Leicester cathedral
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Here is an interesting little comment: “….in the Picnic Chapel, which contains a small stone that is a remaining part of the stone used to make Richard III’s sarcophagus in Leicester Cathedral….” This stone is at Nevill Holt Opera, near Market Harborough, and the sentence is right at the end of this link. this…
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Was it really only five years ago? Sometimes it seems like forever. And for me, the most affecting thing is still seeing Richard’s Book of Hours, which is thought to have been with him in his tent at Bosworth. I confess I had tears in my eyes. It just seemed so very personal to him.…
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We remember the tragic helicopter accident that cost the life of much-loved former chairman of Leicester City Football Club Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. What with the discovery of Richard III’s remains and the club’s surge in victories, it was a truly devastating blow. He donated toward Richard’s reinterment in Leicester Cathedral, and now, thanks to his foundation,…
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If things had been different, might Richard and George have been buried at Fotheringhay….?
Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Chertsey, Edmund of Rutland, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth Wydeville, Fotheringhay, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucester Cathedral, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John, Leicester cathedral, Pontefract, Richard Duke of York, St. george’s Chapel, Tewkesbury Abbey, Wakefield, Westminster Abbey, Worcester Cathedral, York MinsterIt occurs to me to wonder if Richard intended to be lain to rest at Fotheringhay with his father, the 3rd Duke of York, and brother, Edmund of Rutland. Wouldn’t he think he belonged with them – no matter how fond he was of his beloved Yorkshire? Of course, things changed radically when he became…
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The inspiration for Richard III’s rosary….
Cecily Duchess of York, Clare Castle, Clare Priory, Edmund Mortimer, George Easton, Holy Cross, John Ashdown-Hill, Leicester, Leicester cathedral, Leicester Greyfriars, Lionel of Antwerp, Looking for Richard, Papal Nuncio, Phillipa of Ulster, railway stations, reburial, relics, Richard III, rosary, St. Francis, University of East Anglia, white roseThe following article and extract are from Nerdalicious: “ ‘In the nineteenth century the Clare Cross was found in the castle ruins. It’s actually a reliquary, containing a fragment of the True Cross, and it was probably made soon after 1450 so probably it belonged to Richard III’s mother. For that reason, when I…
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Is it time to exhume Cardinal Wolsey?
Abbey Park, burial sites, Catherine of Aragon, Grand Union Canal, Henry VIII, high treason, Ipswich, King’s Great Matter, Leicester Abbey, Leicester cathedral, Leicester Greyfriars, Richard III, Richard Pescall, Soar, St. Margaret’s Church Leicester, St. Nicholas’ Street Ipswich, Thomas Wolsey, Wolsey’s Gate, YorkThomas Wolsey was born in Ipswich, apparently in March 1473, to Joan Daundy and Robert Wolsey, who seems to have been a butcher and may possibly have been killed at Bosworth. Opposite his birthplace, in St. Nicholas’ Street, is this seated statue (below). His local achievements include Wolsey’s Gate and, after about 475 years, the…
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Richard III’s lost queen….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, Cardiff Castle, Croyland, Dean Stanley, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Grey Friars, Henry VII, High Altar, John Rous, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester cathedral, Pietro Torrigiano, Richard II, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Rous Roll, royal tombs, Sir George Gilbert Scott, stained glass, Titulus Regius, Weir, Westminster AbbeyWhat follows is a word-for-word opinion of Anne Neville, and Richard’s attitude/feelings for her. I make no comment, the article by Elizabeth Jane Timms speaks for itself. “Amidst the chronicle of lost tombs at Westminster Abbey is that of Queen Anne Neville, wife of King Richard III. Queen Anne’s invisibility in these terms underlines the purported neglect…
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“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…
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Oh, Leicester, Leicester, thou risketh some right royal wrath! Yes, by all means celebrate the home at Christmas by displaying a cosy John Lewis living room…but you’ve omitted a throne for You Know Who. The cathedral that has the inestimable honour of King Richard III beneath its hallowed roof—has actually forgotten him! Forgotten your most famous guest.…
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