Justin Welby

The battling Bishop of Norwich….

Feb 23, 2022

anniversaries, battles, religion

Bishops of Norwich, Flanders, French, Henry le Despenser, Justin Welby, North Walsham, Odo Bishop of Bayeux, Peasants’ Revolt, siege of Ypres

Well, many of us will remember fondly the Baby-eating Bishop of Bath & Wells of Blackadder fame. I’m not writing about him, but of the Bold Battling Bishop of Norwich, who donned armour on 17th May 1383 and set off on a disastrous crusade against the French in Flanders. Not long ago I wrote…
Of a well-connected art expert …

Jan 29, 2022

anniversaries, art, genealogy, heraldry, law, television reviews

baronets, Barons of Ebury, Barons Scrope of Bolton, Barringtons, Britain’s lost Masterpieces, Charles Manners-Sutton, Chester, Dan Snow, Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, Dukes of Westminster, Jacobite portraiture, James VI/I, Justin Welby, Lady Edwina Grosvenor, racehorses, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Rubens, Scrope/ Grosvenor case, van Dyck, William Pykenham

After a few Archbishops of Canterbury and an Archdeacon (perhaps), we now come to an expert on art – Old Masters and Jacobite art in particular. Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, as seen in this BBC2 series when he has identified portraits such as the first Villiers Duke of Buckingham, is descended from the Cheshire family that…
Archbishop of Canterbury found Richard’s funeral a slightly surreal experience….

Mar 26, 2018

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Events, genealogy, religion

Justin Welby, Leicester cathedral, reburial, Richard III

“Ahead of his three-day visit to Leicester, the Archbishop of Canterbury talks about the burial of King Richard III, his last major visit in the city, in 2015. “The remains of King Richard III was reburied after his remains were found below a car park in 2012. “The right-reverend Justin Welby led the service and…
Of well-connected Archbishops

Apr 29, 2016

genealogy, religion, Science

Anthony Montague Browne, Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, DNA evidence, Dukes of Rutland, Edward III, James I, Joan “Beaufort”, Justin Welby, Mary I, Pole family, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Swynfords

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…

Justin Welby

The battling Bishop of Norwich….

Of a well-connected art expert …

Archbishop of Canterbury found Richard’s funeral a slightly surreal experience….

Of well-connected Archbishops