John Holland

When, exactly, was Elizabeth of Lancaster’s first marriage dissolved….?

Jan 24, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy

annulments, Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Exet, John Hastings Earl of Pembroke, John Holland, John of Gaunt, marriages, National Archives, Waley’s Cartulary

A source at the National Archives says that John of Gaunt’s daughter Elizabeth was married to the boy, John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, on 24th January 1380. She was about 17, he was about 8. She then “disagreed” with the marriage, because of her husband’s youth and inability to consummate the marriage, and the source…
Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March

Jan 18, 2018

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Anne Stafford, Battle of Shrewsbury, Constance of York, Earl of Northumberland, Earldom of March, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Harfleur, Harlech Castle, Henry IV, Henry V, Humphrey of Gloucester, Ian Mortimer, Iolo Goch, Ireland, John Holland, King’s Council, Mortimers, Normandy, Owain Glyn Dwr, Pevensey Castle, plot, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Roger Mortimer, Sir Hugh Waterton, Sir John Mortimer, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Thomas of woodstock, Tripartite Alliance, Wales, Windsor Castle

Edmund Mortimer, later 5th Earl of March, was born on 6 November 1391. His parents were Roger Mortimer, Earl of March (1374-1398) and his wife, the well-connected Alianore Holland, daughter of Thomas Earl of Kent. In the view of many people, including the Westminster Chronicler, and the Welsh poet Iolo Goch (c1320-1398) Earl Roger was…
An angelic Tudor mystery in Devon….

Jul 3, 2017

buildings, travel

angels, Dartington Hall, Devon, heraldry, John Holland, Lady Margaret Beaufort, mysteries, Sir Arthur Champernowne

The great hall at Dartington Hall, near Totnes in Devon, is a magnificent example of 14th-century architecture, but there is a little oddity that not everyone will notice. It concerns the supporting figures on the corbels supporting the five-bay hammerbeam timber roof. The figures are angels holding the heraldic shields of the families that have…
What goes around, comes around….

Feb 6, 2017

anniversaries, battles

Epiphany, Epiphany Rising, Essex, executions, Henry IV, John Holland, Lancastrians, Pleshey, Richard II, weather

In January 1400, after the failure of the Epiphany Rising that was intended to remove Henry IV from the throne and restore Richard II, John Holand, Earl of Huntingdon, the younger of Richard’s half-brothers, fled from London. The weather was foul, and time and again his vessel was driven ashore. Eventually he gave up, and…
The Holand Dukes rose against Richard III? Wrong!….

Nov 4, 2016

travel

Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, Champernownes, Dartington Hall, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry IV, Hollands, Ian Emery, John Holland, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Thomas Holland

For those of you who do not know, I am very fond of Dartington Hall. I read all I can about it, and its history, originally because of an intention to write about its creator, the first Holand Duke of Exeter, but now because I just plain love the place as well. These Holand Dukes…
Tales of a Ricardian Traveler – Debunking a Myth at Dartington Hall

Aug 11, 2016

buildings, travel

“Tudor” propaganda, 1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, Azincourt, Barnet, Cambridge, Canterbury Cathedral, cinquefoil, Dartington Hall, Devon, Edmund Crouchback, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward the Black Prince, Eleanor Cobham, Eleanor of Provence, emblems, Epiphany Rising, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry III, Henry IV, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Joan of Kent, John Ashdown-Hill, John Holland, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, Margaret Beaufort, MI5, Richard II, Richard III, roses, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Southampton plot, St. Paul’s, summary executions, white hart

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Lady on Horseback, mid-15th c., British Museum Dartington Hall, near Totnes in Devon and just southeast of Dartmoor National Park, represents a uniquely British form of historical contradiction. It is both medieval, having parts of a Grade I-listed late 14th century manor house, and modern, being the current home of…
Richard III and White Surrey….

Jul 28, 2016

battles

Battle of Bosworth, Epiphany Rising, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry IV, horses, Ireland, John Holland, Richard II, Richard III, Thomas Holland

Once again, while rooting around for information that might be of use in a book I intend to write about figures in the court of Richard II, I have found an interesting snippet. This time my thoughts are jolted with regard to the name of Richard III’s horse, White Surrey. I have never particularly liked…
Lost in Southampton: Richard of Conisbrough

Dec 8, 2015

buildings, genealogy

Alice, Anne Curry, Anne Mortimer, Anthony Woodville, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, John Holland, Maud Clifford, Plantagenets, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, St. Julien’s, T.B. Pugh, York

Richard of Conisbrough was Richard III’s grandfather on the paternal side. He is a shadowy figure, the last son of Edmund of Langley and his wife Isabella of Castile. Even his date of birth is uncertain, varying in different accounts by up to ten years. His father left him no inheritance, and there were rumours…
Coldharbour, La Tour, Pulteney’s Inn, the Manor of the Rose….

Apr 19, 2015

buildings

Coldharbour, College of Heralds, Henry VII, John Holland, La Tour. Pulteney’s Inn, Lady Margaret Beaufort, London, Manor of the Rose, Richard II, Richard III, Sir John de Pulteney, Thomas of woodstock

Every Ricardian knows of Coldharbour, the great riverside mansion in the city of London that Richard III turned over to the College of Heralds in 1483, which was then kicked out again by Henry VII and given to his formidable mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort (I know she wasn’t known as that by then, but it’s…
Wishful thinking for a Christmas ghost or two….

Dec 16, 2014

buildings

Dartington Hall, Henry IV, John Holland, Richard II

A ghost story for Christmas may seem a little ill-placed, but nevertheless it has become something of a tradition. There was a time when BBC TV would not have been the same without something ghostly on Christmas Eve. Now we may or may not see anything like that. Dickens was greatly to blame, with Scrooge and…