Henry VIII
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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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“….What ‘shocking’ chapters of real royal history influenced Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding and Cersei Lannister’s walk of shame….?” So begins the article you can read at this link: https://tinyurl.com/5n95tjts. The “walk of shame” is said to have been inspired by a similar walk by the woman known to history as Jane Shore. Her real…
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“….Richard II is one of the Bard’s history plays, the others being Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V….” (From https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-weekend-witness-south-africa-9we6/20250726/281646786186296) Wot, no Richard III! 😮And this glaring omission when heading the given list of leading actors in these plays is Benedict Cumberbatch, who played—ta-ra!—Richard III! Well, the Pressreader writer of…
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Medieval hawking and falconry for the royals….
100 Years War, Battle of Hastings, Black Prince, Boke of St Albans, Chaucer, Conrad the Younger, Crecy Poitiers and Agincourt, Edward 2nd Duke of York, Edward I, Edward III, falconry, Frederik II.Holy roman emperor, Froissart, Gaston Phoebus, Harold Godwinson, hawking, Henry V, Henry VIII, James I, John Commins, John II of France, Parlement of Foules, Pero López de Ayala, Philip the Bold, Richard Almond, Richard II, Royal Mews Charing Cross, William I“….To authors on works on hunting, [men] such as Gaston III, compte de Foix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_III%2C_Count_of_Foix) and Edward, Duke of York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%2C_2nd_Duke_of_York), hunting was not just a sport or pastime, it was the essence of life itself….” So writes Richard Almond in the Introduction to his book Medieval Hunting. And as you read this work,…
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“….There is one line in Josephine Tey’s magnum opus, ‘The Daughter of Time’, that chills to the bone: “Tomorrow, a whisper may destroy you.” In the novel, these words ring true for Richard III, whose reputation is decimated by Tudor propaganda….” Oh, yes, how true, especially when the whispers come in a thunderous stage-managed torrent. Because…
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George, Duke of Clarence, is the often overlooked York brother, sitting as he does between Edward IV and Richard III. He was the one who didn’t become king, although he tried to pinch it from Edward IV, who eventually executed him as a traitor. On the whole George doesn’t get a very good press. He…
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“….A sapling from an oak tree in the grounds of King Richard III’s birthplace has been planted in the place where he died….” So begins the BBC article you’ll find at https://rb.gy/n5r3y4. And the photograph above is of the ‘mother tree’ at Fotheringhay, near Peterborough, from which the sapling has been ‘born’. The great oak…
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The above publication (link to home page https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069006610&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021) is full of interesting information about the London of the past, although I advise caution when it comes to the “facts” printed therein. While researching the royal residence in the city, known as Tower Royal or the Queen’s Wardrobe, I happened upon this on page 62:- The…
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The Handwriting of the Tudors I previously blogged four posts analysing the handwriting of Richard and his contemporaries. For those who missed them before, here are some links link Signs of the Times – The Handwriting of Richard III Signs of the Times 2 This deals with Edward, Edmund of Rutland, Elizabeth Woodville and Clarence…
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Oh, lord, I didn’t know we and the Irish Republic are locking horns over two rare bronze Henry VIII cannon taken from a wreck that was apparently lying off Waterford on the Irish coast. Under Irish law, the cannon belong to them and so were taken illegally. The cannon have been on display at the…
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