Henry VII
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Was Katherine Gordon called the “White Rose”….?
“Perkin”, burial sites, Christopher Ashton, Elizabeth of York, executions, Fyfield, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James Strangeways, ladies in waiting, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Old London Bridge, Oxfordshire, Richard of Shrewsbury, Royal Historical Society, Sir Matthew Craddock, Swansea, Tyburn, white roseWandering around the internet, as usual, I came upon this link , from which I have taken the following extract: “Perkin Warbeck was tried for treason on November 16 and executed on November 23, 1499. His head joined the lineup of traitors spanning the London Bridge. Warbeck’s wife had been living in Westminster for so…
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What crud! This article claims that Margaret Beaufort “almost died at the hands of Richard III”? Eh? Richard didn’t once threaten her life, nor would he, he was too soft where women were concerned. He was a man of principal, with values completely beyond anyone remotely Tudor. Murdering/executing women was a Tudor invention, to which…
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Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Pied-à-terre
Abbot’s House, Anne Sutton, Annette Carson, Anthony Wydville, Bermondsey Abbey, Blitz, Cheyneygates, Dean Stanley, Deanery, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grafton Regis, Gregory, Henry VII, Lord Protector of the Realm, Malcolm Underwood, Michael K Jones, More, Peter Hammond, Richard III, Sir Richard Grey, Thomas Rotherham, Westminster Abbey, Wydeville plotReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Pied-à-terre A tantalising glimpse of an ancient passage leading to Abbot’s Court and the steps leading up to Jericho Parlour. Cheyneygates was situated to the right of the steps. Photo Dr John Crook Country Life Picture Library. This updated post was written with…
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Well, I confess I always thought Henry VII only had one uncle on the paternal side, and that was Jasper. So just who is in the above illustration? The Tudors as being important in English history commenced with the affair between the widowed Katherine of Valois and the rather lowly Welshman Owen Tudor. They had…
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Now, if you read this claptrap you’ll learn that saintly Henry VII, on his brilliant ownio, decided that ” . . . rather than adopting the costly and aggressive strategy of invasion and war favoured by some of his predecessors . . . used dynastic royal marriages to make alliances in Europe . . .…
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Matt Lewis is definitely Richard III’s new champion, and is managing to achieve various excellent articles that express his (correct!) views on our maligned king. Here in the Daily Express is an example I’ve come upon in the last couple of days. Well done, Matt. I’m sure that if Richard could, he’d show his appreciation…
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Recently while perusing a book of folklore, I came across this traditional rhyme- I had a little nut tree, Nothing could it bear But a silver nutmeg and a golden pear; The king of Spain’s daughter Came to visit me; And all for the sake of my little nut tree. Apparently, this rhyme is supposed…
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Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.
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 HuntingdonReblogged 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…
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Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet
Anne Devereux, Azincourt, Dafydd Gam, Earl of Northumberland, Earls of Pembroke, Edgecote Moor, executions, France, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Lydgate, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, ODNB, Raglan Castle, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Sir Richard Herbert, St. James Garlickhythe, T.B. Pugh, Tintern Abbey, Troy Book, Wars of the Roses, widows, William Herbert Earl of PembrokeReblogged from sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri Anne Devereux, John Lydgate’s Troy Book and Siege of Thebes @British Library Well that old wheel of fortune could certainly whizz around and no more so than in the lives of the noble women from the turbulent times we now know as the Wars of the Roses. An example…
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I have to confess that I’m not sure about the headline of this article. Just what royal row can be spoken of in the present tense is a puzzle. What does it matter to our present royals if Anne Boleyn had Henry VIII‘s demise in mind. If she did, she failed. The horrible lump lived…