Nibley Green

A Worcestershire castle for £500,000….?

Dec 2, 2022

battles, buildings

Arthur Plantagenet, Country Life, Earls of Salisbury, Earls of Warwick, Lisle Greys, Mortimers of Wigmore, Nibley Green, property sales, Ribbesford House, River Severn, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Vikings, Worcestershire

I love delving into the glossy pages of Country Life magazine, because something of interest always turns up. This time I’ve happened upon the story of Ribbesford House on the banks of the River Severn in Worcestershire. Not only was this vast property once on sale for the ridiculously low price of £500,000, but Ribbesford…
The Cotswolds and the Wars of the Roses….

Sep 6, 2022

battles, buildings, heraldry, religion, travel

bigamy, Cirencester, Cotswolds, Edward III, Edward IV, executions, Francis Lovell, John of Gaunt, John Talbot Viscount Lisle, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, Margaret of Anjou, Minster Lovell Hall, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, pre-contract, Richard III, River Windrush, rumour, sanctuary, St. John the Baptist, Sudeley Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley

“What role did the Cotswolds play in the 30-year Wars of the Roses?” A good question. There wasn’t a specific War of the Cotswolds, but there was (still is) a connection to the Wars of the Roses, as you’ll see in this article . For instance, there’s the wonderful Church of St John the Baptist…
Sassanachs don’t Like Mondays (allegedly)

Jul 21, 2022

anniversaries, battles, law, sources

“Four Masters”, attainder, Augustinian Order, Bishop Carrigan, Butlers, Charles I, Cockermouth Castle, County Kilkenny, Drogheda, Earl of Gowran, Earls of Desmond, Edward Bruce, Edward IV, executions, Fitzgeralds, franchising, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucestershire, Henry VI, Ireland, Irish Parliament, Jasper “Tudor”, John Earl of Ormond, John Paston, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, justiciar of Ireland, Lady Eleanor Talbot, letters patent, Logreach, Ludford Bridge, Margaret of Anjou, Military History Society of Ireland, Newcastle, Nibley Green, papal bull, Pernil Boteler, pilgrimage, Piltown, Portugal, reversed attainder, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, River Pill, Rogerstown, Roland FitzEustace, siege of Chartres, Statute of Kilkenny, Thomas Fitzgerald, Thomastown, Towton, Turlach O’Brien, Wars of the Roses, Waterford, Wydevilles, Yellow Steed

Ormond versus Desmond In addition to the canonical list of battles, the sporadic chaos of the Wars of the Roses spawned one or two encounters between the heads of rival aristocratic families, of which the best known is the battle between the Berkeleys and Talbots at Nibley Green in Gloucestershire in March 1470. What is…
William “Waste-all” Berkeley, the lord who out-Stanleyed the Stanleys at Bosworth….!

Feb 13, 2018

anniversaries, battles, heraldry

Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Berkeley Castle, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Forest of Dean, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Margaret of Shrewsbury, Nibley Green, private battles, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Sir Edward Grey, Sir Humphrey Talbot, Sir William Stanley, Stanleys, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, treachery, William Lord Berkeley, Wotton

Here is the story of yet another lord who betrayed Richard III at Bosworth. Oh, but wait a moment, this one betrayed Henry Tudor as well, now there’s a feat! The man in question was William, eventually Marquess of Berkeley, but nicknamed “Waste-all”. He was 43 when he won the Battle of Nibley Green, which…
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

Nibley Green

A Worcestershire castle for £500,000….?

The Cotswolds and the Wars of the Roses….

Sassanachs don’t Like Mondays (allegedly)

William “Waste-all” Berkeley, the lord who out-Stanleyed the Stanleys at Bosworth….!

12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses