Papal Curia
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WAS HENRY VII A RELUCTANT BRIDEGROOM?
Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Christmas Day, Coldharbour, Coldridge, consanguinity, Coronation, David Johnson, dispensations, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Jean Molinet, Joanna, John Evans, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Manuel Duke of Beja, Maud Herbert, Minories, Papal Curia, Parliament, Polydore Vergil, Portuguese marriage plans, promise to marry, re-legitimisation, Rennes Cathedral, Ricardian, Richard III, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Sir Francis Bacon, Speakers of the Commons, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lovell, Titulus Regius 1486REBLOGGED FROM A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Their effigies in Westminster Abbey. Artist Pietro Torrigiano. Photo westminster-abbey.org I was recently reading an excellent article in the Ricardian discussing Henry Tudor’s enthusiasm, or lack of it, for his marriage to Elizabeth of York by David Johnson entitled Ardent Suitor or Reluctant…
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The Trial That Should Have Happened in 1483
archbishops, Beaumaris Castle, bigamy, canon law, Charles Donohue, Commines, consistory court, Crowland Chronicle, documents, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, George Duke of Clarence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, illegitimacy, inheritance, John Fortescue, King’s Bench, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leeds Castle, Margery Paston, Papal Curia, Parliament, Pope, PreContract, procedure, Protectorate, R.H. Helmholz, Richard Calle, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, secular law, Sir William Shareshull, sorcery, St Stephens Chapel, Statute of Merton, Statute of Praeminure, The Court of Arches, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, treason, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, William Durantis, witnessesOriginally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Putting aside the mystery of what ultimately happened to Edward IV’s two sons, one enduring difficulty for a student of history is whether Richard III used the proper legal procedure in having them declared illegitimate because of their father’s precontracted marriage to Eleanor Talbot. The most (and only) significant defect…