Jeremy Potter

THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III, PART 1

Feb 21, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources, television reviews

“Princes”, A.L. Rouse, Anne Sutton, attainder, Audrey Williamson, Barrie Williams, Carolyn Hammond, Channel Four, Charles Armstrong, Charles Ross, Charles Wood, Croyland, David Starkey, Dockray, Domenico Mancini, Dorothy Mitchell, Elizabeth Jenkins, G.R. Elton, Isolde Wigram, Jeffrey Richard, Jeremy Potter, Kincaid, London Weekend Television, Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Nuremberg, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Parliament, Peter Hammond, Richard Drewitt, Richard III, Richard III Society, Rosemary Horrox, South Bank Television Centre, The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents, Tony Pollard

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI SPARKYPUS.COM The statue of Justice, Old Bailey, London. Way back in 1980 the late Jeremy Potter, Chairman of the Richard III Society, and producer Richard Drewitt discussed King Richard III at length and an idea was born. That was to put Richard on trial for a heinous murder he had…
A highlight from the quincentenary …

Nov 15, 2020

anniversaries, archaeology, art, Events, genealogy, law, religion, Science, sources, television reviews

“Princes”, “Tudor” “sources”, AJ Pollard, Anne Sutton, Annette Carson, Barrie Williams, bastardy, bigamy, Channel Four, David Starkey, Domenico Mancini, executions, Jane, Jeremy Potter, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, proclamation, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Richard Duke of Gloucester, Sir James Tyrrell, teeth, The Trial of King Richard the Third, Thomas Dighton, Thomas More, Wydeville plot, YouTube

… of Richard’s accession was Channel Four’s 1984 “The Trial Of King Richard The Third”, presided over by Lord Elwyn-Jones. A YouTube poster has sliced it into 22 segments so enjoy the show, particularly part ten, in which a young Starkey implodes. Pollard and Lady Wedgwood (Pamela Tudor-Craig) also feature, as do Anne Sutton and…
A 19th century British reference to the Portuguese marriage

May 29, 2016

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Annette Carson, Barrie Williams, Caroline Halsted, Cecilia, Clements Markham, Cortes, Domingos mauricio Gomes dos Santos, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Estoril, Henry Morse Stephens, Isabel of Aragon, Jeremy Potter, Joanna, Joao II, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Josephine Tey, Kincaid, Manuel, Paul Murray Kendall, Philip Lindsay, Portugal, Richard III, Sir George Buck, Sir Ralph Scrope, Treaty of Windsor

The facts of the proposed marriages of Richard III to Joana of Portugal and of Manoel of Beja to Elizabeth of York had, of course, been known in Portugal for a long time, before being published by Domingos Mauricio Gomes dos Santos in 1963. Arthur Kincaid picked up on this and mentioned the marriages in…
The Human Shredder again

Jun 28, 2015

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denialists, Dieulacres Chronicle, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jeremy Potter, John Caius, Mary I, Nottingham Castle, Richard II, Richard III, Robert Morton, Vergil

It seems that a denialists’ source has denied that the first “Tudor” had any documents destroyed, except for the 1484 Titulus Regius that documented Edward IV’s bigamy so conclusively, for which they were caught red-handed. With this exception, there “isn’t a ghostly trace” of destruction, so it seems. On May 27, we clearly showed the…
Polydore Vergil’s destruction of evidence.

May 27, 2015

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“Tudor” propaganda, Cambridge, denialists, evidence, Human Shredder, Jeremy Potter, John Caius, Polydore Vergil

The claim that Polydore Vergil destroyed a large amount of evidence while compiling his history is often derided. Indeed, in certain circles it is the basis of running jokes – I rather think these people think it is an allegation invented by the Richard III Society, or perhaps by ‘romantic lady novelists.’ In Jeremy Potter’s…

Jeremy Potter

THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III, PART 1

A highlight from the quincentenary …

A 19th century British reference to the Portuguese marriage

The Human Shredder again

Polydore Vergil’s destruction of evidence.