Nottingham

Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire’s next door neighbour, has a lot to offer too….

Feb 23, 2018

buildings, travel

Boots, caves, D.H. Lawrence, East Midlands, Edward III, Isabella de Valois, lace market, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Richard I, Richard III, Robin Hood, Roger Mortimer, Sherwood Forest, William I

Leicester’s next door neighbour has something to offer too, including a connection with Richard. This is a good article…except for that stupid vertical band that descends through two of the excellent illustrations. If there’s a way of sending it packing, I didn’t find it.
WHERE KINGS ONCE RELAXED(AND WHERE YOU CAN STAY TOO)

Feb 27, 2017

buildings, travel

Bestwood Lodge, Charles II, Henry I, Henry II, hotels, Nell Gwynne, Nottingham, Richard III

Recently Leicester has revamped one of its hotels to include a Richard III room. If you are on the road in the Midlands, perhaps visiting Nottingham Castle (where Richard spent considerable time during his short reign and which is currently undergoing a rehaul of visitor facilities that should hopefully see more mention of Richard) another…
THE ANGLO SCOTTISH WAR 1480-82

Nov 30, 2016

anniversaries, battles

AJ Pollard, Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Anzio, Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus, Bamburgh, Berwick, Canon Alexander Leigh, Carlisle, Cecilia, Charles Ross, Charles the Bold, chevauchee, Cheviot Hill, Commines, Cora Scofield, Cordingham, Crowland, Dockray, Dumfries, Dunbar, E. Nesbit, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward Woodville, Froissart, George Buck, George Duke of Clarence, Hedgeley Moor, Henry VI, Hewitt, Hexham, Hicks, J.D. Mackie, James III, James IV, John Ashdown-Hill, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Kincaid, Lancastrians, Lauder, Leith, Lord Linton, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Margaret of Scotland, Marie of Guelders, Marquess of Montagu, Michael K Jones, Middleham, naval fleet, Neville’s Cross, Nevilles, Norham, Norman MacDougall, Nottingham, Otterburn, Paul Murray Kendall, peace treaties, pensions, Percies, Picquigny, Readeption, Reivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Lord Boyd, Roxburgh, Salerno, Scotland, Scottish Marches, Sean Cunningham, Sheriff Hutton, siege of Edinburgh, Simon Payling, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir Thomas Fulford, Stirling, Thomas Howard, Thomas Lord Stanley, Topcliffe, Towton, Treaty of Lincluden, York

Richard duke of Gloucester – The King’s Lieutenant in the North “And he governed those countries very wisely and justly in time of peace and war and preserved concord and amity between the Scots and English so much as he could. But the breaches between them could not so strongly be made up to…
A guest post by Iris

Jul 17, 2015

Uncategorized

“Tudor” “sources”, Anne Neville, Crowland, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, executions, grief, Mercers’ Company, Nottingham, Portugal, Richard III, St. John’s Hospital, Towton

Re: “Richard the Mourner”: I tend to agree with layers of unsubstantiated myth building century after century, including Richard’s butchering his way to the crown (4 executions against over 20.000 dead on the field only at Towton to put his brother Edward on the throne, indeed a pale imitation of a larger than life example…

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire’s next door neighbour, has a lot to offer too….

WHERE KINGS ONCE RELAXED(AND WHERE YOU CAN STAY TOO)

THE ANGLO SCOTTISH WAR 1480-82

A guest post by Iris