Exhumation

Another word for it …

Apr 9, 2024

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“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Battle of Stoke, Cairo, denialists, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, evidence, Exhumation, Henry VII, kyphosis, Leicester Greyfriars, mendacity, More, Polydore Vergil, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, scoliosis, Shakespeare, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486

When people, who had known Richard III in life and would have seen evidence but obviously hadn’t, wrote subsequently that he suffered from kyphosis, not scoliosis, their statements are best described as lies, as shown by the evidence found in Leicester almost a dozen years ago. When Henry VII re-legitimated his wife and thus…
Another Richard III musical?

May 23, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Music Reviews, The play’s the thing

Anthony Newley, Exhumation, Joan Collins, Leicester, Leicester cathedral, Leicester Greyfriars, Mail on Sunday, musicals, reburial, Richard III, Tara Newley

This one (Digging up Dick) was being written by the late Anthony Newley and is being resumed by Tara, his daughter with Joan Collins. As you will have observed, a lot has happened since Newley’s death in 1999, not least finding Richard’s real grave and reburying him.
Oliver Cromwell’s posthumous peregrinations

Apr 25, 2023

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Allan Barton, burials, Cambridge, Charles I, Commonwealth, evidence, executions, Exhumation, London, Lord Protector of the Realm, Oliver Cromwell, posthumous execution, Restoration, Richard III, Sidney Sussex College, Thomas Cromwell, Westminster Abbey

Much has been written about Cromwell’s life including his descent from Thomas Cromwell‘s sister, his childhood, his rise and service as Lord Protector, after Charles I‘s execution, whilst refusing the crown. Here, as part of his afterlife, Allan Barton, on YouTube, discusses the fate of his corpse. This includes his beheading, alongside the other deceased…
Ranulph Lord Dacre of Gilsland – The Lord who was buried with his horse.

Mar 29, 2023

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All Saints Saxby, arrows, AW Boardman, burials, churches, Cicely Neville, Cumberland, Dacres of Gilsland, Edward IV, Eleanor Fitzhugh, Exhumation, Gascoignes, George Duke of Clarence, George Goodwin, Georgian era, horses, Isabel Neville, Lady Margaret Stafford, Lady Philippe Neville, Lancastrian commanders, Leicester, letters, Mortimer’s Cross, MPs, Palm Sunday, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ranulph Lord Dacre, Richard III, Second Battle of St. Albans, Soar, Stoke Field, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, WE Hampton

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The monument in All Saints Church, Saxton over the grave of Ranulph Lord Dacre and his horse. Photo Mary Emma1@Flkir Ranulph/Ranulf/Randolph/Ralph, Lord Dacre of Gilsland’s precise date of birth is lost to us – as is his exact Christian name it would seem -but has been suggested as c.1412 although…
Lady Mary Howard married the bastard son of Henry VIII….

Nov 25, 2022

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“Tudors”, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Arthur “Tudor”, Bess Holland, Countess of Nottingham, Devonshire Manuscript, Duchess of Richmond, Duchess of Somerset, Edward VI, Eric Ives, Exhumation, Henry Fitzroy, Howards, illegitimate children, John Foxe, Kenninghall, Lady Mary Howard, Lissa Bryan, Mary I, non-consummation, Reigate Castle, royal marriages, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Victorians

I found the article below at this site where the numerous posts are Tudor-oriented (Henry VIII), but very interesting and informative. The article is given in full to tempt you into visiting the site to read all the others:- “….On November 25th or 26th, 1533, Henry FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard. “….Mary Howard…
The problem of getting the facts wrong….

Feb 6, 2022

archaeology, battles, buildings, religion

Bosworth, car parks, Dukes of Lancaster, EEA, Exhumation, GDPR, Henry VII, inaccuracy, Leicester Greyfriars, North Star Monthly, Richard III, Wars of the Roses, York Minster

I recently complained that this article , which apparently contained references to Richard III, was hidden from my British eyes because of something to do with the European Economic Area (EEA). Then a good friend from the Netherlands was kind enough to send me the complete content. The hidden article concerned the wartime reminiscences of…
The missing arm of Henry VI….

Nov 6, 2021

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Chapel of St. George, Chertsey, Edward IV, Exhumation, George V, Henry VI, missing arms, reburials, relics, royal burials, St. Blaise, wine Spectator

I have to admit that I didn’t know Henry VI‘s arm was ever missing (post mortem!) let alone that it had been replaced by a bone from something else! How very irreverent. In 1471, Edward IV first buried the defeated Lancastrian king Henry at Chertsey, presumably all in one piece. Chertsey was out of the…
Digging up our monarchs; no, not Richard III this time….!

Aug 17, 2021

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Anne Boleyn, Anne of Bohemia, Banqueting House, burial, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, childbirth, death, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, executions, Exhumation, George IV, Greenwich Palace, Henry II, James VII/II, John, King’s Langley, Leicester, Newark Castle, Old St. Paul’s, Pontefract Castle, Richard II, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, Society of Antiquaries, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Peter ad Vincula, St. Thomas Becket, Tower of London, Victoria, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Worcester Cathedral

I’m told that even now, if you purchase a plot of ground in which to put your loved ones to rest, the chances are they’ll only lie in peace for eighty years, at which time they are removed and new occupants move in. Well, for centuries our dead haven’t always been left to enjoy their…
Richard wasn’t the only monarch whose remains have been handled….

Nov 19, 2020

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Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, executions, Exhumation, Henry VII Lady Chapel, John, King’s Langley, Leicester cathedral, Richard II, Richard III, royal burials, St. Edward the Confessor, St. george’s Chapel, St. Peter ad Vincula, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Worcester Cathedral

The discovery of Richard’s remains caused a furore, and rightly so, but he wasn’t the only past monarch to have his/her remains, um, pawed about by later generations. This link takes you to an interesting article about ten other kings and queens of England who’ve been gawped upon—sorry, gazed upon—in their last resting place. Not…
Oops, the NY Times claimed Richard wasn’t found in Leicester, but in London….!

Mar 27, 2018

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Adam Rutherford, Charles Darwin, DNA evidence, errors, eugenics, Exhumation, Gregor Mendel, Jack the Ripper, Leicester, London, New York Times

Even the New York Times gets it wrong! Apparently an earlier version of a book review had Richard being found in London, not Leicester. Someone advised them, and the error was corrected. Anyway, to read the whole review of A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes by…