John Ashdown-Hill
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A Time for Truth, a Time for Lies…or for Pretended Obliviousness and Bullying Tactics
Annette Carson, Bona of savoy, Commines, Constable of England, Countess of Shrewsbury, Croyland, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, evidence, fire, Frank Harris, Henry VI, homophobia, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Russell, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lion King, Lord Chancellor, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mancini, Matt Lewis, mediaeval canon law, Medieval, Middleham, Oscar Wilde, Palace of Westminster, Parliament, petition to Richard III, pre-contract, PreContract, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus RegiusMy thanks to everyone at Murrey & Blue who helped with this article. It was very much a team effort, and you know who you are. An Elizabethan Professor Introduced Me to Richard A long time ago, at a university far away, I took a class on medieval history from a professor who thought Elizabeth…
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If you are PROFESSOR R.H. Helmholz, you conclude that: “ The argument in canon law was made up of two strands of evidence, both equally important. First that there had been a contract of marriage between Edward and Lady Eleanor Butler (born Talbot) before he married Elizabeth Woodville in May 1464. This would be understood…
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Following our post on Sunday, (https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/a-lock-of-a-kings-hair/) you may have heard that there was a lock of hair in Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds, belonging to Edward’s granddaughter Mary “Tudor”, who became Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. This was investigated at the behest of John Ashdown-Hill, as she would share mtDNA with Edward’s…
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On page 29, Kendall wrote: “ … {George} was everything that Richard was not – strong, big for his age, handsome, charming and spoiled”. The Third Plantagenet (Ashdown-Hill, p.61) quotes Jehan de Wavrin, in early 1461, guessing their ages as 9 and 8, which is two years too young for George but just right for Richard.…
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Last week I was lucky enough to attend a talk by the historian John Ashdown-Hill on the search for the mortal remains of Richard III. I had not heard him speak before and wasn’t sure what exactly to expect. I have read several of his books and found them informative and interesting so I hoped…
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For over five hundred years, Richard the Third has been the subject of much good and bad art. Perhaps the most famous image is the National Portrait Gallery portrait which hangs in a prominent spot (after years of being shunted into a busy stairwell at the entryway) and has for many years intrigued casual visitors…
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Page 69 of Ashdown-Hill’s Royal Marriage Secrets indicates that an Act of Parliament was passed in 1427, forbidding the re-marriage of a royal widow without the consent of an adult king. It has also been clearly established that Catherine de Valois, the widow of Henry V at whom the legislation was surely aimed, died in…
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STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER…. A mere few days after receiving John Ashdown-Hill’s latest book, THE MYTHOLOGY OF RICHARD III, I noticed that one of the national newspapers was, perhaps not surprisingly, continuing in the grand tradition and dispensing yet more mythology about the King, in the following article on food allergies. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11532208/Yes-Ive-got-a-food-allergy.-Now-stop-rolling-your-eyes-at-me.html Now the idea that…
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Once upon a time, I had a history teacher who asked his class, “What do you believe about [X]?” We wrote down our answers. He collected them. And then he asked, “Why do you believe what you believe?” We discussed. In only a few minutes we had reached a conclusion: “Our parents, our religious leaders,…
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