Elizabeth Viscountess Lisle
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CECILIA BONVILLE, MARCHIONESS OF DORSET c.1460-1529 – AN INTERESTING LIFE
“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Holland, Arthur Kincaid, Astley Castle, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Stoke, Bermondsey Abbey, Cecily Bonville, Cheyneygates, Coldridge, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward Lord Ferrers of Groby, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Lambert, Elizabeth Viscountess Lisle, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Gleaston Castle, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Stafford Earl of Wiltshire, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Paston, Linda Pidgeon, Margaret d’Anjou, Richard III, Simon Stallworth, Sir George Buc, Sir John Evans, Sir William Stonor, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, Warwickshire, WE Hampton, Westminster AbbeyReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The ruins of Astley Castle, Warwickshire. Think fortified manor house more than rugged castle. One of the homes of Cecilia Bonville and her husband Thomas Grey. The house came to the Grey family via marriage to a member of the Astley family c.1415. They both lie buried in the…
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ELIZABETH TALBOT, VISCOUNTESS LISLE, LADY ELEANOR BUTLER’S NIECE
Berlin Museums, bigamy, Cecily Bonville, Charles the Bold, Edward Grey Lord Lisle, Edward IV, Elizabeth Viscountess Lisle, Flanders, Gustav Waagen, jewellery, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Long Melford Church, Margaret of Burgundy, Olivier de la Marche, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sir John Grey of Groby, St. Mary’s Church Astley, tomb effigies, W.E. Hampton, WarwickshireReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Possible portrait of Elizabeth Talbot, Viscountess Lisle c1468 Petrus Christus of Bruge Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Note the gleam of the pearls, the pattern of the brocade gown and the little gold pin used for pinning the fine lawn partlet onto the bodice. How delicious! Could this charming portrait be of Elizabeth…
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Astley Castle and church..photo taken 1976. Courtesy of Will Roe, Nuneaton Memories. Astley Castle, Warwickshire, was the marital home of Sir John and Elizabeth Grey nee Wydeville. Sir John often comes across as a shadowy figure, outshone in eminence by his wife, and later widow, who went on to catch the eye of a king. This…
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