Elizabeth of York
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We start with Dafydd Gam (c.1380-1415), who fought against the Glyn Dwr rebellion at the beginning of the fifteenth century, apparently trying to assassinate the leading rebel and being imprisoned by him. He may have saved Henry V’s life at Azincourt but was definitely killed there. His daughter, Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, married twice and…
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The link below constitutes one in the eye for Henry Tudor (guess which eye!) The demeaning whispers he always feared and hated…that he was Elizabeth of York’s consort, not she his, are still circulating all these centuries later. Ha, suddenly this dull, wet, windy late-September morning isn’t so bad after all. It might be worth a…
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The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)
“Tudor” “sources”, Annette Carson, Brecknock, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Casper Weinreich, Charles Ross, Crowland, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, France, Gairdner, George Cely, Guillaume de Rochefort, Hastings, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Tudor, John Morton, John Stow, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Paul Murray Kendall, Polydore Vergil, Reynold Bray, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, rumours, Shakespeare, Thomas More, Thomas Rotherham, Winston ChurchillPart 8 – “Rumour it abroad…” “ I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth; Upon my tongues continual slanders ride; The which in every language I pronounce Stuffing the ears of men with false reports… And no…
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Here is the next instalment of my handwriting series! Here I will examine a few more of the main protagonists of the Wars of the Roses and you can leave any comments or suggestions as you will. First of all, let us consider that ‘most untrue creature living’, Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Here is…
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For fans of historical music one of the highlights of the reinterment festivities in Leicester earlier this year was “Concert for a King”, an evening with music from the time of Richard III performed by the a capella group Aitone and guest instrumentalist Susan Burns, with contemporary texts read by Dr. Tony Bentley. It took…
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Re: “Richard the Mourner”: I tend to agree with layers of unsubstantiated myth building century after century, including Richard’s butchering his way to the crown (4 executions against over 20.000 dead on the field only at Towton to put his brother Edward on the throne, indeed a pale imitation of a larger than life example…
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The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)
Anthony Woodville, Buckingham, Clements Markham, Commines, Crowland, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Gairdner, Henry VII, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Protector of the Realm, pre-contract, Robert Stillington, Shakespeare, Simon Stallworth, Sir William Stonor, Stony Stratford, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Three Estates, WoodvillesPart 4 – “… the corruption of a blemished stock “ “ A beauty-waning and distressed widow, Even in the afternoon of her best days, Made prize and purchase of his wanton eye Seduced the pitch and height of his degree To base declension and loathed bigamy. “ (William Shakespeare)…
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Browsing for one thing and finding something else seems to be a common phenomenon, and sometimes I’m not sure if what I notice is right or not. Anyway, this morning I happened upon a portrait of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, daughter of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York. Therefore granddaughter of Edward IV. The…
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Not to be missed …
Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Blackfriars, Bosworth, Dissolution, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Greyfriars, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, horses, Joanna, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, John Speed, Leicester, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sutton Cheney, Tewkesbury, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, Vaughan, White Boar InnJohn Ashdown-Hill’s piece in “History Extra”, defusing a few persistent myths: http://www.historyextra.com/article/richard-iii/6-myths-about-richard-iii?utm_source=Twitter+referral&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=Bitly
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In 1921, a manuscript dating to the late 15th or early 16th century was donated to the National Library of Wales. It was a “passional”, a book recounting the sufferings of saints and martyrs, and containted 2 texts in medieval French: “La Passion de Nostre Seigneur” (The Passion of Our Lord), an account of the…
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