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Edward VIII

The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone

Jul 7, 2017

anniversaries, buildings

Coronation, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I, Edward V, Edward VIII, John Major, Mary II, Scotland, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Edward’s chair, Stone of Scone, stonemasons, Victoria, Westminster Abbey, Westminster School

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/26/the-coronation-chair-and-stone-of-scone/ As we reminded you yesterday, Richard and Anne were crowned on the 6th July 1483, a crucial part of the ceremony being when Richard was crowned with St Edward’s crown and invested with the royal regalia while sitting on the Coronation chair also known as St Edward’s chair,…
Empress Matilda-Should She Be Listed as an English Monarch?

Mar 29, 2017

genealogy, law

Anglo-Saxons, archaeology, Edward V, Edward VIII, Eustace, Faversham Abbey, France, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Henry I, House of Wessex, Jane, Malcolm III, Margaret of Wessex, Matilda, Northampton, Plantagenets, Reading Abbey, Robert of Gloucester, Salic Law, Siege of Wallingford, Stephen

One of the most fascinating (and bloody) periods of English history is The Anarchy, when Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I (he who might well be found sometime soon in the ruins of Reading Abbey) fought her cousin Stephen of Blois (thought to be in Faversham Abbey) for the English throne. Battles raged across the…
Bloody tales of the Tower….

Feb 11, 2017

buildings, television reviews

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Arbella Stuart, Barnet, Bloody Tales of the Tower, Calais, Catherine Howard, Channel Five, Coronation, Edward V, Edward VIII, Elizabeth I, espionage, executions, Father John Gerard, Guido Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VIII, Jack Ketch, James of Monmouth, James VI/I, James VII/II, Jane, Joe Crowley, Josef Jacobs, Lucy Worsley, Mark Smeaton, Mary I, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Robert Catesby, Simon of Sudbury, Suzannah Lipscomb, Tower Green, William Seymour Duke of Somerset

I have only just found the series Bloody Tales of the Tower, previously on National Geographic and now on Channel 5 (http://www.channel5.com/show/bloody-tales-of-the-tower and http://www.natgeotv.com/za/bloody-tales-of-the-tower), and have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The presenters, Suzannah Lipscomb and Joe Crowley, are at ease in their roles and with each other, and do not adopt…

Edward VIII

The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone

Empress Matilda-Should She Be Listed as an English Monarch?

Bloody tales of the Tower….