Henry VII
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Sir Rhys ap Thomas’s Derwydd Mansion is on the market again! In a past post (https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2023/08/07/the-white-lady-should-have-disposed-of-rhys-ap-thomas-and-the-weasel-when-she-had-the-chance/) on this blog I wrote about this Welsh house and its association with Henry Tudor, when he was on the way to Bosworth. Pity it didn’t set its White Lady ghost on the miserable wretch. And the other traitors…
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We’ve heard before that King Charles—when Prince of Wales—was inclined to favour inspecting the contents of That Urn and thus solve the mystery that has blackened King Richard III’s name since the 15th century. I’d like to think something might come of this latest rumour, but I won’t hold my breath. Every royal since Henry…
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We all know by now that the usurper Henry Tudor, aka Henry VII, was born in Pembroke. The town even boasts a statue of him. Not that he ever did much for the Welsh. He was entirely self-seeking, and had his diminutive mother cracking the whip behind him. Well, we always imagine her being the…
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This link https://tinyurl.com/4wwhj6ns is to an in-depth review of The Lady of the Rivers, Philippa Gregory’s novel of the life of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, as seen through the eyes of Jacquetta herself. Jacquetta isn’t a great favourite with Ricardians, for she is the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, and we all know how much trouble resulted…
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Oh, dear, here we have a potted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diIZApQtY7k 2 minutes long) version of the story of Catherine of Aragon. Highly fictional….and throughout we keep hearing Elizabeth of York referred to as the interfering anti-Catherine Queen Dowager. Eh? As she died 1503, before Henry VII, and only just after the death of Catherine’s first husband, Arthur,…
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If you study the above image (taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QIEHdwpAQc) you could be forgiven for thinking the video it comes from concerns someone from around about Cromwell’s era. But no! The King Locked Away. Never Left Alive is about Richard II, who was 14th century! So the makers of the above 1 minute 16 second video…
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“….the Howards found themselves on the wrong side of the royal favour – supporting Richard III during the Battle of Bosworth field. Gareth Russell takes us through how the Howards became, under Henry VII, basically obedient dogs….” The above is an extract from a detailed review (https://tinyurl.com/3drykvsk) of “Young and Damned and Fair” by Gareth…
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I’m writing this because of the article you’ll find at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/5vrc3c6z. Yet again there is a certain economy with the truth where Richard II is concerned. Because of this, we may not know much about Wat Tyler, one of the leaders of the so-called Peasants’ Revolt, but we sure as heck know…
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Time for some more utter tosh about nasty, mean, beastly,, heartless, murderous Richard III. Not that Henry VII fares well either: “….Henry VII was not a fun guy. He was strict, severe, and unbearably cheap. Records from his early reign show that he never parted with a penny he didn’t have to, and he tracked…
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We always bunch the participants in the Peasants’ Revolt together as something akin to Bulwer-Lytton’s great unwashed . But were they the great unwashed? No, according to new research. (See https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-peasants-of-the-1381-peasants-revolt-new-database-has-answers-278011.) Many of them were almost wealthy by 14th-century standards, and women played a great part in what happened. What they didn’t have was armour!…
