High Altar
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Edwardtide—a Celebration of Edward the Confessor, Saint and King….
Bayeux Tapestry, Bishop Gundulf, Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Edith of Scotland, Epiphany, Henry I, Henry II, Henry III, High Altar, House of Wessex, jewellery, Life of St. Edward the Confessor, martyrs, Octave of St. Edward, pilgrim’s ring, Richard II, royal saints, St. Edward the Confessor, Thomas Becket, Westminster Abbey, Wilton Diptych“….Remembering St Edward, 13th-18th October 2020….During Edwardtide, we celebrate the life of St Edward the Confessor, King of England 1042–1066 and the re-founder of Westminster Abbey. St Edward was canonised in 1161, and to this day, pilgrims come to pray at his shrine…” The above extract is from the website of Westminster Abbey (specifically from this…
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Richard III’s lost queen….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, Cardiff Castle, Croyland, Dean Stanley, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grey Friars, Henry VII, High Altar, John Rous, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester cathedral, Pietro Torrigiano, Richard II, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Rous Roll, royal tombs, Sir George Gilbert Scott, stained glass, Titulus Regius, Weir, Westminster AbbeyWhat follows is a word-for-word opinion of Anne Neville, and Richard’s attitude/feelings for her. I make no comment, the article by Elizabeth Jane Timms speaks for itself. “Amidst the chronicle of lost tombs at Westminster Abbey is that of Queen Anne Neville, wife of King Richard III. Queen Anne’s invisibility in these terms underlines the purported neglect…
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