John Earl of Lincoln
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Tintagel in Cornwall is best known for its connections to King Arthur. However, the castle, although reputed in folklore to be Arthur’s birthplace, does not date from the Dark Ages but from medieval times, being first built by Earl Reginald, the illegitimate son of Henry I, then later remodelled by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, younger…
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We all know the couplet that was supposedly pinned to the Duke of Norfolk’s tent on the eve of Bosworth. Well, it could as easily be applied to John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. Jack of Lincoln, be not bold, for Dickon, thine uncle, is bought and sold. Lincoln could have taken the simple…
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IN AN OXFORDSHIRE VILLAGE
“Nicholas of the Tower”, Alice Chaucer, ambush, astrologers, de la Pole family, death at sea, Dover, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Ewelme, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Margaret of Anjou, Oxfordshire, Richard III, Thomas Montagu, Wallingford, William Duke of SuffolkIn a beautiful, sleepy Oxfordshire village stands the church of St Mary the Virgin. Once this village was a much busier place, with ornate Almhouses known as ‘God’s House’ (now partly a school) and a lavish manor house that was near enough a palace. Other than a wall of the old dairy, not one trace…
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Oh, the penalty of working my way through the documentaries available on BBC iPlayer! I keep finding little nuggets of Ricardian interest. Tonight I chose “Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams”, the title of which is rather self-explanatory. Explorer Tom Fort punts his way from the birth of the River Trent in Staffordshire to…
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LORD OF THE NORTH
“Tudor” “sources”, AJ Pollard, Anne Sutton, Annette Carson, arbitration, Armstrong, Charles Ross, Council of the North, Dockray, Earl of Northumberland, Edward IV, elections, fishgarths, Fran, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gairdner, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, Hicks, hunting, John Earl of Lincoln, John Kendall, John Morton, justice, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lansdale and Boon, Lawrence Booth, Long Parliament, Lord High Constable, Lord of the North, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Lord Slim, loyalty, Mancini, Middleham, Nevilles, offices, Paul Murray Kendall, Peter Hammond, Piers Gaveston, Pontefract, Rachel Reid, Reformation, Richard III, riots, Robert Aske, Sandal Castle, Sandhurst, Scotland, Scottish Marches, Sir James Harrington, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Peter de la Billiere, Sir Ralph Assheton, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Sir Robert Percy, Thomas Lord Stanley, William Langland, Winston Churchill, Woodvilles, York civic records, YorkshireRichard duke of Gloucester: courage, loyalty, lordship and law[1] “ Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality that guarantees all others.” (Winston Churchill 1931) Introduction I do not suppose…
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Looking through Google images, I have come upon various uses of my tweaked version of Titian, whose masterpiece, Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap, I was impudent enough to ‘adapt’ into my idea of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. Sorry Titian. Anyway, I’ve always been pleased with the result, so I…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Mr Warbeck
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Woodville, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Isabel of Castile, James IV, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Sherlock Holmes, Sir William Stanley, Stoke Field, Thomas MoreOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Sherlock and Watson are on a case. They have time travelled back to the C15th to try and uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the ‘Princes in the Tower’ but the trail has gone cold with multiple possibilities and suspects, if they were indeed murdered at all. Sherlock hopes…
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King Arthur, King Richard and the Wars of the Roses….
Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Arthurian legend, Cecily Duchess of York, Charles VIII, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Francis Lovell, Gawain, George Duke of Clarence, Guinevere, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, Holy Grail, Isabel Neville, John Earl of Lincoln, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, John of Gloucester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancelot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Anjou, Merlin, Middleham, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sir William Stanley, Thomas Lord Stanley, Viscount WellesThe following is just a little diversion; the result of that strange half–world we go into when we’re dropping off to sleep. There I was, not counting sheep, but matching Arthurian characters with figures from the Wars of the Roses. Now, I am not an expert on Arthur, or indeed on Richard, just an amateur…
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Many of you will remember this post from before Christmas, about the “Lincoln Roll”, supposedly compiled for the Earl of Lincoln but clearly updated at least twenty-six years after his death, to cover his brother’s execution: http://www.johnashdownhill.com/johns-blog/2015/12/21/the-henry-tudor-society-death-certificates In it, you will note that Dr. Ashdown-Hill corrects a troll, who claimed that it showed Edward IV’s…
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William de la Pole – the most hated man in England
“Nicholas of the Tower”, Azincourt, Charles VII, de la Pole family, Edmund “Tudor”, Edmund de la Pole, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward III, Grafton’s Chronicle, Harfleur, Henry IV, Henry VI, Hull, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jargeau, John de la Pole, John Duke of Bedford, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lords Appellant, Margaret of Anjou, Merciless Parliament, Michael de la Pole, Richard de la Pole, Richard II, Sir William de la Pole, Tower of London, treason, William Duke of Suffolk, WingfieldAs the sun rose on the morning of 2nd May 1450, it revealed a grisly sight on Dover beach. A headless body lay on the sand, dried blood staining the butchered neck. Beside the body, atop a stake, the vacant eyes of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk stared out over the sea…
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