John Dudley Duke of Northumberland

THE MYSTERY OF HENRY GREY, DUKE OF SUFFOLK’S HEAD

Jan 7, 2025

anniversaries, archaeology, art, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, Science

“Princes”, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Anne Mowbray, coronations, Edward VI, executions, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lady Elizabeth Grey, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Katherine Grey, Lady Mary Grey, lords protector, Minories, mouat, National Portrait Gallery, Poor Clare’s convent, rebellions, Richard of Shrewsbury, severed heads, Sir George Scharf, Sir Thomas Wyatt, st botolph aldgate

Henry Grey was the father of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days’ Queen. A great grandson of Elizabeth Woodville, through her son , Thomas, from her first marriage to Sir John Grey, he married Frances Brandon, daughter Henry VIII’s sister, Mary, so their children, three girls named Jane, Katherine and Mary, had a…
“Becoming Elizabeth”

Jan 22, 2024

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews

Admiral Thomas Seymour, Alicia von Rittburg, Amy Robsart, Anglo-Scottish Wars, beards, Catherine Parr, Channel Four, David Starkey, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, heresy, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Kett Rebellion, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary I, Mary Stuart, Norwich, Oliver Zetterstrom, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Scotland

This drama series, from Starz but now broadcast on Channel Four, follows the momentous but unheralded reign of Edward VI through the eyes of the future Elizabeth I. It features the literally fratricidal feud between the Seymour brothers as the elder, the Duke of Somerset, becomes Lord Protector but also the King’s governor, powers that…
Elisabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton.

Apr 2, 2023

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion

Anne Bourchier, Anne Bray, annulment, attainder, bigamy, cancer, Catherine Parr, Constance of York, Despensers, divorce proceedings, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth Brooke, Elizabeth I, executions, George Brooke Lord Cobham, Henry VIII, Isabelle Despencer, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Katherine Howard, King’s Council, Lord Protector of the Realm, Marquessate of Norfolk, Mary I, Netherlands, Richard Beauchamp, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal attendants, secret marriage, separation, Sir William Parr, Thomas Despenser

Elisabeth Brooke had a very eventful life! My attention was drawn to her as she was a descendant of Constance of York and Thomas Despenser through their daughter Isabelle’s first marriage to Richard Beauchamp – the Richard Beauchamp who became Earl of Worcester as opposed to her second husband, also Richard Beauchamp, the Earl of…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
The Grafitti of the Tower of London

Jun 24, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

Dudleys, Elizabeth I, graffiti, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lord Guildford Dudley, Mary I, Philip Howard Earl of Arundel, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Royal Mint, Thomas Roper, Tower of London

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com The graffiti commemorating the Dudleys. Beauchamp Tower. Photo Spitalfieldlife I am, to be honest not a fan of graffiti, also known as graffito, neither do I know anyone who is. However, if you are talking historical graffiti, and from no less than the Tower of London, well that is definitely…
Leslau, Holbein, More and Clement

Nov 23, 2020

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“Princes”, Dr. John Clement, Duchy of Lancaster, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Erasmus, esses, Fleet prison, fleuur-de-lys, flowers, Germany, Hans Holbein, Henry Patterson, Henry VIII, infrared photography, Jack Leslau, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Fisher, John Harris, jousting, Latin, Louvain, Matt Lewis, Mechelen, peonies, Pilgrimage of Grace, rebus, Richard III, Rowlandas Lockey, royal arms, Seneca, Sir Anthony Wingfield, Sir Edward Guildford, The Family of Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Utopia, William Cecil

Before I begin, I have two words of warning. The first is that a huge spoiler for my novels Loyalty and the sequel Honour unavoidably follows. Just so that you know! Secondly, the following is my telling of the theory researched and expounded by Jack Leslau, an amateur art enthusiast who believed that he stumbled…
A genealogical illustration …

Aug 22, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Dr. John Clement, Earl of Leicester, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Guildford Dudley, Guildford family, Hans Holbein, Jack Leslau, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lady Catherine Gordon, Matthew Lewis, More, Richard of Shrewsbury, Tyburn

… of Lewis’ The Survival of the Princes in the Tower. Here is the pedigree, incorporating the “Simnel” and “Warbeck” hypotheses but also Jack Leslau’s theory involving More and Hans Holbein’s painting.
Yet another target for the Cairo dwellers

Jun 23, 2018

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Admiral Thomas Seymour, Antoine de Noaillles, Chris Skidmore, Christine Hartweg, denialists, Edward II, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, executions, flowers, French embassy, Henri II, Hester Chapman, Isabella de Valois, Jacqueline Reiter, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Earl of Chatham, Kathryn Warner, Lord High Admiral, Lord Protector of the Realm, National Archives, Paul Doherty, plants, Richard III, Victoria

Last autumn, we reblogged posts to illustrate that the denialists of the history world, quite apart from their antics with respect to Richard III, quoted an obviously non-existent part of a document about Edward II and cited a book on botany, with reference to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, that he couldn’t have owned…
Keeping it in the family

May 21, 2018

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, religion

Anne Stafford, Armada, Ashby St Ledgers, attainder, Calais, Calvinism, Catherine Dudley, Catherine Pole, Claire Cross, Earl of Leicester, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, fashion, Flanders, Francis Baron Hastings, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry of Buckingham, James Earl of Morton, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Earl of Lincoln, Leicester cathedral, Margaret Clitherow, Mary I, Mary Stuart, Michael K Jones, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Phillip II, Plantagenet descent, recusants, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Scotland, Sir George Hastings, smallpox, statues, Vaughan porch, William Cecil

You will have seen him if you have been to Richard III’s final resting place. There are eight small statues on the main entrance (the Vaughan Porch, left) of St. Martin’s Cathedral but only one of them is wearing a doublet and hose, showing him to have lived a century later than the others. This is…
What happened to Coldharbour on Richard III’s death. . . .?

May 4, 2018

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry

Anne of Exeter, Barnet, british History Online, Coldharbour, College of Heralds, Cuthbert Tunstal Bishop of Durham, Edmund Earl of Cambridge, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward VI, Francis Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry IV, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Humphrey de Bohun, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Holland, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary Stuart, Richard II, Richard III, Sir John Abel, Sir John Poultney, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Westminster Abbey

Yes, another post about Coldharbour (above) which stood in Upper Thames Street, London. But this time it concerns an apparent omission in ownership. It is a known fact that after Bosworth, Henry VII turfed the College of Heralds out of Coldharbour and handed the property over to his mother, Margaret Beaufort. Isn’t it? I mean, there’s…