Elizabeth of York

In case you haven’t noticed …

Jun 14, 2022

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, buildings, religion

Archbishop of Canterbury, Barrie Williams, Bosworth, Dan Snow, daughters of Edward IV, de la Pole family, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Joanna, John Earl of Lincoln, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret of Salisbury, On this day in history, Peasants’ Revolt, Portuguese archives, Richard III, Sheriff Hutton, Simon of Sudbury, skulls, St. Gregory’s

… we like our anniversaries here at Murrey and Blue. Having received this book about anniversaries as a birthday present, I found a substantial amount of unfamiliar information and several new cases, but there were two noticeable lacunae: (14th June on the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt): “Sudbury‘s skull survives, in St. Gregory’s Church in Norwich …”…
The Strange Reluctance to Accept Facts

May 31, 2022

anniversaries, law, religion, sources

“facts”, Anne of Bohemia, Barrie Williams, celibacy, Edward I, Elizabeth of York, evidence, fertility potions, Holy Spirit, Joann, Joanna, Llewellyn the Last, Manuel Duke of Beja, miscarriage, Portuguese archives, Richard II, Richard III, Welsh people

Much of history is simply interpretation. You can interpret events, and facts, in various ways. Often there is no absolute truth and the interpretation depends on the standpoint of the historian. For example, a passionate Welsh nationalist is likely to see the events of 1282 in a rather different light to the interpretation of an…
The death of Richard III’s consort….

Mar 16, 2022

anniversaries, battles, law, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, Anne Neville, Barrie Williams, Battle of Bosworth, Countess of Oxford, eclipse, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Hastings Execution, Henry VI, Portuguese marriage plans, Richard III, royal deaths

Today in 1485 Anne Neville died, leaving the king a childless widower. Well, without legitimate children, for Richard had at least two illegitimate children, born before his marriage. The only trueborn child, Edward of Middleham had died almost exactly a year before, on 9 April 1484. Richard had to marry again after Anne—kings need…
Henry VIII and Oedipus had something in common….

Feb 11, 2022

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, Science, The play’s the thing

Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII, J.C. Flugel, marriages, Oedipus complex, psychoanalysis

Did you know that Henry VIII had an Oedipus complex? Nor did I, but according to J.C. Flugel, a psychologist with an interest in psychoanalysis, that was always Henry’s problem. In a 1920 work entitled On the Character and Married Life of Henry VIII Flugel described how, in an attempt to “uncover a…
CICELY PLANTAGENET – NOT SO FORTUNATE AS FAIR.

Feb 10, 2022

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“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, annulments, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Cicely Plantagenet, College Hall, Crowland Chronicle, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Gipping Hall, Greenwich Palace, Henry VII, Isle of Wight, James IV, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ludlow Castle, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret Beauchamp, Mary Plantagenet, Maud Herbert, More, National Maritime Museum, Polydore Vergil, Quarr Abbey, Richard III, sanctuary, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Ralph Scrope, Society of Antiquaries, Thomas Kymbe, Thomas Rotherham, Viscount Welles, Westminster

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Stained glass portrait of Cicely. Formerly in Canterbury Cathedral now in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Cicely Plantagenet (b.1469 d.1507) daughter and niece to kings, and a prime example of a medieval noblewoman who endured and in this case survived the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses. Oh how that…
WAS HENRY VII A RELUCTANT BRIDEGROOM?

Jan 18, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Christmas Day, Coldharbour, Coldridge, consanguinity, Coronation, David Johnson, dispensations, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Jean Molinet, Joanna, John Evans, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Manuel Duke of Beja, Maud Herbert, Minories, Papal Curia, Parliament, Polydore Vergil, Portuguese marriage plans, promise to marry, re-legitimisation, Rennes Cathedral, Ricardian, Richard III, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Sir Francis Bacon, Speakers of the Commons, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lovell, Titulus Regius 1486

REBLOGGED FROM A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Their effigies in Westminster Abbey. Artist Pietro Torrigiano. Photo westminster-abbey.org I was recently reading an excellent article in the Ricardian discussing Henry Tudor’s enthusiasm, or lack of it, for his marriage to Elizabeth of York by David Johnson entitled Ardent Suitor or Reluctant…
Myths aren’t facts; least of all myths about Richard III….

Nov 3, 2021

anniversaries, Book Reviews, buildings, religion

Bermondsey Abbey, Countess of Oxford, Edmund “Tudor”, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henrietta Leyser, Henry VII, house arrest, John Earl of Oxford, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, mediaeval women, Myths, plots, prisons, Richard III, sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, widows

Ricardians often bemoan the repeated myths about Richard’s wickedness and cruelty. And with good reason. In spite of the fact that he did what he could to better the lot of women, he is accused of bullying the poor old (treacherous) Countess of Oxford because she happened to be financing her Lancastrian son who was…
THE CHILDREN OF JOHN NEVILLE, MARQUIS OF MONTAGU and EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND d.1471

Oct 18, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Anne Neville, Anne Neville the younger, Anne Stonor, Barnet, Barons Scrope of Masham, Charles Brandon, Christine Carpenter, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville Duke of Bedford, Hicks, Isobel Ingoldesthorpe, Isobel Neville, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, letters, Mary “Tudor”, ODNB, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Sawston, Sheriff Hutton, St Peters Church Elford, Taunton Castle, WE Hampton

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Smythe monument Elford Church. Photo Aidan McRae Thomson Of the four sons of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, only two, Richard Earl of Warwick and John Marquis of Montagu had children. Warwick, who would go on to become known as the ‘Kingmaker’, had two daughters, while John who…
MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS…

Oct 9, 2021

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“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, beards, Bere Regis, breeches, Catherine Howard, Charles Brandon, Cromwells, David Starkey, Elizabeth of York, executions, fashion, Hans Holbein, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane, Jane Seymour, John Morton, Katherine Parr, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary “Tudor”, Mary I, Master John, National Portrait Gallery, Nicolas Sanders, Queen’s Collection, queens, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, royal portraits, Sir John Cheke, St. Mary’s Fairford, St. Mary’s Warwick, Thomas Wolsey, Toledo Museum of Art, tomb effigies, Wars of the Roses

Reblogged from MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS… Does anyone else like me get irritated by misidentified portraits of historical characters? Is it that difficult to get correct? It’s quite sloppy to be honest as just a quick glance at them tells you something ain’t quite right here! It’s particularly common around 16th century portraiture when…
No longer passing the Buc(k)?

Oct 1, 2021

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, law, religion, sources, The play’s the thing

accuracy, Arthur Kincaid, Battle of Bosworth, British Library, CAJ Armstrong, Constable of England, Crowland Chronicle, Domenico Mancini, Earl Marshal, Elizabeth of York, fire, Flodden, George Buck, Joanna, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Manuel Duke of Beja, new edition, patron, Portuguese archives, pre-contract, Richard III, Shakespeare, Sir George Buc, Sir Robert Cotton, Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel, Thomas More

Now for some very interesting news: Arthur Kincaid’s The History of King Richard the Third is set for a new edition, based on forty years of further research. Kincaid has managed to distinguish the forensic research of Sir George Buc (1560-1622), whose great-grandfather fought at Bosworth and whose grandfather was at Flodden, from that of…