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How and when Richard III gave Grantham its royal charter….

Mar 24, 2026

culture, Events, history, medieval characters, medieval life, Richard III, Uncategorized

charter, Grantham, market, Medieval, Richard III

“….Dating back to around 1484 the town [Grantham] was given the right to hold a weekly market and two annual fairs by order of a Royal Charter granted by King Richard III….” From https://www.gbnews.com/news/grantham-medieval-onion-fair-revival-centuries-old-tradition-market. To be at an event for which Richard III was responsible at a pivotal moment in his reign, Grantham is the…
The Eleanor Crosses – Twelve or Fifteen

Feb 9, 2024

art, buildings, religion

Charing Cross, Charles Alfred Stothard, Cheapside, Dunstable, Edward I, Eleanor Crosses, Eleanor of Castile, frank salisbury, Geddington, Grantham, Great North Road, harby, Hardingstone, Leicester, royal burials, St. Albans, Stamford, Stony Stratford, Waltham, Woburn

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com ‘The Passing of Eleanor’ – artist’s impression of the funeral cortège of Eleanor of Castile watched over by her grieving husband, Edward I. Artist Frank Salisbury, 1910 (1). ‘Pray for our consort, who in life, we loved dearly, and, dead, we do not cease to love….’ Edward Ist in…
TWO ANGELS, TWO BUCKINGHAMS

May 22, 2022

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, religion, travel

Buckingham, Buckingham Museum, coaching inns, coins, corbels, crown, Dukes of Buckingham, Edward III, Edward IV, gold half-angel, Grantham, Great North Road, Knights Templar, Phillippa of Hainault, Richard III, Sir Isaac Newton, St. Michael, St. Wulfram, swan

A nice little pre-Christmas break took me to two towns of interest, Buckingham and Grantham. I wanted to see Buckingham museum which is currently hosting a Richard III display featuring the gold Half Angel found in the fields nearby. It was a nice little collection and the info panels were mercifully free of too many…
A blue plaque for the Angel & Royal….?

Oct 19, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law

blue plaque, British Museum, coaching inns, death warrants, Grantham, Grantham Civic Society, Henry of Buckingham, hotels, listed buildings, Royal Progress, The Angel

The following is an extract from this article. :- “….The Angel and Royal Inn has been in Grantham for more than 800 years and still retains its medieval character….A blue plaque would celebrate the hotel’s history and mark its many significant royal connections….” And we Ricardians know the royal connection that matters; in October…
The Royal Progress of Richard III

Aug 29, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources, travel

“Arrivall of Edward IV”, “Princes”, Annales, Anne Neville, Anne Sutton, Black Death, Brecon, Bristol, Buckingham rebellion, Cambridge, Canterbury Cathedral, Catherine de Medici, Charles IX, Chief Justice, Compton Reeves, Cora Schofield, Coventry, Crowland Chronicle, Earl of Kildare, Edmund of Rutland, Edward II, Edward III, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward the Black Prince, Eucharist, execution, Fotheringhay, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gainsborough, George Duke of Clarence, George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Grantham, Great Chronicle, Great Seal, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, investiture, Isabel Neville, Jamestown, John Fortescue, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Kendall, John Morton, John of Gloucester, John Russell, Katherine Hastings, Latin, Leicester, Lincoln, Lionel Woodville, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Louis XI, Ludlow, Margaret d’Anjou, Micklegate Bar, Middleham Castle, Minster Lovell, mystery plays, Nottingham, Oxford, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Peter Hammond, Pilgrims’ Way, Pontefract, Reading, reburials, Rhoda Edwards, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, River Ouse, River Severn, River Witham, Rosemary Horrox, Royal Progress, Sandwich, Sir Baldwin Fulford, Sir John Woodville, St. George, Tadcaster, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Thomas of woodstock, Thomas Rotherham, Thornbury, Titulus Regius, Wakefield, Wales, Warwick, William I, William Lord Hastings, William Waynflete, Windsor Castle, Woodstock, Worcester, York

Following his coronation, Richard III – like all medieval monarchs – went on his “royal progress” through the realm. Along with an entourage in excess of 200 household men, ecclesiastics, supporters, and administrative officials, he visited towns and cities as far west as the River Severn, as far north as the River Ouse, and as…
A HATPIN & A MYSTERY

Sep 4, 2019

archaeology, art, heraldry

brooches, Buckingham rebellion, Edward IV, Gainsborough Hall. Sun in Splendour, Grantham, Henry VII, jewellery, Lincolnshire, white boar, white rose

Edward IV’S Hatpin? A fabulous archaeological find has turned up in a Lincolnshire fields–a beautiful golden hatpin shaped like the Sun in Splendour and bearing an intact amethyst stone. An extremely high status object without a doubt and estimated at £15,000. But whose was it? Unfortunately the article accompanying the find is full of…
A MURAL FOR QUEEN ELEANOR

Nov 28, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings

Charing Cross, Dunstable, Edward I, Edward V, Eleanor Crosses, Eleanor of Castile, Geddington, Grantham, Hardingstone, Henry of Buckingham, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, murals, Richard III, St. Albans, Stamford, Stony Stratford, Waltham, Westcheap, Woburn

Stony Stratford is a small place today but in the medieval era it was along one of the main routes towards London and frequently visited by passing notables. Historically, it is primarily remembered for being the spot where Richard of Gloucester and the Duke of Buckingham finally met up with Edward V…beginning the dramatic chain…