George Lord Strange

The Murderous Stanleys of 15th-century Lancashire….

Oct 31, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law

“Perkin”, Barham, Battle of Bosworth, Bewsey Old Hall, Blore Heath, Boydells, bridges, Deal, executions, George Lord Strange, Halloween, Henry VII, Knowsley, Lancashire Folk Tales, Lathom House, Priory of the Hermit Friars of St. Augustine, Richard I, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sir John Butler, Sir William Stanley, Thomas Stanley, Warrington, William Troutbeck

A POST ESPECIALLY FOR HALLOWE’EN…. Here is a tale of murder most foul that I think suits Hallowe’en, even if it didn’t actually happen at Hallowtide. It’s based on fact, and I first found it in Lancashire Folk Tales by Jennie Bailey and David England. Since then, in one form or another, it has also…
Northwich and the Stanleys….

Sep 17, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Barnton Hill, Battle of Bosworth, Cheshire, George Lord Strange, Mediaeval festival, Northwich, Northwich Guardian, Sir William Stanley, Stanleys, Thomas Stanley, treachery, Verdin Park, Winnington Old Hall

When I read this Northwich Guardian link I was drawn by the fact that Richard III is mentioned. However, I was then a little confused by the following: “….The history of Northwich started on September 17, 1483, when King Richard III granted the manor and village of Northwich to Lord Stanley and his brother Sir…
WILLIAM CATESBY, GOOD GUY, BAD GUY, TRAITOR? THE CLUES IN HIS WILL

Nov 8, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, law, sources

Ashby de la Zouch, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Crowland Chronicle, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Lady Latimer, Elizabeth St. John, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Lord Strange, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, JA Roskell, King’s Council, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Logge Register, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Margaret Zouche, Peter Hancock, pre-contract, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Robert Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas More, Tower of London, treason, William Catesby, William Colyngbourne, William Lord Hastings, wills, Wydevilles

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Brass of William Catesby, Ashby St Ledgers Church. Commissioned by William’s son in 1507. Date of death 20th August is incorrect, predating Bosworth, perhaps in an attempt to cover up his inglorious end. Note the damage across the neck. Photo Aidan McRae Thomas Flkir As no doubt can be seen…
THE SIX SISTERS OF WARWICK THE KINGMAKER

Apr 14, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Alice Montacute, Alice Neville, Anne Fitzhugh, Arundel Castle, Ashby St Ledgers, Barnet, Cecily Neville the Younger, Cicely Bonville, Colne Priory, Despencers, Earl of Desmond, Eleanor Neville, Elizabeth Baynham, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Lord Strange, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry Fitzhugh, Henry VII, impaling, Joan Neville, John Earl of Oxford, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Katherine Neville, Kirby Muxloe, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Margaret Neville, Margaret Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, St. george’s Chapel, St. James Garlickhythe, Tanfield Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey, The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, tomb effigies, Wakefield, William Bonville Lord Harrington, William Fitzalan, William Lord Hastings

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Joan Neville and her husband William Fitzalan Earl of Arundel lie together to this day in their beautiful tomb in the chapel at Arundel Castle. Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (d. 1460) and his wife Alice Montacute had 10 children, including two sons, Richard Earl of Warwick and John…
Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.

Jan 18, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Christian Steer, churches, commission of array, Elizabeth of York, George Lord Strange, Great Fire of London, Henry VII, illegitimate children, John of Gloucester, John Stow, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, Raglan Castle, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard Rothing, royal marriages, St. James Garlickhythe, sweating sickness, Thomas Benolt, Tintern Abbey, WE Hampton, widowers, William Herbert Earl of Huntingdon

Reblogged from here The Great Fire of London. The devastating conflagration that consumed so much of medieval London including St James Garlickhythe. Artist Lieve Verschuier This post will of necessity prove to be short there being a dearth of information on both Katherine and the pre-Fire St James Garlickhythe Church where she was buried. The church…

George Lord Strange

The Murderous Stanleys of 15th-century Lancashire….

Northwich and the Stanleys….

WILLIAM CATESBY, GOOD GUY, BAD GUY, TRAITOR? THE CLUES IN HIS WILL

THE SIX SISTERS OF WARWICK THE KINGMAKER

Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.