Flodden

Thetford Priory

Nov 8, 2017

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Dukes of Norfolk, Flodden, Framlingham, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Reformation, Thetford Priory, Thomas Earl of Surrey, tombs, University of Suffolk

We can recommend this piece, by Professor David Gill of the University of Suffolk, with several superb images of the original burial sites of the first two Howard Dukes of Norfolk. Both were probably transferred to St. Michael’s Church, Framlingham, at the Reformation
A Yorkist chronicler under Henry VII’s nose?

May 21, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

Battle of Bosworth, diplomacy, Edward IV, Edward of Buckingham, Flodden, Gairdner, George Duke of Clarence, Hearne’s Fragment, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Human Shredder, James IV, Louis XII, Margaret “Tudor”, Mary “Tudor”, Richard III, sources, Thomas Howard, trials

“Hearne’s Fragment” is a relatively little-known source on late fifteenth century England. It is mysterious in origin, missing in part and not entirely accurate in detail, perhaps using old-style years? To begin with, it gives Edward IV’s birth year as 1440 and errs in those of his brothers as well, although there is another possible…
Those accident-prone Stewarts

Mar 27, 2017

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

accidents, assassination, battles, cannon, executions, exile, Flodden, James I, James II, James III, James IV, James V, Joan “Beaufort”, Margaret “Tudor”, Mary Stuart, Perth, rebellion, Richard III, Roxburgh, Sauchieburn, Scotland, Solway Moss, Stewarts

As this excellent article reminds us, there were eight pre-union Stewart monarchs, or nine if you exclude James VI, who had already reigned in Scotland for nearly forty years before inheriting the English throne. Of these, excepting the two Roberts, only two turned up for a pitched battle with against an English army and only…

Flodden

Thetford Priory

A Yorkist chronicler under Henry VII’s nose?

Those accident-prone Stewarts