Hubert de Bergh

KING JOHN AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

Apr 6, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, sources, The play’s the thing

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KING JOHN AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION King John was not a good man, He had his little ways. And sometimes no one spoke to him For days and days and days. And men who came across him, When walking in the town, Gave him a supercilious stare, Or passed with noses in the air, And…
The Yorkist Connection to Cranborne in Dorset

Mar 31, 2022

art, buildings, genealogy, religion

Almeric d’ Evreux, Anne Mortimer, annulment, carvings, churches, Cranborne Manor. Dorset, Edmund Earl of March, Edward IV, Geoffrey de Mandeville, Gilbert de Clare, Hubert de Bergh, Isabella of Gloucester, John, Mortimers, Ralph Neville, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, royal hunting estates, St. Mary and St. Bartholomew

Cranborne is a little village tucked away in the Dorset countryside. The roads leading to it are small and narrow, with very high hedges, and driving there can be a bit of a nightmare if you should meet up with a farm vehicle or delivery lorry (frequent)! However, it seems to have been heavily visited…
Ela of Salisbury, Sheriff, Abbess, and Ancestor of Kings

Feb 7, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion

Amesbury, Battle of Bouvines, books, Earls of Salisbury, Edward IV, Ela of Salisbury, Henry II, Henry III, Hubert de Bergh, illegitimate children, John, Lacock Abbey, Louis VIII, Nevilles, nuns, Old Sarum, Rchard I, Reformation, Richard III, Salisbury Cathedral, William Longspee, Wiltshire

Ela of Salisbury has been called a ‘towering female figure of the 13th’ century by historian Linda Elizabeth Mitchell. However, outside of some quarters in Wiltshire, she is not terribly well known. What is even less commented on than her accomplishments is her genealogy. She is a foremother to Richard III and Edward IV in…
Visit to Rayleigh and Hadleigh – 20th July 2019

Mar 23, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry, religion

“Princes”, Anne, bells, Colchester Castle, Edmund Bonner, Edward III, Elizabeth Wydeville, Essex, executions, Hadleigh Castle, Hadleigh Essex, Henry III, heresy, Holy Trinity Church, Hubert de Bergh, Hundred Years War, hunting, John, Kent, Martyrs’ Memorial, Queenborough Castle, Rayleigh, Rayleigh Mount, Rayleigh Museum, Rayleigh Windmill, Richard III Society

via Visit to Rayleigh and Hadleigh – 20th July 2019

Hubert de Bergh

KING JOHN AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

The Yorkist Connection to Cranborne in Dorset

Ela of Salisbury, Sheriff, Abbess, and Ancestor of Kings

Visit to Rayleigh and Hadleigh – 20th July 2019