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Stanley and the Stanley Knife

Sep 23, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, heraldry, humour

“Perkin”, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Elizabeth Wydeville, hardware, Henry VI, Henry VII, Islington, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Strange, philosophy, Richard III, satire, Sir William Stanley, Stanley knife, Stanleys, The history of Philosophy, Thomas Lord Stanley, treachery

They are sharp and good for purposes both fair and foul, and might even be handy for some back-stabbing (should one be of that disposition!) What am I talking about? The Stanley Knife. Jokes abound on certain medieval groups about these multi purpose knives being something that should have been invented by the two side-shifting,…
A treasure that Richard would have known….

May 16, 2016

buildings

Black Death, Islington, London Charterhouse, mediaeval buildings

What an absolutely magnificent building the London Charterhouse is, and this coming November we will all be able to see around it. Thank you Sophie Inge of the Islington Gazette for this information. See http://tinyurl.com/jleazxb The Charterhouse was built four years after Richard’s birth and he would surely have known it when he was king,…