Jasper “Tudor”

Careless talk really does cost lives

Feb 4, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

Catherine de Valois, Edmund “Tudor”, executions, Hereford, Hereford Greyfriars, Jasper “Tudor”, John Ashdown-Hill, Lancastrian propaganda, Owen Tudor, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Royal Marriage Secrets, rumours

Today in 1461, at Hereford marketplace, Owain Tudor was executed and buried in the local Greyfriars. It appears that, although he had commanded Lancastrian troops at Mortimer’s Cross and been captured, he was not expecting this fate. He may well have foreseen himself being ransomed instead until he saw the block. Perhaps he was executed…
Echoes of Minster Lovell?

Nov 1, 2016

archaeology, buildings, Science

Act of Settlement, Anne Bronte, Count Konigsmarck, Francis Viscount Lovell, George I, James Francis Edward, James IV, Jasper “Tudor”, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Leine Castle, Mary II, Minster Lovell Hall, mystery, New York Times, safe conduct, Sauchieburn, Scotland, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Sophie Electress of Hanover, Stoke Field, William III, William of Gloucester

In 1708, a skeleton is supposed to have been found in a secret chamber of the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall. The legend is that this pertains to Francis, Viscount Lovell, who was known to have fought at Stoke Field in 1487, suggesting that he may have fled back to his home to hide and…
Evidence, please?

Oct 15, 2016

genealogy

“Tudors”, Edmund “Tudor”, evidence, Henry VI, Henry VII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Ashdown-Hill, Owen Tudor, sources

From John-Ashdown-Hill, whose Private Life of Edward IV is published a month today: “Can anyone find ANY CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE to show that Edmund, Earl of Richmond, Jasper, Earl of Pembroke, or Henry VII ever used the name TUDOR? That surname definitely was used by Owen. For example, in 1459 Henry VI gave a commission to…
The three suns of Mortimer’s Cross…repeated in 2015….

Apr 20, 2016

battles, heraldry

Edward IV, Jasper “Tudor”, Ludlow, Mortimer History Society, Mortimer’s Cross, parhelion

Thank you to the Mortimer History Society for an excellent article about the parhelion of Mortimer’s Cross in 1461….and a repeat of it in Ludlow of 2015. http://www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/index.php/parhelion https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/ghosts-of-the-roses/
Not Hating Henry

Jul 25, 2015

Uncategorized

“Tudors”, Catherine of Aragon, Duke Francis II, Henry VII, Jasper “Tudor”, Margaret Beaufort, Richard III

I admit it: when I first fell for Richard III and through him, the House of York and Wars of the Roses history in general, I hated Henry VII. (I also hated his mother Margaret Beaufort, the perfidious Stanleys, the late queen Margaret of Anjou, and anyone else I could blame for bringing harm upon…
Churchdown Hill and the Battle of Tewkesbury….

Jul 18, 2015

battles

Barnet, Berkeley Castle, Churchdown Hill, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucester, Iron Age, Jasper “Tudor”, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sodbury Hill, St. Bartholomew’s, Tewkesbury, Vale of the Severn, Wales, Weymouth

(Photograph from http://sulismanoeuvre.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-chosen-hill-church-scratchings.html) The Gloucestershire village in which I live, Churchdown, is down in the Vale of the Severn, at the foot of the Cotswolds. It is dominated by one of two outlier hills in the area, Churchdown (or Chosen) Hill and Robinswood Hill. Both are on the outskirts of the city of Gloucester.…
The Welsh Rebellion that Henry VII Lost to Richard III

May 20, 2015

Uncategorized

Brecon rebellion, Catherine Woodville, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Buckingham, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Jasper “Tudor”, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Michael K Jones, Newport, Richard III, tenants, Wales

While reading Michael K. Jones’ dry, if detailed, study of the life of Margaret Beaufort[1], I was amazed to learn about a small but significant Welsh rebellion conducted against Henry VII and his hagiographic mummy that I’ve never heard mentioned anywhere else. It appears that Henry and Margaret were thwarted on at least one occasion,…