proclamations

Elizabeth Woodville’s Wiltshire Retreat

Feb 11, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion

attainders, Chantry chapels, daughters of Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, Hexham, Heytesbury, hospitals, Hungerfords, John Nesfield, proclamations, Richard III, sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, Wiltshire

Elizabeth Woodville left sanctuary with her daughters on March 1, 1484, after Richard III swore a public oath that she and her daughters would be unharmed and that he would find the girls suitable matches. But where did she go then? Her daughters were, at least part time, welcome at court, but ‘Dame Grey’ as…
Thou shalt not spread porkies….

Jan 14, 2023

anniversaries, battles, law

“Lambert Simnel”, “Lancastrian”, “Perkin”, “Tudor” propaganda, Burgundy, Earl of Northumberland, Edward of Warwick, executions, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Ireland, John of Gloucester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Percies, pillory, proclamations, rebellions, Richard III, rumours, York

“….[A] proclamation to tackle unrest, 1487… stated that any person found to be spreading rumours was to be put into the pillory….” (from this site ) Oh dear, Henry VII didn’t like doses of his own medicine! I speak of rumours and lies. What’s the word….? Um, calumny. That’s it. You know, the rumours…
Richard III is third, Edward V is second….

Jul 10, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, illegitimacy, James VII/II, Jane, John Morton, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary I, More, pre-contract, proclamations, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, short reigns, Tower of London, Wydevilles

This article is, I fear, another case of piercing Richard III in the back with that stealthy weapon, the hidden judgement. The attack isn’t open, but hidden behind the deceptive cloak of dark suggestion. Some might say, having read the article, that Richard’s short reign was poetic justice. More sensible folk, being acquainted with the…
Henry IV and That Hat….!

Apr 15, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, humour, religion

Archbishop Thomas Arundel, hats, Henry IV, John of Gaunt, proclamations, Richard II, Westminster Hall

Henry Bolingbroke (Duke of Lancaster, soon-to-be the usurper Henry IV) was in mourning for his father John of Gaunt when he returned to England from exile and stole the throne of his first cousin, Richard II. I won’t go into all the details because what I’m about to write is rather, um, facetious. Apparently on…
Richard III And The Tudor Genealogy — RICARDIAN LOONS

Jun 11, 2018

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, heraldry, law, Science, sources

“Tudor” genealogy, Bertram Fields, Catherine de Valois, Colin Richmond, Dan Jones, Edmund “Tudor”, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Eleanor Beauchamp, executions, France, G.L.Harriss, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Hereford Greyfriars, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jasper “Tudor”, John Ashdown-Hill, John Duke of Bedford, law change, Michael K Jones, Mortimer’s Croft, Owain Tudor, Parliament, proclamations, remarriage of royal stepmothers, Richard III, royal arms

It is generally acknowledged by historians that Henry Tudor, who defeated Richard III, the last Yorkist king, at Bosworth and went on to be crowned Henry VII, wasn’t the Lancastrian heir to the throne of England he claimed to be. His mother, Margaret Beaufort, was descended from John of Gaunt, the third surviving son of […]…
Where did the Tudors come from….?

Jun 10, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy, heraldry, sources

“Beauforts”, “Perkin”, “Tudor” rose, “Tudors”, Anglesey, bardic tradition, Bible translators, Cadwallader, Carmarthen, Catherine de Valois, Clifford Davies, coinage, Colchester, David Hume, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Richmond, Edmund “Tudor”, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Giles Chronicle, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hereford Greyfriars, Innocent VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Ashdown-Hill, John Speed, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Maredydds, Milford Haven, Mortimers, Owain Tudor, papal bull, Plantagenets, Polydore Vergil, portcullis, Portugal, proclamations, Red Dragon, Shakespeare, Spain, St. David’s, Stuarts, symbolism, Times Literary Supplement, Wales

For those of us who may wish to know where the name Tudor comes from, here’s a thorough explanation.
Henry VII’s iffy Beaufort claim….

May 3, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy, law

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Blanche of Lancaster, Castile, Catherine de Roet, Constanza of Castile, Edmund of Langley, excepta dignitate regali, Henry IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Joan “Beaufort”, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, proclamations, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Hugh Swynford

There is always a howl of outrage if fingers are pointed at Katherine de Roet/Swynford and John of Gaunt, and the legitimacy of their Beaufort children is called into question. The matter is guaranteed to end up with someone’s digit jabbing toward Richard III. Why? Because in his proclamation against Henry Tudor, Richard derided the…