Lord Guildford Dudley

Poetry, architecture and journalism in their souls

Jul 4, 2024

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law

“Tudor” rebellions, Annette Carson, architects, bob wyatt, bodyline, cricket, false allegations, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Jane, Lord Guildford Dudley, MPs, peers, petronella wyatt, poets, Scotland, Sir Henry Wyatt, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, Wallis Simpson, Woodrow Wyatt, Wyatt family

At the moment, it looks as though there may be two separate Wyatt families. The first would start with Sir Henry, who the anti-historians claim to have been tortured on the orders of Richard III … except that we know, thanks to Carson et al, that it happened in Scotland. Sir Thomas the poet (left)…
“Becoming Elizabeth”

Jan 22, 2024

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews

Admiral Thomas Seymour, Alicia von Rittburg, Amy Robsart, Anglo-Scottish Wars, beards, Catherine Parr, Channel Four, David Starkey, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, heresy, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Kett Rebellion, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary I, Mary Stuart, Norwich, Oliver Zetterstrom, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Scotland

This drama series, from Starz but now broadcast on Channel Four, follows the momentous but unheralded reign of Edward VI through the eyes of the future Elizabeth I. It features the literally fratricidal feud between the Seymour brothers as the elder, the Duke of Somerset, becomes Lord Protector but also the King’s governor, powers that…
Richard III is third, Edward V is second….

Jul 10, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, illegitimacy, James VII/II, Jane, John Morton, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary I, More, pre-contract, proclamations, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, short reigns, Tower of London, Wydevilles

This article is, I fear, another case of piercing Richard III in the back with that stealthy weapon, the hidden judgement. The attack isn’t open, but hidden behind the deceptive cloak of dark suggestion. Some might say, having read the article, that Richard’s short reign was poetic justice. More sensible folk, being acquainted with the…
More nudge nudge that Richard killed his nephews….

Feb 12, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“Beauforts”, “Princes”, “Tudors”, America, Dudleys, executed women, Greys, Jane, Lord Guildford Dudley, Mary I, misinformation, Tower of London

“….If we ignore Lady Jane Grey, then the monarch with probably theshortest reign was Edward V. (Right now I can’t think of anyone else.) He succeeded his father on April 9, 1483, at the tender age of 12. His uncle took him and his brother to the Tower of London “for their protection.” Seventy-eight…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
The Grafitti of the Tower of London

Jun 24, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

Dudleys, Elizabeth I, graffiti, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lord Guildford Dudley, Mary I, Philip Howard Earl of Arundel, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Royal Mint, Thomas Roper, Tower of London

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com The graffiti commemorating the Dudleys. Beauchamp Tower. Photo Spitalfieldlife I am, to be honest not a fan of graffiti, also known as graffito, neither do I know anyone who is. However, if you are talking historical graffiti, and from no less than the Tower of London, well that is definitely…
ROYAL PECULIARS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES

Feb 12, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion

“Princes”, Anne Boleyn, Blitz, Catherine Howard, Chapel of St. John the Baptist, Chapel Royal, Diana Princess of Wales, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Duke of Bedford, Hampton Court, Hans Holbein, Henry VII Lady Chapel, hospitals, Jane, John of Gaunt, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary of York, Matilda of Blois, Peasants’ Revolt, Prince Louis of Cambridge, Queen’s Chapel, Royal Foundation of St. Katherine, Royal Peculiars, Savoy Palace, Simon Sudbury, St. george’s Chapel, St. James Palace, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter ad Vincula, Stephen, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The glorious ceiling of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court. Photo James Brittain . Historic Royal Palaces. The main reason, and perhaps the only reason, why the bones in the urn in Westminster Abbey supposed to be those of the sons of Edward IV known as the “Princes” in the Tower, Edward of Westminster and…
Once again, Matt Lewis to the rescue on his white charger…!

Oct 29, 2020

archaeology, battles, buildings, Science

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Dublin Cathedral, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, executions, Guildford family, Henry VII, Jack Leslau, Lord Guildford Dudley, Matthew Lewis, More, Old St. Paul’s, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Stoke Field, Sunday Express, Tower of London, Wars of the Roses

Yet again we have Matt Lewis to thank for pointing out the error of journalistic and other writers’ ways. There are some bloopers in this Express piece but Matt sorts them out with good, plain, beautifully written English. Job done. Excellent.
A Calendar of Queens –Minus One

Jun 27, 2020

law

Anne Boleyn, bigamy, Catherine of Aragon, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry III, Henry VIII, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Jane, John, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Guildford Dudley, Peter Count of St. Pol, pre-contract, Royal Marriage Secrets, secret marriage, Sudeley Castle

Recently I came across an interesting article on Royal Central listing all the Queens who had anniversaries relevant to June-births, deaths, coronations, marriages and the start of their reigns. However, I did notice a couple of things in it that I would query–an error and an omission. CALENDAR OF QUEENS First the error. The article…
A Grey Day

Feb 12, 2018

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry

Archbishop Cranmer, Battle of Sedgemoor, Castle Heaton, Charles II, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Ford Grey Earl of Tankerville, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Greys, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VIII, James VII/II, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lancastrians, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Leonard Grey, Mary I, Monmouth Rebellion, Mowbrays, Norham, Northumberland, Portchester Castle, Rye House Plot, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sir John Grey of Groby, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, Streatham portrait, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Wark

The Grey family, originally from Northumberland, are a consistent feature of English history from the Southampton plot of 1415 to Monmouth’s rebellion nearly three centuries later. Sir Thomas Grey (1384-1415) of Castle Heaton was a soldier and one of the three principals in the Southampton plot against Henry V, revealed to him by Edmund Mortimer,…