Henry VII
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An invitation to a magnificent farewell feast….
Auld Lang Syne, Castles in the air, cats, Elizabeth Duchess of Suffolk, Fools and jesters, Henry VII, John de la pole Earl of Lincoln, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, lapdogs, Margaret Beaufort, medieval dogs and hounds, medieval feasts and banquets, medieval recipes, pugs, Richard III, Sir William StanleyI think that by now many of you know that the Murrey & Blue blog is to end by 24 January. To those of you for whom this is the first intimation, I apologise. There may be efforts to continue it or start a new blog in its place, but the final post in its…
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We all know how much time Richard III spent in the north, and that he was certainly happy there. He ruled it well when he was still Duke of Gloucester, and was much loved for his fairness and justice. When he was king and went on his first progress in 1484, he went north again,…
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Rhys ap Thomas and the tournament of April 1507….
2nd Duke of Buckingham, A Historical Tour Through Pembrokeshire by Richard Fenton, Battle of Bosworth, Carew Castle, Field of Cloth of Gold, Henry VII, House of Tudor, John Morton, Margaret Beaufort, Order of the Garter, Pembroke and Monkton Local History Society, Rhys ap Thomas, Richard III, Sir William Stanley, Thomas Lord Stanley, tournamentsThis morning the following link dropped into my inbox: https://tinyurl.com/3uwbet79. It seems there was a talk at the “….Pembroke and Monkton Local History Society….first meeting of 2025 on Saturday morning, January 11 in Pembroke Town Hall.…” Why have I picked up on this? Well, perhaps because of the subject of the talk “….will focus on…
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Six (or seven?) marriages but only one husband (or two?)….!
1st Duke of Milan, 4th Earl of Kent, Austin Friars London, Bourne Abbey in Lincolnshire, Constance of York, dowries, Edmund Holand 4th Earl of Kent, Gian Galeazzo, Henry IV, Henry VII, John Beaufort 1st Earl Somerset, John Holand 1st Earl of Huntingdon 1st Duke of Exeter, Lucia Visconti Countess of Kent, Mary de Bohun, Minories, Richard II, Southwark Cathedral, St Mary Overy, The Lancashire Holandsv, the siege of BréhatYou have no doubt heard of the Minories. “….The Order of the Sorores Minores, to which the abbey of the Minores in London belonged, was founded by St Clara of Assisi in Italy, and claimed Palm Sunday, March 18th 1212, as the date of its origin….” More popularly referred to as the Minories, in the…
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Was Henry VIII the sole guilty party in his marriage to Katherine of Aragon….?
“The King’s Great Matter”, 17th Earl of Warwick, Anne Boleyn, Bessie Bount, Catholic Monarchs, Catholicism, Church of Englad, Edward IV, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, Extreme religious devotions, Ferdinand and Isabella, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, infertility, Jane Seymour, John of Gloucester, Katherine of Aragon, Lord Privy Seal, Ludlow, Mary Boleyn, Perkin Warbeck, Philip II of Spain, Pope Clement VII, Pope Julius II, Post-partum infections, Prince Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Prohibited degree, Protestantism, Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester, Spanish Armada, Spanish Inquisition, Ten Commandments, The ReformationJust look at the above portrait of Katherine/Catherine/Catalina of Aragon (https://tinyurl.com/3auwsmsf). This is her in 1502-1509, between losing her first husband, Prince Arthur (Tudor), (https://tinyurl.com/53n9mbd6) and marrying his younger brother, who had by then been King Henry VIII for about a month, (https://www.royal.uk/henry-viii). She and Prince Arthur had wed in November 1501, when he was…
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Which of Isabel of Clarence’s ladies was the mysterious Yorkist spy….?
“Princes”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, Battle of Towton, Duke of Clarence, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Westminster, Elizabeth Lady St Amand, George, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, Margaret of Anjou, Philippe Commynes, Richard III, Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick, Sir John Wenlock, Sir Roger Tocotes, Wars of the Roses, Warwick the KingmakerWe’ve always known that George, Duke of Clarence (https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_21.htm), the disgruntled brother of Edward IV and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (https://richardiii.net/), went over the wall to join Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (https://richardiii.net/richard- iii-his-world/his-family/the-making-of-the-kingmaker/). George then married the earl’s elder daughter Isabel Neville (https://womenshistory.info/isabel-neville/), in the belief that his new father-in-law, the famous “Kingmaker”…
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2025 will be the tenth anniversary of the King Richard III Visitor Centre and over the Christmas Season they’ve produced an interesting post, with lots of photographs, videos and memories of what’s happened since Richard was found in 2012. Take a look. https://x.com/kriiicentre
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Medieval royal Christmases….with a few camels thrown in….!
A Christmas Carol, Bayeux Tapestry, Becket, Bishop Odo, Charles Dickens, Christ Church Canterbury, coronation 1066, Edward III, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Epiphany, Henry I, Henry II, Henry III, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Leland, Katherine of Aragon, King John, King Wenceslas carol, Lucy Worsley Christmas Odyssey, Matthew Paris – Benedictine, Medieval camels, medieval Christmas, Medieval Ireland, Richard II, Richard III, Royal Menagerie, Scrooge, Twelfth Night, William ICamels seem to have figured quite a lot in gifts to medieval monarchs, at Christmas and other times. But I’ll begin with commenting on the season itself. St Stephen’s Day is the second day of Christmas (Christmas Day itself being the first, and Epiphany, 6 January, the twelfth and last). Today, unless we’re among those…
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Before I write another word, may I wish you all the Compliments of the Season….and warn that my post today has little to do with the sacred and profound meaning of Christmas, but rather with the earthly aspects, both happy and sad. There were only two Christmases in Richard III’s all too brief reign, and…
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