Elizabeth of York
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Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Pied-à-terre
Abbot’s House, Anne Sutton, Annette Carson, Anthony Wydville, Bermondsey Abbey, Blitz, Cheyneygates, Dean Stanley, Deanery, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grafton Regis, Gregory, Henry VII, Lord Protector of the Realm, Malcolm Underwood, Michael K Jones, More, Peter Hammond, Richard III, Sir Richard Grey, Thomas Rotherham, Westminster Abbey, Wydeville plotReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Pied-à-terre A tantalising glimpse of an ancient passage leading to Abbot’s Court and the steps leading up to Jericho Parlour. Cheyneygates was situated to the right of the steps. Photo Dr John Crook Country Life Picture Library. This updated post was written with…
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Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.
Christian Steer, churches, commission of array, Elizabeth of York, George Lord Strange, Great Fire of London, Henry VII, illegitimate children, John of Gloucester, John Stow, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, Raglan Castle, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard Rothing, royal marriages, St. James Garlickhythe, sweating sickness, Thomas Benolt, Tintern Abbey, WE Hampton, widowers, William Herbert Earl of HuntingdonReblogged from here The Great Fire of London. The devastating conflagration that consumed so much of medieval London including St James Garlickhythe. Artist Lieve Verschuier This post will of necessity prove to be short there being a dearth of information on both Katherine and the pre-Fire St James Garlickhythe Church where she was buried. The church…
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CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW
Canterbury Cathedral, Catherine of York, Cicely Plantagenet, Edward IV, Edward the Black Prince, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, Luton Guild Book, Mary of York, Puritans, Richard Culmer, Richard of Shrewsbury, royal mistresses, Royal Windows, stained glass, Thomas Becket, William NeveEdward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville. Original 15th century stained glass panels. Royal Window North West Transept Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral, of all the cathedrals I have managed to visit, remains firmly on my ‘favourites’ list. I lived there for a while many years ago, having been entranced by the city and cathedral on…
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It is a fact that there have only ever been two English queens of France. We’ve had a few French queens, of course. The two we sent over there, Eadgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, and Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, were both offspring of men who seized the throne:- ” . .…
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The Priory of the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Clerkenwell and a visit by Richard III
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 HouseREPOSTED 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…
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“…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…
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MARY PLANTAGENET – DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV & ELIZABETH WYDEVILLE – A LIFE CUT SHORT
1475 invasion of France, Albert Memorial Chapel, Anne Mowbray, Anne Sutton, Canterbury Cathedral, deaths, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, funerals, George of Bedford, Greenwich Palace, Jane Lady Grey of Ruthin, Joan Lady Strange, Livia Visser-Fuchs, locks of hair, Mary of York, National Maritime Museum, Richard of Shrewsbury, stained glass, wills, Windsor Castle, Wolsey’s ChapelReblogged from Sparkypus.com: A Medieval Potpourri Mary of York Royal Window, Northwest Transept, Canterbury Cathedral Mary Plantagenet or Mary of York was the second daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville. She was born at Windsor Castle in August 1467 and died at her mother’s favourite palace of Greenwich 23 May 1482 aged just…
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Why did Richard III allow Elizabeth of York such liberty at his court….?
“Beauforts”, “Princes”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, bones, Bridget of york, Buckingham rebellion, Cecilia, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, executions, Habsburgs, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, John Earl of Lincoln, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John of Gloucester, Katherine Howard, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Salisbury, Mill Bay, Nottingham, pre-contract, re-legitimisation, Rennes Cathedral, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, Shakespeare, Sheriff Hutton, Sir Ralph Scrope, Stanleys, Stoke Field, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486, Viscount Welles, Wales, Westminster AbbeyToday, 10th August, is my birthday, and on this date in 1485, the last Yorkist king, Richard III, was in Nottingham preparing for the imminent invasion of his realm by his Lancastrian foe, Henry Tudor, who didn’t have much of a blood claim to the throne but touted himself as the last remaining heir…
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