“Lambert Simnel”
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“….[A] proclamation to tackle unrest, 1487… stated that any person found to be spreading rumours was to be put into the pillory….” (from this site ) Oh dear, Henry VII didn’t like doses of his own medicine! I speak of rumours and lies. What’s the word….? Um, calumny. That’s it. You know, the rumours…
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At just 50 acres, Piel Island off Cumbria isn’t very big, as can be seen in the illustration above, and it has a tradition of ‘Kings of Piel’, which title is enjoyed by the landlord of the Ship Inn. He has his coronation too, so it’s all pukka! 😊 “….The title – according to that…
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THE MYSTERIOUS DUBLIN KING AND THE BATTLE OF STOKE
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, attainder, bastardy, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bishop of Meath, Coldridge, coronations, Dublin Cathedral, Earl of Kildare, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, falconry, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Duke of Clarence, Gordon Smith, Henry VII, heralds, Isobel Neville, Jasper “Tudor”, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Evans, John Strensham, John Tapton, John Taylour, kitchens, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, Minster Lovell, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Roger Harewell, Sheen, St. Edward’s Regalia, Stoke Field, The Dublin King, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus Regius, Tower of London, Westminster AbbeyReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901. Dublin, Ireland 24th May 1487. A young lad is crowned King of England and France and Lord of Ireland in Christ…
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Edward V and Coldridge: the evidence so far
“halo”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Missing Princes Project”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor” rebellions, Bermondsey Abbey, blond hair, Brooks, Cecily Bonville, Chris Brooks, Coldridge, Dan Jones, David Starkey, Deer, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, Elizabeth Roberts, Elizabeth Wydeville, ermine, Evans chantry, groupthink, height, Henry VII, Henry VIII, heralds, John Ashdown-Hill, John Dike, Journal of Stained Glass, King’s Council, Latin inscriptions, Lord of the Manor, Martin Cherry, mtDNA evidence, Philippa Langley, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Markenfield, sanctuary, Sheen, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Speke, Stoke Field, sunne in splendour, The Dublin King, The Mythology of the “Princes in the Tower”, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, white roses, William ShakespeareThanks to this Daily Telegraph article last December, the world is now far more aware of the distinct possibility that the former Edward V lived on as “John Evans” at Coldridge in Devon into the reign of Henry VIII, his nephew, as a parker minding deer for his half-brother Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset. In…
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EDWARD, EARL OF WARWICK – HIS LIFE AND DEATH.
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, attainder, Bisham Abbey, Bosworth, Catherine of Aragon, Cecily Duchess of York, Coldharbour, Dublin Cathedral, education, Edward Hall, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Ferdinand and Isabella, George Duke of Clarence, Guild of the Holy Cross Stratford-on-Avon, Henry VII, Heraldry Society, Ireland, Isobel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret of Salisbury, poison, Richard III, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, Sir Robert Willoughby, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Warwick CastleREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Edward’s parents Isobel Neville and George Plantagenet, Duke and Duchess of Clarence. From the Latin Version of the Rous Roll. With thanks to the Heraldry Society. Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick was born at Warwick Castle on the 25 February 1475. Among his godparents were Edward IV, who created him Earl…
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St Andrew’s Church, Wingfield and the Tombs of the de la Poles
“Lambert Simnel”, Azincourt, Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d’ Oro, Carthusian Monastery, Charles Alfred Stothard, churches, de la Pole family, Dukes of Suffolk, Earls of Suffolk, Edmund Earl of Suffolk, Elizabeth of Suffolk, funeral effigy, Harfleur, Hicks, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, Katherine Stafford, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lord Richard de la Pole, Merciless Parliament, Michael de la Pole, Paris, Pavia, Richard II, Sir john Wingfield, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Sir William de la Pole, St. Andrew’s Wingfield, Stoke Field, woolReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Andrew’s Church, Wingfield, Suffolk. Mausoleum of the de la Poles. You know when the great Sir Nikolaus Pevsner was ‘impressed’ with a church then it must indeed be rather special (1). And St Andrew’s with its soaring clerestories, nave roof with arched braces resting on figures of winged…
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CICELY PLANTAGENET – NOT SO FORTUNATE AS FAIR.
“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, annulments, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Cicely Plantagenet, College Hall, Crowland Chronicle, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Gipping Hall, Greenwich Palace, Henry VII, Isle of Wight, James IV, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ludlow Castle, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret Beauchamp, Mary Plantagenet, Maud Herbert, More, National Maritime Museum, Polydore Vergil, Quarr Abbey, Richard III, sanctuary, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Ralph Scrope, Society of Antiquaries, Thomas Kymbe, Thomas Rotherham, Viscount Welles, WestminsterReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Stained glass portrait of Cicely. Formerly in Canterbury Cathedral now in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Cicely Plantagenet (b.1469 d.1507) daughter and niece to kings, and a prime example of a medieval noblewoman who endured and in this case survived the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses. Oh how that…
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V.B. Lamb’s unanswered questions
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, bigamy, books, denialists, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, evidence, executions, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, Sir James Tyrrell, The Betrayal of Richard III, Three Estates, Tower of London, V.B. Lamb(see this article) If Henry VII “knew” that Edward IV‘s sons were dead by the time of his accession, why did he take nineteen years to produce any “evidence”, particularly when two individuals appeared claiming to be one or both of those “Princes” in 1487 and 1491? If he “knew” that Edward IV hadn’t committed…
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