Garter King of arms
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Isabel Mylbery is quite obscure. The earliest evidence we have is from about 1510. Garter King-at-Arms recorded that she was ‘educata ut fert[ur] pre Regem E[dwardum] iiij’ which means, roughly, that she was brought up by Edward IV. She also bore lions and white roses in her coat of arms. None of this is remotely…
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We have all heard of the dashing King’s/Queen’s Champion riding fully armed into the coronation banquet, throwing down challenges to anyone who would dare to find fault with the monarch’s right to the throne. I did not know that there is a strong possibility that the Dymoke family, hereditary holders of the title, may have…
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The general consensus is that there never was an Edward de/of Wigmore. Indeed, many say that his supposed parents were never an item at all, let alone married. The parents are, of course, Edward IV and Lady Eleanor Talbot. Their marriage is the mysterious pre-contract, the revelation of which in 1483 catapulted Richard III…
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TREASON 2 – The Parliament Of Devils, 1459
“Loveday”, Alison Hanham, Anthony Goodman, attainder, Bellamy, Bertram Wolffe, Blore Heath, Calais, Cecily Duchess of York, Chris Givern-Wilson, Colehill, Coventry, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, First Battle of St. Albans, forfeiture, Garter King of arms, Henry VI, Jack Cade, John Duke of Somerset, Kenilworth, Kent, Lancastrians, Ledbury, Lord Audley, Lord Powis, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Market Drayton, Merciless Parliament, Middleham, Parliament of Devils, Paul Murray Kendall, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Severn, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir henry Radford, St. Paul’s, Thomas Lord Stanley, treason, Treason Acts, Walsall, Walter Devereux, Wars of the Roses, William Duke of Suffolk, Worcester, YorkistsIntroduction This is the second of two articles I have written about treason. In the first article, I wrote about the Merciless Parliament of 1388 at which eighteen of king Richard II’s closest advisors and friends were tried by parliament and condemned as traitors, against the king’s wishes. In this article I am writing about…
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The following article by Annette Carson is an important and interesting read, proving that when the Tudors had gone, Richard was once again spoken of with honesty. Thank you Annette. http://www.annettecarson.co.uk/357052369
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