executions

Arthur Capell, Baron Hadham – the accidental traitor

Jun 17, 2014

battles, genealogy, religion

Anne of Exeter, Arthur Capell Baron Hadham, baronies, Capells, castles, Catherine Manners, Charles I, Charles II, Civil War, Colchester, Earls of Essex, Elizabeth Morrison, English Civil War, escape, executions, Hadham, Hertfordshire, MPs, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Queens’ College Cambridge, Restoration, Royalists, Rye House Plot, sieges, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir George Lisle, slightings, Stoke-by-Nayland, Tower of London, Welsh Marches

Introduction The middle of the seventeenth century was a turbulent time and it would be very surprising were not some remnants of the House of York involved. Indeed, Ashby de la Zouch Castle, property of Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, was slighted during this time as a result of his participation. Another Royalist partisan was Arthur…
Whatever happened to Henry Pole the Younger? (2011)

Feb 28, 2014

genealogy, television reviews

“Princes”, “The Tudors”, “Tudor” persecution, DNA, executions, Hazel Pierce, Henry Courtenay Marquis of Exeter, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Margaret of Salisbury, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Thomas Courtenay, Tower of London

I am not sure that every Ricardian will have survived watching the first two series of BBC2’s “The Tudors”, as first mentioned here, with its historical anachronisms, miscasting in some roles, confused chronology and obsession with bedroom scenes. Nevertheless, the third series is showing signs of improvement, particularly with its focus on the Pole family.…
Thomas Stafford – his execution clarified

Jan 28, 2014

buildings, sources

“Tudor” justice, executions, John Strype, Scarborough, Thomas Stafford, Tower Hill

Thomas Stafford – a new source (by Stephen Lark) When I composed a Bulletin article about Thomas Stafford in 2005, I knew a few things about him – his descent from George of Clarence and Henry of Buckingham whilst not being the senior descendant of either – but some things were not known. There…

executions

Arthur Capell, Baron Hadham – the accidental traitor

Whatever happened to Henry Pole the Younger? (2011)

Thomas Stafford – his execution clarified