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Archbishop Octavian and the Simnel Plot
“Lambert Simnel”, Annales, Archbishop Octavian, benefit of clergy, Chancellor of Ireland, Dalkey, denialists, Dublin, Earl of Kildare, Earl of Ormond, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, forgery, Fowey, Henry VII, Innocent VIII, Ireland, James Gairdner, James Ussher, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Morton, Kenilworth Castle, Lambeth Palace, Latin, letters, Mario Sughi, Matthew Lewis, More, Old St. Paul’s, pardons, Richard Fox, Robert Ware, Rymer, Simnel rebellion, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir James Ware, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, The Dublin King, University College Cork, Walter Harris, Wendy Moorhen, William or Richard SymondesA couple of months ago, this post attracted a reply from an individual who has commented before. He was responding to the suggestion that the boy crowned in at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin (see illustration opposite) may actually have been Edward V rather than an earl of Warwick (false or otherwise). Whilst he is…
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From the Lizard to Deptford Bridge – a guest post
“Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, Blackheath, Bodmin, Charter of Pardon, Cornwall, Deptford Bridge, Duchy of Cornwall, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, executions, Exeter, fines, Giles Daubeney, Goonhilly Downs, Henry VII, James Lord Audley, John, John Allan, John Arundell, John Rosewarne, John Tresynny, John Trevenor, John Trevysall, Kent, Lizard Peninsula, London, Michael Joseph, pardons, Ralph Retallack, Richard Borlase, Richard Flamank, Scotland, Sir John Oby, St. George’s Fields, St. Keverne, Stannaries, statues, Taunton, taxes, The Cornish Rebellion, Thomas Erisey, Thomas Flamank, Thomas Polgrene, Wells, William Antron, William HamAn Gof and the Cornish Rebellion 1497 As the early summer sun seared upon Bodmin Moor, sweeping south westwards to Goonhilly Downs , which straddles a swathe of the Lizard Peninsula , the tortured arid landscapes weren’t the only features of 1497 Cornwall, threatening to ignite in a blaze of fiery agitation. In 1337 the…
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Lady Eleanor Butler (born Talbot) probably knew that she was dying. In the early months of 1468, she transferred the lands that were hers to transfer to her sister, Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk. Where these lands came from is something of a mystery. John Ashdown-Hill has demonstrated that they were not dower lands, could not…
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