Ireland
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My latest target for research is the English garrison/bastion of Brest, on the coast of Brittany, specifically the final years of the 14th century before it was handed back to the Bretons. My interest had been aroused when reading Ducal Brittany 1364-1399, by Michael Jones. In it I learned of the practice of…
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A mystery at the Swan Inn at Clare, Suffolk….
Anne Morimer, cadency, Clare, Clare Castle, de Burgh arms, Edmund Earl of March, Henry IV, Henry V, Ireland, John of Gaunt, Lancastrian propaganda, Lionel of Antwerp, Mortimer arms, Mortimer History Society, mulberries, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, Suffolk, Swan InnOn reading the February 2021 edition of the Mortimer History Society’s publication, Mortimer Matters, I was intrigued by an article (by Hugh Wood) about a curious piece of carved and painted wood. “….Brightening up the front of the Swan Inn in Clare in Suffolk is this colourful piece of carved wood. Its shape suggests that…
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Unwanted heirs? The Mortimers in the 1390s
Duke of Surrey, Dukes, dynastic succession, Edmund of Langley, Edward Duke of York, Ian Mortimer, Ireland, John Hastings Earl of Pembroke, Knights of the Garter, Parliament, precedence, Richard II, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, Shrewsbury Parliament, Sir Edmund Mortimer, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel, Westminster ChronicleIt has been established now that Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, was declared heir to the throne by Parliament in 1386 – not 1385 as commonly believed. This Parliament was very much at odds with Richard II (it set up a one-year Commission to run most of his affairs, much to Richard’s displeasure.) So it…
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Was 29th March a day of retribution for a certain 14th-century lord….?
adultery, Blanche of Lancaster, Bridge of San Lorenzo, Britannica, Buda, Bustardthorpe, Charles VI, childbirth, conception, Crusades, Dartington Hall, diplomacy, disputed paternity, Elizabeth of Lancaster, envoys, France, Froissart, funeral effigy, Ireland, Isabel of Castile, Jerusalem, John Duke of Exeter, Mediaeval chronicles, murder, Old St. Paul’s, Order of the Passion, Philippe de Mézières, pilgrimage, questions of paternity, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, ViennaFor the past two/three years I have been grappling (off and on, so to speak) with some defiant dates. No doubt I’ve bewailed this particular problem before because my interest in the lord concerned is quite considerable. Not least because he may have had great significance for the House of York. So here goes…
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Amazingly, a 12th-century Norman chainmail hauberk has been found in an Irish shed. Apart from rust, it’s in perfect condition! Unbelievable. Not only do I find little more than useless pieces of clay pipe in my garden, but everything in my shed is guarded by an army of large, vicious warrior spiders in league with…
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EDWARD, EARL OF WARWICK – HIS LIFE AND DEATH.
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, attainder, Bisham Abbey, Bosworth, Catherine of Aragon, Cecily Duchess of York, Coldharbour, Dublin Cathedral, education, Edward Hall, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Ferdinand and Isabella, George Duke of Clarence, Guild of the Holy Cross Stratford-on-Avon, Henry VII, Heraldry Society, Ireland, Isobel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret of Salisbury, poison, Richard III, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, Sir Robert Willoughby, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Warwick CastleREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Edward’s parents Isobel Neville and George Plantagenet, Duke and Duchess of Clarence. From the Latin Version of the Rous Roll. With thanks to the Heraldry Society. Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick was born at Warwick Castle on the 25 February 1475. Among his godparents were Edward IV, who created him Earl…
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We now know a lot about Henry V’s Holighost, Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and the Kingmaker’s “Newport ship“, as well as the Boyne’s mediaeval log boats. Now there is evidence of a much later find, also in Ireland. The SS (HMS) Laurentic was a White Star liner and sister to the Titanic, sunk by two…
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The new raven at the Tower of London is to be called Branwen! According to Wikipedia : “….The earliest legend that connects the Tower with a raven is the euhemerised Welsh tale of the war against the Irish leader Matholwch who had mistreated the princess Branwen. Branwen’s brother Brân the Blessed (King of the Britons)…
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