Minster Lovell
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The church at Minster Lovell is very beautiful, and when my late husband and I went there about twenty years ago, it was on a very misty morning. As we walked toward the church, on the way to the ruined hall, I saw a solitary candle burning in one of the church’s latticed windows.…
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THE MYSTERIOUS DUBLIN KING AND THE BATTLE OF STOKE
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, attainder, bastardy, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bishop of Meath, Coldridge, coronations, Dublin Cathedral, Earl of Kildare, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, falconry, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Duke of Clarence, Gordon Smith, Henry VII, heralds, Isobel Neville, Jasper “Tudor”, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Evans, John Strensham, John Tapton, John Taylour, kitchens, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, Minster Lovell, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Roger Harewell, Sheen, St. Edward’s Regalia, Stoke Field, The Dublin King, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus Regius, Tower of London, Westminster AbbeyReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901. Dublin, Ireland 24th May 1487. A young lad is crowned King of England and France and Lord of Ireland in Christ…
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Here is an article about the “most haunted Cotswolds village’ everyone forgets about”. Well, Ricardians certainly don’t forget Minster Lovell…and what we all want to know is—if Francis Lovell still haunts his old home, is there any chance of seeing him? Maybe even speaking to him? We wish.
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It doesn’t seem possible now that it was 30th April 2014 when my late husband and I paid an early-morning visit to Minster Lovell. There was a mist and we were virtually alone. The River Windrush, surely one of the loveliest little rivers in England, whispered past the old ruins of Sir Francis Lovell‘s…
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It seems that Oxfordshire is one of our most haunted county. Maybe. But I know of a few that would claim more ghosts. At the risk of irritating a whole bunch of folk, I’ll say my next-door county of Gloucestershire has the most ghosts of all. OK, OK, don’t all shout and wave your…
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Doggeing “Tudor” footsteps?
“Lambert Simnel”, “Lovell our Dogge”, Battle of Bosworth, books, Colchester, doggerel, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, Henry VII, James III, John Earl of Lincoln, Michele Schindler, Minster Lovell, Richard III, safe conduct, Sauchieburn, Scotland, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, skeletons, Stoke Field, William Catesby, William ColyngbourneMichele Schindler’s seminal biography of Francis Viscount Lovell, one of the trio named in Colyngbourne‘s doggerel, is published today. Hopefully, it will go towards solving the great mystery of his fate. Could he really have suffocated in a Minster Lovell chamber, after the estate was given to Jasper “Tudor”? Could he have ended his days…
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Well, here are two stories from two English villages. Firstly, the present Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, will be at St Mary’s Parish Church at Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, to mark its 800th anniversary. Unfortunately, the Bray part of the village’s name comes from Reggie Bray, upon whose memory we, er, frown. Reggie, of course, is…
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The King’s bishop? What did John Russell know in 1483?
“Beauforts”, “Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, AJ Pollard, Alison Hanham, Armstrong, Battle of Bosworth, Bishops, British Library, Chancery Court, Charles Ross, conspiracies, Crowland Chronicle, Dr. John Argentine, Earl of Northumberland, Edward IV, Francis Lovell, George Cely, Great Seal, Harleian Manuscript 433, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Hicks, illegitimacy, Jane Shore, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, John Russell, John Shirwood, John Smith, John Stow, judiciary, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Margaret Beaufort, letters, Lincoln, Louise Gill, Ludgate, Mancini, Minster Lovell, More, oyer and terminer, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Paul Murray Kendall, Peter Hammond, regicide?, Richard III, Robert Russe, Robert Stillington, Rosemary Horrox, Royal Household, Sherlock Holmes, Simon Stallworth, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir William Stonor, Stephen Ireland, theories, Thomas Langton, Thomas Lynom, Titulus Regius, Tower of London, treason, Vatican City, Viscount Welles, Westminster Abbey, William Davey, Wydevilles“ ‘Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?’ ‘To the curious incident of the dog in the night time’ ‘The dog did nothing in the night time’ ‘That is the curious incident ‘ remarked Sherlock Holmes.”[1] By applying his reasoning to this simple observation, the world’s…
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