Portsmouth

Did Edward III have any energy left for his Crécy campaign….?

May 15, 2024

anniversaries, battles

Battles of Sandwich, Crecy, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, France, Hundred Years War, Louise Creighton, Portsmouth

We all know that Edward III and the Hundred Years War go together, not quite like peaches and cream, but together all the same, and during a truce with France he began to prepare for renewed hostilities when the truce ended. After many long weeks of delay, the date of embarkation for his great army…
Just how beautiful WAS George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham….?

Jan 28, 2024

anniversaries, genealogy

assassination, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, James VI/I, Jean Plaidy, Portsmouth, Stuarts, The Three Musketeers

The Stuarts aren’t our period of course, but this link is interesting and worth a read. The opening line reads as follows: “….Beautiful, charismatic and cunning, George Villiers caught the eye of one king, was the favourite of another, and soared to heights of power and wealth in 17th-century England – only to…
Another “Mary Rose” is found….

Dec 11, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, religion, Science

Abdication, Cromer, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Henry I, Henry V, Henry VIII, Holighost, James VII/II, Leicester, Mary Rose, museums, Norfolk, Norwich Castle, Portsmouth, Raedwald, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, shipwreck, Sutton Hoo, The White Ship

I well remember all the excitement when Henry VIII’s Mary Rose was found and brought to the surface for the first time since his reign. The event was broadcast live and we watched as she reappeared inch by slow inch. Yes, it was quite a story. But then, Henry VIII (love him or hate…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
Even more “Britain’s Most Historic Towns”

Jan 2, 2021

battles, buildings, law, religion, Science, television reviews

America, Armada, banking, Battle of Lincoln, body snatching, Charles II, Corn Laws, Drake, Edinburgh, Engels, executions, Glasgow, Horatio Nelson, industry, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Marx, medicine, Nicola de la Haie, Osborne House, overdrafts, Plymouth, Portsmouth, rapid expansion, Royal Society, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Walter Raleigh, theatre, William Burke, William Hare

Alice Roberts has been back on our screens with a third series of the above. This time, she visited (Mediaeval) Lincoln, (Restoration) London, (Naval) Portsmouth, (Elizabethan) Plymouth, (Steam Age) Glasgow, (Georgian) Edinburgh and (Industrial Revolution) Manchester, albeit not in chronological order like the two previous series. There was a focus on Nicola de la Haye…
This lady struck gold (Henry VII Fine Angel) because she was bored….!

Jul 14, 2020

archaeology, art

coins, Henry VII, Portsmouth

Well, here we go again. Yet another detectorist strikes gold. This time without really meaning to do it! And it’s all hers because she found it on her own land! Well done, Amanda. “….A single mum struck gold when she unearthed a 500-year-old coin worth £2,500 in her back garden. “….Amanda Johnston, 48, was bored…

Portsmouth

Did Edward III have any energy left for his Crécy campaign….?

Just how beautiful WAS George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham….?

Another “Mary Rose” is found….

Walking “Tudor” England

Even more “Britain’s Most Historic Towns”

This lady struck gold (Henry VII Fine Angel) because she was bored….!