Elizabeth of Suffolk
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Restoration commences on the de la Pole tomb in Wingfield Church….and I take a little detour to Wingfield Castle….
de la Poles, Edward IV, Elizabeth Mowbray, Elizabeth of Suffolk, French campaign, Harfleur, Henry V, Henry VII, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Michael Earl of Suffolk, ODNB, renovation, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard III, Suffolk, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, tombs, Wingfield Church, Wingfield ManorFor Ricardians the name de la Pole conjures thoughts of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. And maybe too of his father, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, whose effigy lies at Wingfield Church in Suffolk with his duchess Elizabeth of York. She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of…
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It seems that a Hull pub stands on a historically important site because many centuries ago, the building on the corner of Lowgate and Alfred Gelder Street in the city centre replaced a certain Suffolk Palace, which once belonged to King Henry VIII. However, of much more interest to us than the Tudor monarch is…
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Wars of the Roses Delights in Suffolk
Battle of Bosworth, blue boar, Bury St. Edmunds, castles, Catherine Stafford, Cecily Neville, Clare, Clare Castle, Clare Priory, de la Pole family, de Vere star, Dunwich, Earls of Oxford, Edward I, Elizabeth of Suffolk, executions, Greyfriars, Hammes, Henry VII, Joan of Acre, John Ashdown-Hill, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Knights Templar, Lavenham, Leicester cathedral, Lionel of Antwerp, Michael Earl of Suffolk, pubs, rosary, Sir john Wingfield, St. Andrew’s Wingfield, Stoke Field, Suffolk, tomb effigies, Violante Visconti, Wingfield, YorkistsAfter over a year, I have finally been able to go on another holiday in which to indulge in my passion of church and castle crawling. I haven’t spent much time in Suffolk before–it’s just a little too far–but there were some places I really wanted to visit, so off we went, braving a crazed…
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St Andrew’s Church, Wingfield and the Tombs of the de la Poles
“Lambert Simnel”, Azincourt, Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d’ Oro, Carthusian Monastery, Charles Alfred Stothard, churches, de la Pole family, Dukes of Suffolk, Earls of Suffolk, Edmund Earl of Suffolk, Elizabeth of Suffolk, funeral effigy, Harfleur, Hicks, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Katherine Stafford, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lord Richard de la Pole, Merciless Parliament, Michael de la Pole, Paris, Pavia, Richard II, Sir john Wingfield, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Sir William de la Pole, St. Andrew’s Wingfield, Stoke Field, woolReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Andrew’s Church, Wingfield, Suffolk. Mausoleum of the de la Poles. You know when the great Sir Nikolaus Pevsner was ‘impressed’ with a church then it must indeed be rather special (1). And St Andrew’s with its soaring clerestories, nave roof with arched braces resting on figures of winged…
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The history of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset….
“Beauforts”, “Princes”, “Tudors”, attainder, bastardy, Battle of Bosworth, Bessie Blount, Blaybourne, Cecily Duchess of York, courage, crown, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of Suffolk, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Howard tombs, John Earl of Lincoln, John of Gloucester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Mary Howard, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, mtDNA evidence, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Rouen, Sir Richard Grey, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, William TailboysThis interesting, very readable article is about Henry VIII’s illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. It’s interesting and very readable, and definitely not anti-Richard III, mostly the opposite in fact. But it doesn’t spare Henrys VII and VIII. I enjoyed reading it in spite of a few bloopers that are nevertheless not…
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Lambert Simnel and Edward V
“Lambert Simnel”, bastardy, Bermondsey Abbey, Bernard Andre, Chrimes, de la Pole family, Dublin, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Edward Woodville, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Duke of Clarence, George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Henry VII, Ireland, Jasper “Tudor”, John Earl of Lincoln, Lord Strange, Mancini, Martin Schwarz, Nottinghamshire, Old St. Paul’s, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sheen, Stoke Field, The Survival of the Princes in the Tower, Thomas Fitzgerald, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus Regius, York civic recordsI’m beginning to convince myself that the Lambert Simnel Affair might have been an uprising in favour of Edward V, not Edward, Earl of Warwick…. https://mattlewisauthor.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/lambert-simnel-and-edward-v/
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The identity of Richard’s chosen heir has always been a sort-of mystery. Not to me. I have always believed he chose his sister’s eldest son, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. But then I’m stubborn, and once I have made up my mind, it takes a lot to shift me. Lincoln seemed the obvious…
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