Joan “Beaufort”
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Today in 1768, William Pitt the Elder, known as the “Great Commoner”, retired as Prime Minister after two years’ service. He earned this title by serving in several other Cabinet roles from the House of Commons whilst a succession of peers, such as the Duke of Newcastle, were Premier, although his wife Hester nee Grenville…
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Does someone not understand science?
“Beauforts”, Anglo-Saxons, Cecily Duchess of York, DNA evidence, dynastic succession, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Ethelred II, evidence, executions, forked beard, Henry V, House of Wessex, Joan “Beaufort”, John Ashdown-Hill, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, mortimer claim, Nevilles, Penrith church, Raby, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, Strathclyde, William Scrope, Y-chromosome, YorkistsThis blog suggests that the failure of Richard’s Y-chromosome to match that of the Dukes of Beaufort doesn’t make him a male line descendant of Edward III through the “illegitimacy” of Richard, Earl of Cambridge. The issue it fails to address is this: The inconsistent chromosome has several other, more likely explanations – that Richard…
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Henry VII’s iffy Beaufort claim….
“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Blanche of Lancaster, Castile, Catherine de Roet, Constanza of Castile, Edmund of Langley, excepta dignitate regali, Henry IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Joan “Beaufort”, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, proclamations, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Hugh SwynfordThere is always a howl of outrage if fingers are pointed at Katherine de Roet/Swynford and John of Gaunt, and the legitimacy of their Beaufort children is called into question. The matter is guaranteed to end up with someone’s digit jabbing toward Richard III. Why? Because in his proclamation against Henry Tudor, Richard derided the…
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BLOOD OF ROSES (A Novella of Edward IV’s Victory at Towton)
Bloody Meadow, Castleford, Cock Beck, Croft Castle, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Flower of Craven, Henry VI, Hereford, Janet Reedman, Jasper “Tudor”, Joan “Beaufort”, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, London, Lord Clifford, Lord Fitzwalter, Margaret d’Anjou, Mortimer’s Cross, Orleans, Owain Tudor, Palm Sunday, parhelion, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ricardian fiction, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Warwick, Second Battle of St. Albans, snowstorm, sunne in splendour, Towton, Towton Chapel, Wakefield, William Neville Lord Fauconberg, YorkshireRichard, Duke of York and his second son Edmund were killed at the battle of Wakefield at the bitter end of 1460. Within weeks, the Duke’s eldest son Edward was on the road with a mighty army, seeking revenge–and a crown. The novella BLOOD OF ROSES by J.P. Reedman covers the period from the Duke’s…
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As this excellent article reminds us, there were eight pre-union Stewart monarchs, or nine if you exclude James VI, who had already reigned in Scotland for nearly forty years before inheriting the English throne. Of these, excepting the two Roberts, only two turned up for a pitched battle with against an English army and only…
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SIR WILLIAM STANLEY – TURNCOAT OR LOYALIST
“Perkin”, Archbold, Battle of Bosworth, betrayal, Cheshire, crown, Edward IV, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gairdner, hawthorn bush, Helen Maurer, Henry VII, Joan “Beaufort”, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Chamberlain, loyalty, North Wales, Ramsay, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Clifford, Sir William Stanley, Thomas Lord Stanley, Tower Hill, treasonUPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/26/sir-william-stanley-turncoat-or-loyalist/ It is well documented how, through the treasonable and treacherous actions of Sir William Stanley at Bosworth, Richard lost his crown and his life. He was hacked to death after Stanley, who brought 3000 men with him, intervened at the crucial point when Richard, with his household…
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More Royal marital irregularity
anniversaries, Avignon popes, Blackfriars, David Duke of Rothesay, david II, dispensations, Edward III, Edward IV, Elizabeth Mure, Euphemia Ross, executions, Falkland Palace, Guardian of Scotland, Henry V, Henry VII, House of Stewart, James I, James II, James IV, Jean Stewart, Joan “Beaufort”, Joan of the Tower, Legitimacy, Margaret “Tudor”, Margaret Drummond, mediaeval canon law, Murdoch Duke of Albany, Neville’s Cross, Paisley Abbey, Perth, Queen Mother, Robert Duke of Albany, Robert II, Robert III, royal marriages, Scotland, siege of Berwick, Sir John Lyon, torture, Tower of London, Treaty of Berwick, Walter Earl of AthollEdward IV was not the only British late mediaeval king to play fast and loose with canon law. The other case dates from a century and a quarter before 8 June 1461 and had consequences for that king’s heirs; in particular his grandson: Today in 1337, a first son, John, was born to Sir Robert…
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Henry IV added these words to Richard II’s legitimisation of his half-siblings in 1407, when he had four healthy sons and two daughters. So what was the Beaufort family situation in the year that their claim to the throne was disregarded? JOHN, MARQUIS OF DORSET AND SOMERSET was about 36, a married father of five.…
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Before the English Reformation, Archbishops were often related to the King, a spare brother from a branch of the Royal family. There were commoners, increasingly so as the years went on. Then the Reformation ensured that the clergy were no longer required to be celibate. Focussing particularly on the province of Canterbury, there have been…
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The Fall of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Beaumaris Castle, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Cardinal Beaufort, Catherine de Roet, Charles d’Orleans, Eleanor Cobham, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Joan “Beaufort”, John Beaufort, John Duke of Bedford, John of Gaunt, Margery Jourdemayne, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Duke of York, Thomas Duke of Exeter, treason, William Duke of Suffolk, witchcraftWhilst researching my biography of Richard, Duke of York I found myself drawn by a bitter feud that lasted for years and which in many ways was a kind of prequel to the Wars of the Roses. The more I learned about the acrimonious dispute between Cardinal Henry Beaufort and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester the…
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