Margaret of Burgundy
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THE GELDERLAND DOCUMENT – ‘PROOF OF LIFE OF RICHARD DUKE OF YORK* ALIAS PERKIN WARBECK
“Missing Princes Project”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Albert of Saxony, Anne Crawford, Bermondsey Abbey, Charles VIII, continental archives, documents, Domenico Mancini, Dr. John Argentine, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, engelbert ii of nassau, evidence, executions, exile, Frederick the Wise, Gelderland Document, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Human Shredder, Ireland, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, lion tower, Lisbon, Margaret of Burgundy, Maximilian I, Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal, Netherlands, Paul Murray Kendall, Philippa Langley, Polydore Vergil, Portugal, Richard III, Robert Morton, Sir Edward Brampton, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Tournament Tapestry, Tower of London, Tyburn, University of Utrecht, Westminster Abbey*This is the title of a chapter from The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley. Without the aid of this invaluable book I would never have been able to write this post… Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The Gelderland Document is a unique, tantalising and quite astonishing document that was discovered back in the…
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Not the least of the interesting facts that emerge from Philippa Langley’s new book is that in August/September 1499, Margaret of Burgundy wrote a formal apology to Henry VII in an attempt to save ‘Perkin Warbeck’s’ life. At roughly the same time her son-in-law wrote to Henry VII offering friendship in an attempt to save…
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The Earl of Lincoln and the enchanted willows….
“Princes”, Anne Neville, Battle of Stoke, Bestwood Lodge, bigamy, Bosworth, Bridlington Priory, Bruges, caravel, Christmas, Cicely Plantagenet, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, horses, illegitimacy, John Earl of Lincoln, Kirkensea Abbey, Lord Protector of the Realm, Margaret of Burgundy, Middleham Castle, Portuguese marriage plans, relics, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, royal hunting estates, Saint Trumwald, security, Sherwood Forest, white rose, William IIThis is a Yorkist fairy tale for Christmas. There is no proof that John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, fought at Bosworth, or about what really happened to the sons of Edward IV—until the recent amazing discoveries by Philippa Langley. The revelations of her new research came after I’d written this tale, which although…
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The Links That Bind – Reappraisals – Richard III, Edward V, the Herald’s Memoir, Coldridge/John Evans, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Thomas Grey and Gleaston Castle.
“Lambert Simnel”, “Princes”, AF Pollard, Alice Arundel, Arthur, attainders, Baynard’s Castle, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bodrugan’s Leap, books, Brittany, canon law, Canterbury Cathedral, Cecilia Bonville, Cheneygates, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, closed crown, Coldridge Church, Cornwall, coronations, Devon, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, fetterlock and falcon, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gipping Hall, Gleaston Castle, Guines, Harleian Manuscript 433, Henry VII, Historic England, John Dilke, John Earl of Lincoln, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Margaret Beaufort, letters, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludlow, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, More, Philippa Langley, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Markenfield, Robert Stillington, safe house, Sheen, Simon Stallworth, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Grey, Sir John Speke, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, Sir William Stonor, Stoke Field, sunne in splendour, The Missing Princes Project, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, YorkshireREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Could these images in Coldridge Church be of the same man? A young Edward V, an adult man whose face appears to show injury/disfigurement around the mouth/chin area and the face of the John Evans effigy which also seems to have a scarred chin? It was way…
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The boy who had been King Edward V….
“confessions”, “Lambert Simnel”, “Oakhanger”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, attainder, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Stoke, bigamy, Catherine of Aragon, Coldridge, Devon, Dublin Cathedral, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Essex, executions, fiction, fire, George Duke of Clarence, Havering atte Bower, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, hunting lodges, illegitimacy, imposture, John Earl of Lincoln, Kent, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludlow Castle, Margaret of Burgundy, notebooks, Oxford, Portuguese marriage plans, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richmond Palace, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir William Stanley, Spain, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Stanley, Titulus Regius, Tower of LondonLadies and gentlemen, please remember that this novella is a fictional account of what might have happened to the boys known as the Princes in the Tower. The theory about Coldridge is not my original thought, nor have I done anything personally to help prove it. To my knowledge there is nowhere called Oakhanger in Kent, let alone that it was held by the Earl of Lincoln. I…
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BL Royal 19 E V is a medieval manuscript that once belonged to Edward IV. It was compiled for him in Bruges in 1480. The content is the Romuleon, a translation of a history of Rome, and amongst the tales of Emperors and Empresses, it contains the symbols of its royal owner–the Arms of England,…
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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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Diana Rubino on the Legendary Ten Seconds
albums, Cecily Duchess of York, Devon, Diana Rubino, HMS Bellerophon, Ian Churchward, imaginary letters, John Challis, John Peel, Margaret of Burgundy, Mortimer History Society, Mortimers, Napoleonic wars, Pageant of Torbay, Richard III Society, Riviera FM, Sandra heath wilson, Scoliosis Association UK, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Wars of the Roses, Wigmore Abbey, WydevillesAs you will observe from their appearance on Diana Rubino’s blog , The Legendary Ten Seconds now have a book featuring information on some of their best-known songs about Richard III, his time and Devon, of course. My Review of The Legendary Ten Seconds for the Ricardian Register (magazine of the American branch) As a longtime…
The New Murrey and Blue blog 