Henry VI

Auction of coins from Edward III to Richard III….

Nov 29, 2016

Events

Calais, coins, Edward III, Henry IV, Henry VI, Lord Stewartby, Richard III, Spink Auctions

No illustrations of Richard’s coins, unfortunately. The above is a Henry IV groat, estimated price of £3-4,000). But Richard’s coin(s) are in this auction today. Get your plastic cards out, ladies and gentlemen… http://www.coinweek.com/dealers-companies/spink-dealers/spink-auctions-edward-iii-richard-iii-lord-stewartbys-4th-sale/
Thomas Langton: Richard III’s Character Witness

Nov 16, 2016

religion, Uncategorized

Archbishop of Canterbury, Bologna, Cambridge, Charles Ross, Charles VII, credibility, Croyland, Dockray, Dunbar, Henry VI, Italy, John Morton, John Rous, Lionel Woodville, Louis XI, Macenas, Oxford, Padua, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Salisbury, Scotland, Selling, St. David’s, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Langton, Thomas Rotherham, Wales, Westmorland, Winchester, wine, witnesses

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Amongst the glories of Winchester Cathedral, there is a chantry chapel of outstanding beauty and magnificence. The man who is buried there, and for whom the roof bosses provide a rebus clue, is Thomas Langton, who died of plague in 1501 only days after being elected by Henry VII as…
Livery colours, badges, and the Battle of Barnet…

Nov 11, 2016

archaeology, battles, heraldry

Barnet, Earls of Oxford, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Henry VI, household accounts, livery colours, Marquess of Montagu, murrey and blue, star, sunne in splendour, white boar

Once again, I have been rambling around the internet, seeking information about livery colours. In the process I came upon the following site, which has an abundance of interesting information about many aspects of the medieval period. http://history.stackexchange.com/questions/13103/whose-colors-coat-of-arms-did-men-of-arms-wear-in-a-feudal-army-14th-century The link deals with one area of interest, but the main site covers a lot more. One…
The True History of King Richard III (Part IV)

Oct 16, 2016

battles

Blore Heath, Cecily Duchess of York, Doctor Stiffkey, Edmund of Rutland, education, Edward IV, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Lady Mortimer, Lancastrians, Lancastrians In Need, Ludford Bridge, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Anjou, Parliament, propaganda, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, sack of Ludlow

The sack of Ludlow 1459 Richard’s first teacher was Lady Mortimer, who taught him handwriting and country dancing. As Lady Mortimer’s late husband had been on the very fringe (almost dropping off the end) of Richard’s family tree, she also taught him something of genealogy, and he discovered that he was descended from Lionel, Duke…
Evidence, please?

Oct 15, 2016

genealogy

“Tudors”, Edmund “Tudor”, evidence, Henry VI, Henry VII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Ashdown-Hill, Owen Tudor, sources

From John-Ashdown-Hill, whose Private Life of Edward IV is published a month today: “Can anyone find ANY CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE to show that Edmund, Earl of Richmond, Jasper, Earl of Pembroke, or Henry VII ever used the name TUDOR? That surname definitely was used by Owen. For example, in 1459 Henry VI gave a commission to…
TREASON 3 – The Long Parliament 1649

Aug 22, 2016

law

Algernon Sidney, anarchy, Bishops, Carisbroke castle, Catholicism, Charles I, Charles II, Church of England, Commonwealth, constitutional monarchy, Cornet George Joyce, dethronement, Edward II, Elizabeth I, executions, Henry VI, Holmby House, House of Commons, House of Lords, Interregnum, James VI/I, James VII/II, John, John Bradshaw, John Cooke, Juxton, Laud, lex talionis, Lockyer, London, Long Parliament, Lords Appellant, Magna Carta, Mary II, Mass, Merciless Parliament, Naseby, Netherlands, New Model Army, Newcastle, Oliver Cromwell, Oxford, Parliament of Devils, Preston, Pride’s Purge, Puritans, Restoration, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Robertson, Royal Assent, Rupert, Samuel Gardiner, Scotland, Short Parliament, siege of Colchester, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir George Lisle, Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Sir thomas Fairfax, Southwell, Spain, Strafford, treason, Treaty of Newport, Triennial Act, tyranny, Veronica Wedgwood, Whitehall, William III, Windsor

Introduction “ The scaffold was hung round with black, and the floor covered with black, and the axe and block (were) laid in the middle of the scaffold. There were divers companies of Foot and Horse on every side of the scaffold, and the multitude of people that came to be spectators were very great.”[1]…
Tales of a Ricardian Traveler – Debunking a Myth at Dartington Hall

Aug 11, 2016

buildings, travel

“Tudor” propaganda, 1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, Azincourt, Barnet, Cambridge, Canterbury Cathedral, cinquefoil, Dartington Hall, Devon, Edmund Crouchback, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward the Black Prince, Eleanor Cobham, Eleanor of Provence, emblems, Epiphany Rising, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry III, Henry IV, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Joan of Kent, John Ashdown-Hill, John Holland, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, Margaret Beaufort, MI5, Richard II, Richard III, roses, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Southampton plot, St. Paul’s, summary executions, white hart

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Lady on Horseback, mid-15th c., British Museum Dartington Hall, near Totnes in Devon and just southeast of Dartmoor National Park, represents a uniquely British form of historical contradiction. It is both medieval, having parts of a Grade I-listed late 14th century manor house, and modern, being the current home of…
Game of Thrones in 1483 — Matt’s History Blog

Jul 8, 2016

Alternative History

“Princes”, Anthony Woodville, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Game of Thrones, Henry VI, Henry VII, House of York, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Richard III, Richard Welles, Robert Welles, Tolkein, Towton, Wars of the Roses

7 books 60 hours + of TV 1 year of history Warning: Massive spoilers!!! Game of Thrones is perhaps the most epic novel and TV series ever created. George RR Martin has woven a world Tolkien would have been proud of, managing to be filled with fantasy, but just recognisable enough to pull us in,…
A sword made for Richard’s son….?

Jun 2, 2016

Uncategorized

Council of Wales and the Marches, Earls of March, Edward I, Edward II, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, Henry VI, Ludlow, Mortimer History Society, Princes of Wales, swords

The following is taken from an item in one of the Mortimer History Society newsletters. It was by a member, Stefan Zachary, and concerns a sword of state in the British Museum. Mortimer Heraldry on a Sword of State This sword is dated c1460-70 and it is said to be a ceremonial sword of the…
TREASON 2 – The Parliament Of Devils, 1459

May 20, 2016

battles, law

“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, Yorkists

Introduction 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…