Lady Margaret Beaufort
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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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Sherlock: The Mystery of the Princes
“confessions”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anthony Woodville, Dan Jones, Dighton, Dr. John Argentine, Dr.Watson, Edward of Middleham, Forrest, France, Green, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, John Morton, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, Richard III, Scotland, Sherlock Holmes, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Stony Stratford, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas MoreOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Sherlock and Watson are looking for a killer. There has to be a killer or killers because Dan Jones said that ‘The Princes Must Die’ (episode three of Britain’s Bloodiest Crown) and after the Christmas special they are able to time travel which is just as well as they need…
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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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Oh, good grief, now we have a bearded Richard (totally evil, of course) courtesy of Dan Jones. Mr Jones is having a laugh, right? Must be.
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Why it had to be the Tower
“Tudor” “sources”, “withered arm”, Annette Carson, Crowland, Edward V, Henry VII, John Morton, John Russell, Julius Caesar, King’s Council, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mancini, plots, red herrings, Richard III, strawberries, Thomas Rotherham, Three Estates, Tower of London, Woodvilles
Many Ricardians, although convinced of Richard’s innocence in certain matters, have been perplexed by his apparent uncharacteristic actions concerning the precipitous execution of William, Lord Hastings at the Tower. Annette Carson has investigated the contemporary evidence and come up with a very plausible theory – she admits it is just that, a theory, but…
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“Without a bad guy, who could ever be good?” ~The Agent, “Sweet Redemption Music Company” “Though it puzzles me to learn that though a man may be in doubt of what he knows, very quickly will he fight to prove that what he does not know is so.” ~”The King and I” Thou elvish-marked, abortive,…
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A member of the Richard III Society, Ian Dixon Potter who is a playwright has written a new theatre play about Richard III which opens in London on December the 8th. <<‘Good King Richard’ is the culmination of many months of research going back to contemporary sources and presents a revised view of Richard III,…
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Perkin Warbeck: A Story of Deception – The Fascinating Enigma as presented in Ann Wroe’s biography
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Ann Wroe, Arthur “Tudor”, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Ferdinand of Aragon, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel of Castile, James III, James IV, John Morton, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Maximilian of Austria, Richard of ShrewsburyOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: I wanted to write a piece about the man who we know as Perkin Warbeck or Piers Osbeck or Richard Plantagenet or King Richard IV or whoever he may have been if he was none of these other men after reading Ann Wroe’s excellent biography on this most appealing of…
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The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)
“Tudor” “sources”, Annette Carson, Brecknock, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Casper Weinreich, Charles Ross, Crowland, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, France, Gairdner, George Cely, Guillaume de Rochefort, Hastings, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Tudor, John Morton, John Stow, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Paul Murray Kendall, Polydore Vergil, Reynold Bray, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, rumours, Shakespeare, Thomas More, Thomas Rotherham, Winston ChurchillPart 8 – “Rumour it abroad…” “ I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth; Upon my tongues continual slanders ride; The which in every language I pronounce Stuffing the ears of men with false reports… And no…
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