Lady Chapel

Edmund of Rutland – a life cut short – his burial at Fotheringhay.

Dec 30, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion

Battle of Bosworth, Cecily Neville, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward VI, executions, First Battle of St. Albans, Fotheringhay, George Duke of Clarence, Lady Chapel, Lord Clifford, Ludlow Castle, Micklegate Bar, Pontefract Castle, Priory of St. John the Evangelist, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Rouen, royal burials, Sandal Castle, Sir Richard Croft, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, York, Yorkist tombs

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Fotheringhay Church and Yorkist Mausoleum 1804. Watercolour by unknown artist. Described by Simon Jenkins as ‘the church that seems to float on its hill above the River Nene, a galleon of Perpendicular on a sea of corn…’ Edmund, son of Richard Duke of York and Cicely Neville was born…
Bishop Stillington’s Lost Chapel

Jun 8, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law, religion, sources

“Lambert Simnel”, “Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Sedgemoor, bigamy, Camery Gardens, Edward IV, Edward VI, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, imprisonment, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Chapel, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Chancellor, Monmouth Rebellion, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Saxon churches, Sir John Gates, Stoke Field, Taunton, Titulus Regius, Wells Cathedral, Yorkist symbols

The beautiful Cathedral of Wells is a medieval visual delight. It was, of course, the See of Bishop Robert Stillington who sought out Richard Duke of Gloucester and announced that King Edward IV had been secretly married to Eleanor Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, prior to wedding Elizabeth Woodville in a second secret…
The Church of St. Alkelda at Middleham

Mar 28, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, religion

Anne Neville, Barnet, Cecily Duchess of York, churches, College, Dales National Park, Dean Wood, Diocese of Leeds, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edward IV, Edward VI, George Duke of Clarence, Gretna Green, Henry VI, Lady Chapel, marriage, Mary of Middleham, Middleham, Norse, relics, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, St. Alkelda’s, Thomas Cromwell, walking routes, white boar, Yorkshire

History of St Mary and St Alkelda Church If you go to Middleham, your priority will be to visit the castle of King Richard III but you can’t leave this fabulous town of the Dales without having a look at the church of St Mary and St Alkelda. This church is a must for visitors,…
IS THIS THE FACE OF KATHERINE de VALOIS?

Oct 27, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings

Catherine de Valois, Dean Stanley, death masks, Edward III, effigies, Elizabeth Hickey, Henry V, Henry VII, Ireland, Jubilee Galleries, Lady Chapel, Lawrence Tanner, Meath, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Samuel Pepys, Stackallen Church, Westminster Abbey

Catherine de Valois wooden funeral effigy on the left and the stone head thought to represent her on the right. Westminster Abbey is the home to a collection of unique and wonderful medieval wooden funeral effigies. These are to go on show once again in June 2018 with the opening the Abbey’s new Jubilee Galleries.…
Was a chapel for the House of York planned at Westminster Abbey in 1483…?

Apr 18, 2018

anniversaries, buildings, religion, sources

Canterbury Cathedral, Chertsey, Dean Stanley, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Fotheringhay, foundation stones, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Steane, Lady Chapel, pilgrims, Pontefract, reburials, Richard III, royal tombs, St. george’s Chapel, St. Thomas, Tewkesbury Abbey, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle

A short while ago, I came upon a reference to the foundation stone of Henry VII’s chapel in Westminster Abbey (visible in this illustration of the abbey as it may have been in the Tudor period) have been laid first in April 1483. It was from here, as follows:- “. . .Elizabeth [of York] was given…

Lady Chapel

Edmund of Rutland – a life cut short – his burial at Fotheringhay.

Bishop Stillington’s Lost Chapel

The Church of St. Alkelda at Middleham

IS THIS THE FACE OF KATHERINE de VALOIS?

Was a chapel for the House of York planned at Westminster Abbey in 1483…?