus, esses, Fleet prison, fleuur-de-lys, flowers, Germany, Hans Holbein, Henry Patterson, Henry VIII, infrared photography, Jack Leslau, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Fisher, John Harris, jousting, Latin, Louvain, Matt Lewis, Mechelen, peonies, Pilgrimage of Grace, rebus, Richard III, Rowlandas Lockey, royal arms, Seneca, Sir Anthony Wingfield, Sir Edward Guildford, The Family of Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Utopia, William Cecil

Before I begin, I have two words of warning. The first is that a huge spoiler for my novels Loyalty and the sequel Honour unavoidably follows. Just so that you know! Secondly, the following is my telling of the theory researched and expounded by Jack Leslau, an amateur art enthusiast who believed that he stumbled…
Richard wasn’t the only monarch whose remains have been handled….

Nov 19, 2020

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, religion, Science

Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, executions, Exhumation, Henry VII Lady Chapel, John, King’s Langley, Leicester cathedral, Richard II, Richard III, royal burials, St. Edward the Confessor, St. george’s Chapel, St. Peter ad Vincula, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Worcester Cathedral

The discovery of Richard’s remains caused a furore, and rightly so, but he wasn’t the only past monarch to have his/her remains, um, pawed about by later generations. This link takes you to an interesting article about ten other kings and queens of England who’ve been gawped upon—sorry, gazed upon—in their last resting place. Not…
The Priory of the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Clerkenwell and a visit by Richard III

Oct 5, 2020

buildings, law, religion

Clerkenwell, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, Great Fire of London, Henry VIII, Joanna, John Stow, Knights Hospitaller, Manuel, Mary I, Peasants’ Revolt, Portuguese marriage plans, Priories, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Rhoda Edwards, Richard III, Sir Thomas Tresham, Somerset House

REPOSTED FROM sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/25/the-priory-of-the-knights-hospitaller-of-st-john-at-clerkenwell-and-a-visit-by-richard-iii/ The Great South Gate now known as St John’s Gateway as it is today Shortly after the death of his wife, Anne Neville on the 16th March 1485 Richard rode to the Priory of the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Clerkenwell. . On the 30 March 1485, which fell…
Richard III and the dirty Tudors….?

Aug 30, 2020

culture, genealogy, religion

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Chris Skidmore, cleanliness, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, executions, George Viscount Rochford, Helen Castor, History Extra, Jane, Jane Seymour, John Kennedy, Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire, Thomas Cromwell, Tracy Borman, Weir

“…8…Richard III and dirty Tudors…“…Rotting vegetation, dung heaps and overflowing cesspits were just some of the unpleasant daily realities faced by ordinary people in 16th-century England. Here, Pamela Hartshorne discusses the challenges Tudors faced when trying to keep their cities clean and hygienic. Also in this episode, Chris Skidmore tells us how his research…
An almost-king born in Jericho….?

Jun 15, 2020

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion

“Tudors”, Bessie Blount, Blackmore, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Howards, illegitimacy, Jericho Priory, Lady Mary Howard, Mary I, Nikolaus Pevsner, Romford, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, Thetford, Titulus Regius

Well, according to the Romford Recorder Henry VIII very nearly gave us Henry IX. This would have been his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, born to the king’s mistress Elizabeth Blount. Henry Fitzroy is not fiction, but was born in 1519 in the Jericho Priory (see above image) at Blackmore, ten miles north of Romford. The…
So wrong he could be right?

Feb 25, 2020

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, Science

Algernon Sidney, Algernon Swinburne, Anne Boleyn, annulments, Anthony Hoskins, Bishop Ridley, Catherine Carey, Catherine of Aragon, DNA analysis, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, execution, Genealogists’ Magazine, Henry Caret Lord Hunsdon, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII, Horace Round, Horatio Nelson, illegitimacy, Ireland, John Ashdown-Hill, Josiah Wedgwood, Lady Anne Somerset, Lady Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday, Marie Barnfield, Mary Boleyn, Mary I, Norman Baker, P.G. Wodehouse, Peter Hammond, Pole family, Princess Daisy, Queen Mother, Ralph Vaughan Williams, rebellions, Robert 2nd Earl of Essex, royal finance, Sabine Baring-Gould, Society of Genealogists, Vita Sackville-West, William Carey, William Cowper

This article, by the former MP Norman Baker, appeared in the Mail on Sunday. Actually, the original version was much longer and referred to Elizabeth II as a descendant of Henry VIII. This is an egregious howler, surely, because all of his actual descendants died by 1603 (or the last day of 1602/3 in the…
Hastings was executed because….?

Feb 6, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, law

“Princes”, Annette Carson, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward VI, executions, Henry VII, high treason, India, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord High Constable, pre-contract, Richard III, Tower of London, William Lord Hastings, Wydevilles

“….[executed in the Tower of London was] William Hastings, who tried to support the claims of Edward VI [sic] children to the throne in 1483….” The above is a quote from this link – which contains boo-boos, as you can see from my quote. Well, was that why Hastings was executed? For trying to support…
St Stephen’s Westminster – Chapel to Kings and Queens..

Jan 24, 2020

anniversaries, art, buildings, religion

1834 fire, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, British Museum, Edward VI, Eleanor Crosses, Ernest William Tristram, House of Commons, Michael of Canterbury, Oliver Cromwell, Phillippa of Hainault, Reformation, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Richard Smirke, Rous Roll, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Roy Strong, St. Mary Undercroft, St. Stephen’s Westminster

UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/st-stephens-westminster-chapel-to-kings-and-queens/ Reconstruction of a Medieval Painting from St Stephen’s Chapel. Possibly Queen Philippa with her daughter. Ernest William Tristram c.1927. Worked from original drawings made by the antiquarian Richard Smirke 1800-1811 before the fire of 1834. Society of Antiquities. Parliamentary Art Collection St Stephen’s was the medieval…
The importance of fish in the medieval diet….

Jan 23, 2020

culture, religion, sources

Advent, Anne Boleyn, dietary laws, Edward VI, fish, fishing, fishtraps, food preservation, Henry VIII, Joan de Valence, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Kathryn McGowan, Lent, mediaeval food, pike, ponds, predators, salting, Severn Estuary

There is no disputing that fish was very important to the medieval diet. The Church ruled that not only was it required food on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but also for Advent and the forty days of Lent. And I’m sure there were other days when it was mandatory too, but the previous sentence covers…