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The mystery castle I didn’t know I was passing in 1957-1960….

May 13, 2024

buildings, genealogy, religion

castles, exams, Greasley Castle, Haddon Hall, music, Nottinghamshire, saints, sir nicholas de cantilupe, thomas de cantilupe

In 1958-1960, when I lived just outside Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, I remember that about 1.74 miles/2.80 kilometres from my home I often passed an old farm close to a parish church. I simply noticed, that’s all. Back then I wasn’t particularly interested in history. I was a teenager, more concerned with the likes of Buddy Holly,…
Does a certain mansion in Bishopsgate hold the secret of who really wrote Shakespeare’s works….?

May 1, 2023

buildings, The play’s the thing

Bishopsgate, City of London, exams, Henry Earl of Southampton, Henry IV Part One, Jasper Fisher, John Stow, mansions, Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man, Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, Roger Earl of Rutland, Shakespeare, Vic Keegan

This article commences with the following: “….A cluster of individuals claimed by some to be the true authors of Shakespeare‘s works lived in or near the same ostentatious mansion in the City of London at much the same time….” The mansion is in Bishopsgate and yes, it is known for its connections with the Bard.…