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ST PETER’S CHURCH, WINCHCOMBE AND THE BOTELERS OF SUDELEY

Apr 12, 2019

buildings, heraldry, religion

Alice Deincourt, Catherine Parr, churches, Elizabeth Butler, Henry VI, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lewis Carroll, Mad Hatter, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Richard III, Sir Thomas Butler, St. James’ Winchcombe, Sudeley Castle, Sword of state, Winchcombe Abbey

Sudeley Castle is a beautiful castle in Gloucestershire, once the marital home of Lady Eleanor Talbot (Boteler) and once owned by Richard III, who built the banqueting hall, although most famed for being the burial place of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr. So great are the attractions of the castle that many visitors miss…
Richard as a toby jug….!

Aug 31, 2017

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art, auctions, ceramics, Mad Hatter, Richard III, Shylock

I love toby jugs. My grandmother had a lot of them, in all sizes. They were proper toby jugs, of course, in three-corner hats and 18th-century clothing. In fact, everyone seemed to have at least one of them when I was growing up. Every mantelpiece sported a rotund toby. Now, of course, toby jugs aren’t…