executions

Parallel lives – and deaths?

Dec 17, 2015

Uncategorized

“Tudor” justice, Anne Boleyn, bigamy, Claudius, executions, Graves, Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn, Messallina, sources, Suetonius, swords, treason

Many of the facts about Anne Boleyn are well known nowadays. As the second “wife” of Henry VIII, she was beheaded for treason by adultery in 1536. Their marriage was annulled shortly before her execution but it was quite possibly bigamous anyway and invalid by affinity in that Henry had previously slept with her sister.…
The First Cornish Rebellion

Dec 15, 2015

travel

“Tudor” rebellions, battles, Cornwall, Deptford Bridge, executions, Michael Joseph, poetry, St. Piran, Thomas Flamank

(guest post by Max) Fire raging, Wild south-west . Bright beacon blazon sad oppressed. Michael Joseph, Martyred name . Behold him lead the fervent flame. Artisan of iron and steel. Man of Cornwall, Steadfast zeal. Justice, Law, Flamank’s desire. One and all for rustic shire. Flag of Piran, Cross of white . Proclaiming peasants’ human…
Lost in Southampton: Richard of Conisbrough

Dec 8, 2015

buildings, genealogy

Alice, Anne Curry, Anne Mortimer, Anthony Woodville, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, John Holland, Maud Clifford, Plantagenets, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, St. Julien’s, T.B. Pugh, York

Richard of Conisbrough was Richard III’s grandfather on the paternal side. He is a shadowy figure, the last son of Edmund of Langley and his wife Isabella of Castile. Even his date of birth is uncertain, varying in different accounts by up to ten years. His father left him no inheritance, and there were rumours…
They died on the same day …

Nov 23, 2015

religion

Archbishop Cranmer, de heretico comburendo, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry VIII, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Phillip II, plots, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Wars of the Roses

15 November 1558 – Deaths of Queen Mary I, known as Bloody Mary for her executions of Protestants, and her Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Reginald Pole. Mary’s accession marked a return to Catholicism for England after her father Reformation and her brother’s passion for Protestantism. Many Protestants were executed, including Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII’s Archbishop…
Debunking the Myths – Richard III’s Execution of a Political Lampoonist

Nov 18, 2015

law, sources

“Tudor” “sources”, Buckingham rebellion, executions, Francis Lovell, Henry VII, poetry, Richard III, Sir John Cheney, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, treason, trial, William Catesby, William Collingbourne

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: “And in another isle toward the south dwell folk of foul stature and of cursed kind that have no heads. And their eyes be in their shoulders.” – Sir John Mandeville (14th c.) It’s funny how myths and legends become a part of history. This column – Debunking the Myths…
Henry VIII – the ultimate feminist?

Nov 4, 2015

humour, religion

Anne Askew, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Catherine Pole, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, feminism, Henry VIII, Jane, Lady Margaret Bulmer, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Mary Stuart, peeresses, torture, Viscountess Rochford

1) He created two peeresses in their own right – Margaret Pole as Countess of Salisbury and Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke (see point 2). 2) He gave noblewomen, such as the above, Lady Margaret (Stafford) Bulmer, Catherine Howard and Viscountess Rochford, an equal opportunity to be executed. 3) He gave women, such as…
Fabricating Precontracts: Richard III vs Henry VIII

Oct 14, 2015

Alternative History, law

3rd Duke of Norfolk, adultery, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Annette Carson, Archbishop Cranmer, attainder, bigamy, canon law, Catherine Howard, Claire Ridgway, Crowland, Earl of Northumberland, Edward IV, Edward V, executions, Francis Dereham, Francis of Lorraine, Henry VIII, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord High Constable, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary Boleyn, mediaeval canon law, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Howard, treason

On 10 and 11 June 1483, Richard duke of Gloucester wrote to his affinity in the North and asked for troops to support him against the Woodvilles who, he claimed, were plotting his destruction. On 22 June Ralph Shaa preached his “bastard slips” sermon, followed by similar speeches by the duke of Buckingham, and on…
12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
A cutting edge product …

Sep 10, 2015

humour

“Tudor” justice, Catherine Howard, executions, Henry VIII, perfume

Commemmorating Henry VIII’s “wife”. http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/19/decapitation-by-femme-no-5-get-your-own-tudor-inspired-perfume-at-york/ If you buy this, it won’t be by ax-ident.
Part 2 of a review of Terry Breverton’s RICHARD III: THE KING IN THE CAR PARK….

Sep 8, 2015

Book Reviews

“Tudors”, bias, book review, Breverton, denialists, executions, grammar, Parliament, parsimony, poetry, primogeniture, racism, religion, scoliosis, the Beauforts.

Part 2 of a review by Myrna Smith, Ricardian Reading Editor, of Richard III: The King in the Car Park. EVISCERATING TERRY BREVERTON Being an elaboration, with examples, of some of the points made in Part I. Let’s get the more trivial criticisms out of the way first. Grammar: Pg. 82 –“Her son was only 14…