executions
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Something caught my attention in this article about the role York has played in our history. Here is the relevant extract:- “….In 1405, the Percys seriously proposed to create a separate Northern kingdom forever. The Wars of the Roses was at heart all about that divide. Richard III became king only because he had his…
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Royal History’s Biggest Fibs
Act of Union, Anne, Bourbons, East India Company, Elizabeth I, executions, French Revolution, George III, George IV, Glorious Revolution, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Lenin, Marie Antoinette, Nicholas II, Phillip II, Reformation, Regency, Richard III, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Victoria, Wars of the RosesLucy Worsley, having covered the Wars of the Roses, the “Glorious Revolution” and Britain in India, has returned with a further series. This time, the episodes earlier this year having been about the Reformation, the Armada and Queen Anne, she covers the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, reversing the contemporaneous “spin” on the French Revolution, the…
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This is an article about the Templars. Its sub-heading is Silent meals, a buddy system, and wine ‘in moderation‘. All very well and good, bon appetit and so on, but celibacy was mandatory. Why? Was a life of so-called chastity really necessary? I say this of the Church in general, and any other religion/organisation that…
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THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III – PART TWO
“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, adultery, AJ Pollard, altered portraits, Anne Sutton, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Buckingham rebellion, Charing Cross Hospital, Constable of England, Coronation, David Starkey, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, Jean Ross, Lady Eleanor Talbot, letter to York, Middleham Castle, More, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Phillippe de Commynes, portraits, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Rosemary Horrox, royal collection, Sir James Tyrrell, Southern bias, succession, William Lord Hastings, Windsor CastleREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI SPARKYPUS.COM The two QCs prepare to do battleFollowing on from my earlier post. The day had dawned – the trial commenced. Because of the length of the trial I only give snippets here which stand out and which I think are the most pertinent/funny/excruciating. The judge addressed the jury as to…
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Yes, very strange, because there are conflicting histories of this effigy and tomb shown in the image above. The tomb is in St Peter’s Church, Elford, Staffordshire, and both it and the effigy are rather small and therefore generally believed to be that of a child. The story is that the dead boy was John…
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Oh dear, Nathen Amin wants us to fork out £10 to listen to him lecturing that poor old Henry VII was beset by wicked imposters and pretenders? I think not. Not even 10p! Especially as poor Edward, Earl of Warwick didn’t pretend to be anything at all, he was imprisoned as a child and…
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Was Katherine Gordon called the “White Rose”….?
“Perkin”, burial sites, Christopher Ashton, Elizabeth of York, executions, Fyfield, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James Strangeways, ladies in waiting, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Old London Bridge, Oxfordshire, Richard of Shrewsbury, Royal Historical Society, Sir Matthew Craddock, Swansea, Tyburn, white roseWandering around the internet, as usual, I came upon this link , from which I have taken the following extract: “Perkin Warbeck was tried for treason on November 16 and executed on November 23, 1499. His head joined the lineup of traitors spanning the London Bridge. Warbeck’s wife had been living in Westminster for so…
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