graffiti

STAINDROP CHURCH, A NEVILLE MAUSOLEUM

Nov 5, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, religion, sources

Battle of Neville’s Cross, Biblioteque National, Branchepeth Church, Cecily Duchess of York, Charles Alfred Stothard, Charles Ross, churches, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Edward IV, Euphemia de Clavering, graffiti, Joan “Beaufort”, Joanna Laynesmith, Lincoln Cathedral, livery collars, Margaret Stafford, Marjorie Neville, Nevilles, Raby Castle, Ralph Baron Neville, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Staindrop Church, tombs, W.E. Hampton

REBLOGGED FROM A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland and his two wives. Staindrop Church, Durham. Ralph Neville by his wife Joan Beaufort, was the father of Cicely Neville, mother of two kings – Edward IV and Richard III. This drawing was made by Charles A Stothard c.1811 and shows them minus the graffiti.…
The Grafitti of the Tower of London

Jun 24, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

Dudleys, Elizabeth I, graffiti, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lord Guildford Dudley, Mary I, Philip Howard Earl of Arundel, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Royal Mint, Thomas Roper, Tower of London

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com The graffiti commemorating the Dudleys. Beauchamp Tower. Photo Spitalfieldlife I am, to be honest not a fan of graffiti, also known as graffito, neither do I know anyone who is. However, if you are talking historical graffiti, and from no less than the Tower of London, well that is definitely…
The Pedants’ Revolt (again)

May 25, 2017

art

adverts, beer, Cambridge, Colchester, graffiti, grammar vigilante, housing, humour, John Ball, Latin, Mary Beard, pedantry, protests

Where better to start this time than Colchester, with its John Ball connections, of course? Here, in a beer advert, a centurion has edited some graffiti to remind the natives of the Roman Empire’s authority. Perhaps he will enter a pub with four colleagues and order some, raising two fingers when asked how many? He…

graffiti

STAINDROP CHURCH, A NEVILLE MAUSOLEUM

The Grafitti of the Tower of London

The Pedants’ Revolt (again)