Farleigh Hungerford

Elizabeth Woodville’s Wiltshire Retreat

Feb 11, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion

attainders, Chantry chapels, daughters of Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, Hexham, Heytesbury, hospitals, Hungerfords, John Nesfield, proclamations, Richard III, sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, Wiltshire

Elizabeth Woodville left sanctuary with her daughters on March 1, 1484, after Richard III swore a public oath that she and her daughters would be unharmed and that he would find the girls suitable matches. But where did she go then? Her daughters were, at least part time, welcome at court, but ‘Dame Grey’ as…
Sir Edward Hungerford’s murderous lady….

Jun 19, 2022

art, buildings, law

Agnes Cotell, executed women, Farleigh Castle, Farleigh Hungerford, haunting, John Cotell, murder, Richard III, Sir Edward Hungerford

According to this link, Sir Edward Hungerford , had a shocking story attached to his memory. Sir Edward’s second wife, was Agnes Cotell who died 20th February 1523/4. Ah, but that’s to understate the point, because she was actually hanged for murder. What happened? Well, her first husband was John Cotell, who was Sir Edward…
The Sisters Neville – Isobel, Duchess of Clarence and Queen Anne Neville, Daughters to the Kingmaker.

Mar 14, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

alcohol, Amboise Cathedral, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Barnet, Baynard’s Castle, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, bigamy, Calais, Clarence Vault, Crowland Chronicle, dispensations, Edgecote, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Henry VI, Hicks, Honfleur, illegitimacy, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Lord Wenlock, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, King’s Lynn, l’Erber, Lincolnshire rebellion, Louis XI, loyalty, Luton Guild Book, Margaret of Anjou, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, royal marriages, Sir John Woodville, Sir Robert Welles, Southampton, St. Martin le Grand, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Tony Pollard, Tower of London, Warwick Castle

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Warwick Castle birthplace of both the Neville sisters. Photo with thanks to Scotty Rae @Flkr. Richard Neville and Anne Beauchamp, Earl and Countess of Warwick had in their long marriage just two daughters. If there were any initial disappointment about that there was always Plan B, that illustrious marriages could…
Which Baron Hungerford was responsible….?

Feb 20, 2022

Alternative History, anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, law, religion

Barons Hungerford, Edward IV, English Heritage, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, murals, Salisbury Cathedral, Somerset, St. George, Towton, Walter Lord Hungerford

English Heritage has embarked upon the restoration of some wall murals in Farleigh Hungerford in Somerset. The photograph above shows an image of St George as a 15th-century knight, and has suffered over the centuries from damp conditions and misguided previous attempts to save it. You can read about the work here which describes it…
A Fateful Convergence – two men with complex loyalties who faced the same place of execution

Jul 31, 2015

genealogy

Battle of Bosworth, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, Henry of Buckingham, Hexham, Hungerfords, Isobel Neville, Margaret of Salisbury, Norton St. Phillip, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Hungerford, Salisbury, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Thomas Hungerford, Walter Hungerford

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Plaque for Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham I recently visited Salisbury in Wiltshire and stood by the plaque which commemorates the execution on 2nd November 1483 of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham on the site of the Blue Boar Inn. His ghost is said to haunt Debenhams which stands…

Farleigh Hungerford

Elizabeth Woodville’s Wiltshire Retreat

Sir Edward Hungerford’s murderous lady….

The Sisters Neville – Isobel, Duchess of Clarence and Queen Anne Neville, Daughters to the Kingmaker.

Which Baron Hungerford was responsible….?

A Fateful Convergence – two men with complex loyalties who faced the same place of execution