George Earl of Huntly
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Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck
“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annabella Drummond, Austin Friars, Bernard Andre, Christopher Ashton, Cicely Plantagenet, clothes, Edward of Warwick, executions, Exeter, Fyfield Hall, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James IV, James Strangeways, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Margaret Kyme, Scotland, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir Matthew Craddock, St. michael’s Mount, Thomas More, torture, Tower of London, Tyburn, Warkworth’s ChronicleReblogged from A medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Michaels Mount. ‘A Strong Place and Mighty’ wrote Warkworth in his Chronicle. Perkin left Katherine and their son here prior to his march to Exeter. Note the causeway. Thanks to John Starkey @ Flikr for this atmospheric photo. It may seem prima facie that Katherine was a tragic…
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Was Katherine Gordon called the “White Rose”….?
“Perkin”, burial sites, Christopher Ashton, Elizabeth of York, executions, Fyfield, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James Strangeways, ladies in waiting, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Old London Bridge, Oxfordshire, Richard of Shrewsbury, Royal Historical Society, Sir Matthew Craddock, Swansea, Tyburn, white roseWandering around the internet, as usual, I came upon this link , from which I have taken the following extract: “Perkin Warbeck was tried for treason on November 16 and executed on November 23, 1499. His head joined the lineup of traitors spanning the London Bridge. Warbeck’s wife had been living in Westminster for so…
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