Fabyan

WHO IN THE WORLD WAS RALPH WILFORD?

Feb 12, 2024

anniversaries, buildings

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, executions, Fabyan, Henry VII, Patrick, Ralph Wilford, Tower of London

Everyone interested in the late medieval/early Tudor era will have heard of the two ‘pretenders’ to Henry VII‘s ill-gotten throne–Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. However, there was a third pretender as well, and I admit I did not realise this myself till a few weeks ago when I stumbled across his story. His name was…
SIR THOMAS MORE , A MAN FOR ALL REASONS: SAINT OR SINNER?

Feb 7, 2019

anniversaries, religion, sources

“Perkin”, “Princes”, “The History of King Richard III”, “Tudor” Despotism, “Tudors”, Alan Grant, Anthony Woodville, Archbishop of Canterbury, bigamy, Bishop of Norwich, Carmeliano, Carthusian Monastery, Colet, Domenico Mancini, Dr. Horsey, Edward IV, Edward of Buckingham, Elizabeth Lucy, Elizabeth Wydeville, Erasmus, executions, Fabyan, Geoffrey Chaucer, Greek, Hanseatic League, Henry VII, Henry VIII, heresy, Horace Walpole, humanism, Hunne Case, John Morton, John Rous, Kincaid, King’s Bench, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lambeth Palace, Latin, law, Lollards, London Charterhouse, Lord Chancellor, Lutheran texts, More, New Inn, Oxford University, Paul Murray Kendall, Peter Ackroyd, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Reformation, renaissance, Richard III, Richard Sylvester, saints, Sallust, sanctuary, satire, Sir John Harrington, Stony Stratford, Tey, The Daughter of Time, Thomas Wolsey, Threadneedle Street, Tillyard, Utopia, William Roper

‘Not exactly the horse’s mouth’ In Josephine Tey’s spellbinding novel ‘The Daughter of Time’, Detective Inspector Alan Grant has a reputation for being able to spot a villain on sight. Whilst in hospital with a broken leg, Grant is idly flipping through some old postcard portraits to while away the time. He turns over a…
1484 – TITULUS REGIUS: FACT OR FICTION?

Jan 23, 2018

anniversaries, law, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, A R Myers, AE Houseman, Arthur Conan Doyle, attainder, Barnard Castle, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Buckingham rebellion, Calais, Charles Ross, Charles Wood, Chrimes, Chris Skidmore, Clements Markham, Commines, Coronation, Crowland Chronicle, David Horspool, depositions, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Fabyan, George Duke of Clarence, Grafton, Henry Kelly, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Riley, Henry VII, historians, Historiography, Horace Walpole, Humphrey of Gloucester, illegitimacy, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Joan of Navarre, John Daunger, John Home, John Morton, John Russell, John Stacy, King’s Council, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lander, Lord Protector of the Realm, Louis XI, Mancini, Margery Jourdemayne, mediaeval canon law, minority kings, Mortimer Levine, National Archives, Northampton, Parliament, Parliamentary Roll, Paul Murray Kendall, petition to Richard III, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Roger Bolingbroke, Rosemary Horrox, Scottish border, Simon Stallworth, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir Richard Grey, Sir William Stonor, Stony Stratford, Thomas Blake, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Burdet, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Rotherham, Thomas Southwell, Thomas Wake, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, Treaty of Troyes, Walpurg, witchcraft, Wydevilles, York

Introduction ‘ ‘This is indeed a mystery’ I remarked.’ What do you think it means?’‘I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suite theories, instead of theories to suite facts.’ In Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story A Scandal…
The Maligned Ricardians

Jan 9, 2016

sources

“Perkin”, “Tudor” “sources”, Anne Neville, AR Myers, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Camden, Commines, Croyland, Eleanor Talbot, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Fabyan, George Buck, George Buck the Younger, Grafton, Hall, Henry IV, Henry of Buckingham, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, John Rous, John Stow, Kincaid, Paul Murray Kendall, Polydore Vergil, Ralph Holinshed, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard Sylvester, Robert Stillington, Roper, Sir Edward Hoby, Sir James Tyrrell, Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel, Thomas More, Titulus Regius

Part 2 – Sir George Buck “The historiographer must be veritable and free from all prosopolepsies and partial respects; he must not add or omit anything, either of partiality or of hatred.” (Sir George Buck – The History of King Richard III) Introduction Sir George Buck (1560-1622) faithfully served two English Monarchs in a…
The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)

Jun 26, 2015

sources

“Tudor” propaganda, Baynard’s Castle, Charles Ross, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Fabyan, Great Chronicle, Henry of Buckingham, illegitimacy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Mancini, Parliamentary Roll, Paul Murray Kendall, Ralph Shaa, Rosemary Horrox, Shakespeare, Three Estates, Titulus Regius

Part 7 – Long live king Richard, England’s worthy king! “ Cousin of Buckingham and sage grave men, Since you will buckle fortune on my back To bear her burden whe’er, I will or not I must have patience to endure the load” (William Shakespeare) “ Touched you the bastardy of Edward’s children?” Bastard…

Fabyan

WHO IN THE WORLD WAS RALPH WILFORD?

SIR THOMAS MORE , A MAN FOR ALL REASONS: SAINT OR SINNER?

1484 – TITULUS REGIUS: FACT OR FICTION?

The Maligned Ricardians

The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)