Portuguese archives

In case you haven’t noticed …

Jun 14, 2022

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, buildings, religion

Archbishop of Canterbury, Barrie Williams, Bosworth, Dan Snow, daughters of Edward IV, de la Pole family, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Joanna, John Earl of Lincoln, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret of Salisbury, On this day in history, Peasants’ Revolt, Portuguese archives, Richard III, Sheriff Hutton, Simon of Sudbury, skulls, St. Gregory’s

… we like our anniversaries here at Murrey and Blue. Having received this book about anniversaries as a birthday present, I found a substantial amount of unfamiliar information and several new cases, but there were two noticeable lacunae: (14th June on the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt): “Sudbury‘s skull survives, in St. Gregory’s Church in Norwich …”…
The Strange Reluctance to Accept Facts

May 31, 2022

anniversaries, law, religion, sources

“facts”, Anne of Bohemia, Barrie Williams, celibacy, Edward I, Elizabeth of York, evidence, fertility potions, Holy Spirit, Joann, Joanna, Llewellyn the Last, Manuel Duke of Beja, miscarriage, Portuguese archives, Richard II, Richard III, Welsh people

Much of history is simply interpretation. You can interpret events, and facts, in various ways. Often there is no absolute truth and the interpretation depends on the standpoint of the historian. For example, a passionate Welsh nationalist is likely to see the events of 1282 in a rather different light to the interpretation of an…
No longer passing the Buc(k)?

Oct 1, 2021

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, law, religion, sources, The play’s the thing

accuracy, Arthur Kincaid, Battle of Bosworth, British Library, CAJ Armstrong, Constable of England, Crowland Chronicle, Domenico Mancini, Earl Marshal, Elizabeth of York, fire, Flodden, George Buck, Joanna, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Manuel Duke of Beja, new edition, patron, Portuguese archives, pre-contract, Richard III, Shakespeare, Sir George Buc, Sir Robert Cotton, Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel, Thomas More

Now for some very interesting news: Arthur Kincaid’s The History of King Richard the Third is set for a new edition, based on forty years of further research. Kincaid has managed to distinguish the forensic research of Sir George Buc (1560-1622), whose great-grandfather fought at Bosworth and whose grandfather was at Flodden, from that of…
Long live the King

Sep 21, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, Book Reviews, buildings, genealogy, Science, sources

“Perkin”, Archbishop William Melton, Auramala Project, Avignon, Barrie Williams, Berkeley Castle, Corfe Castle, de la Pole family, Earl of Mar, Edmund Earl of Kent, Edward II, Edward III, Edward the Martyr, executions, Ferdinand and Isabella, Fieschi Letter, Flanders, France, Germany, Gloucester Cathedral, Ian Mortimer, Ireland, Isabelle de France, Italy, James IV, Joanna, John XXII, Kathryn Warner, Koblenz, Leicester, Lombardy, Lord Richard de la Pole, Manuel Duke of Beja, Manuele Fieschi, Maximilian I, Melton Letter, Montpellier archives, mtDNA evidence, parallels, Pavia, Poles, popes, Portuguese archives, Richard III, Roger Mortimer, royal deaths, royal mysteries, Sant Alberto di Butrio, Titulus Regius, William le Galeys

This interesting tome has finally appeared in paperback. The opening Parts read like an abridged biography of the story familiar to us through Warner’s The Unconventional King, but to be read with an open mind as to whether Edward II survived his “official death” today in 1327 or not. The reader will re-learn the events…
“There was I, waiting at the church …….”

Oct 15, 2014

battles

Arthur “Tudor”, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of StokeStoke, Bermondsey Abbey, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Henry VII, Joanna, Joao II, Manuel, Portugal, Portuguese archives, Rennes Cathedral, Richard III, Vesta Victoria

“There was I, waiting at the church, Waiting at the church, waiting at the church; When I found he’d left me in the lurch. Lor, how it did upset me! All at once, he sent me round a note Here’s the very note, this is what he wrote: “Can’t get away to marry you today,…
The book Kendall could write today (3) – the “pre-contract” and

Aug 9, 2014

law, sources

“Princes”, Barrie Williams, denialists, John Ashdown-Hill, Portuguese archives, pre-contract

Or, more correctly, the “previous contract of marriage”. This is the other topic that has really moved on over the past sixty years. From a situation in which Lady Eleanor’s very existence was denied as late as twenty years ago, anyone who understands the subject and lays the evidence, including that of the cover-up, in…
The book Kendall could write today (1) – Elizabeth of York

Jul 24, 2014

sources

“Tudor” propaganda, Barrie Williams, denialists, Elizabeth of York, Hicks, Paul Murray Kendall, Portuguese archives, Richard III

By SuperBlue Paul Murray Kendall (1911-73) was a Professor of English, famous for writing three landmark historical biographies. Apart from “Warwick the Kingmaker” and “Louis XI”, his “Richard III” was published in 1955. Scientific and historical records are always developing and thus Kendall had the advantage of knowing things that Markham could not, just as…