Mortimer’s Cross

Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross….

Sep 1, 2016

battles, Events, travel

Croft Castle, Mortimer History Society, Mortimer’s Cross, re-enactment

I’m posting this courtesy of the Mortimer History Society. “The annual re-enactment of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross (February 1460/1) will take place on Saturday & Sunday 10th & 11th September at Croft Castle, near Yarpole, Herefordshire. Croft Castle is owned by the National Trust. Normal NT charges apply but there is no extra charge…
The three suns of Mortimer’s Cross…repeated in 2015….

Apr 20, 2016

battles, heraldry

Edward IV, Jasper “Tudor”, Ludlow, Mortimer History Society, Mortimer’s Cross, parhelion

Thank you to the Mortimer History Society for an excellent article about the parhelion of Mortimer’s Cross in 1461….and a repeat of it in Ludlow of 2015. http://www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/index.php/parhelion https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/ghosts-of-the-roses/
A Welsh family for St. Crispin’s Day

Oct 25, 2015

genealogy

anniversaries, Azincourt, Battle of Bosworth, Dafydd Gam, Edgecote Moor, Elizabeth of York, Gwent, Henry V, Henry VII, Katherine Plantagenet, Mortimer’s Cross, Owain Glyn Dwr, Raglan Castle, Richard Herbert, Richard III, Towton, Wales, William ap Thomas, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

We start with Dafydd Gam (c.1380-1415), who fought against the Glyn Dwr rebellion at the beginning of the fifteenth century, apparently trying to assassinate the leading rebel and being imprisoned by him. He may have saved Henry V’s life at Azincourt but was definitely killed there. His daughter, Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, married twice and…
12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
A very special occasion:

Feb 2, 2015

anniversaries, battles

Candlemas, Edward IV, Mortimer’s Cross, parhelion

http://sunnesandroses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-sunne-in-splendour-part-2.html
Ghosts of the Roses….

Jan 14, 2015

battles

Battle of Bosworth, Battle of StokeStoke, Candlemas, Cheltenham, Edgecote, Edward of Lancaster, Francis Lovell, John de la Pole, Leicester dig, Margaret of Anjou, Middleham, Mortimer’s Cross, omens, parhelion, St. Albans, supernatural, Tewkesbury, Waterloo

There is an article by Kelly Fitzgerald at http://sunnesandroses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-sunne-in-splendour-part-2.html, concerning the three suns that were seen in the sky before the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross in 1460. It was a natural phenomenon—a parhelion—but was clearly not recognised as such by those who saw it. They believed it was an omen. So, what about supernatural phenomena…

Mortimer’s Cross

Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross….

The three suns of Mortimer’s Cross…repeated in 2015….

A Welsh family for St. Crispin’s Day

12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

A very special occasion:

Ghosts of the Roses….