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Middleham Jewel

For Candlemas …

Feb 2, 2017

anniversaries, battles, Music Reviews

“Perkin”, Battle of Bosworth, Candlemas, Edward IV, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Lord Bonville, Lord Fitzwalter, Middleham, Middleham Jewel, Mortimer’s Cross, music, Richard of Warwick, Sir Andrew Trollope, Tewkesbury, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Towton, Wars of the Roses

… or the probable anniversary of the battle of Mortimer’s Cross: Sunnes and Roses, a new album by The Legendary Ten Seconds Released on R ichard The Third Records on 31st December 2016. Songs featuring Warwick the Kingmaker. Richard III, Henry VII, Lord Hastings, Edward Earl of March, Lord Fitzwalter, Sir Andrew Trollope,…
Buried Secrets: The Middleham Jewel – And An Interview With George Easton, Jeweler of the Crown for Richard III

Feb 12, 2015

buildings

Castle Barnard, Coverdale Abbey, George Easton, John Ashdown-Hill, Middleham Jewel, Sotheby’s, Teesdale Mercury, Yorkshire Museum

Prologue: August 31, 2014. That time of the year was upon my husband Erik and me again: our wedding anniversary. It’s an occasion that can haunt husbands and wives alike. You make a miscalculation and you have a year’s penance to do. Do you get something practical, like a new roasting pan? Not very romantic,…