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The complete, utterly biased dissing of the House of York….

Apr 28, 2022

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When I recorded the first episode of the Sky series Royal Bastards: Rise of the Tudors, I watched it on 23rd November, which is the anniversary of the day in 1450 when Richard 3rd Duke of York returned to London [and Parliament] with his sword unsheathed to claim his right. The docudrama series kicks…
Fancy a little shot at queek….?

Aug 18, 2019

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board games, cheating, gambling, London, Queek

Queek/queak is a strange word, with at least three very different meanings of which I am aware. Since the early 18th century, queak has meant a high-pitched squeak or screech, such as the call of a bird or squeal of a pig. On the other hand, Queek Headtaker is “the legendary and much-feared Lord of…
Henry VII banned card-playing, except at Christmas….

Dec 23, 2018

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Christmas, Elizabeth of York, gambling, Henry VII, James III, James IV, Margaret “Tudor”, playing cards, Sauchieburn, Scotland, William Francis Dawson

According to Christmas: Its Origin and Associations by William Francis Dawson, playing cards was prohibited by a statue passed in the reign of Henry VII. The old kill-joy! Or maybe it was in defence of the royal purse, it being known that his queen, Elizabeth of York, was rather over-fond of gambling. Henry paid her…
Was Henry Vll mean? His funeral – and other – Expenses.

Apr 21, 2017

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Anne, avarice, Charles I, dancing, Elizabeth of York, Excerpta Historica, funeral effigy, gambling, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, Mark Duffy, royal tombs, Royal tombs of Mediaeval England, Samuel Bentley, St. george’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/07/19/was-henry-vii-mean-his-funeral-and-other-expenses/ Effigies of Henry Vll and Elizabeth of York by Torrigiano Henry died on 21 April 1509. Henry has come down through history as something of a miser, a tightwad. Whether this is undeserved or otherwise , I do not know, although his Privy Purse Expenses make very…

gambling

The complete, utterly biased dissing of the House of York….

Fancy a little shot at queek….?

Henry VII banned card-playing, except at Christmas….

Was Henry Vll mean? His funeral – and other – Expenses.