property sales

The house where a 14th-century hoard was found in the 18th century….

Apr 29, 2022

archaeology, battles, buildings

coins, Edward III, Fenwick Tower, Hundred Years War, Hunterian Museum, Northumberland, property sales, Richard II, treasure

Well, another hoard. OK, it was a while ago, but it’s still a hoard. I’m so jealous. I want to find something important from the past, especially the medieval past. However, I have to be satisfied with my bits of clap pipe and Victorian pottery, This article tells of gold coins of Edward III…
Warwick’s Warblington–and it can be yours!

Apr 14, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Civil War, Cotton family, Edward of Warwick, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Hampshire, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel Neville, Margaret of Salisbury, property sales, Richard of Warwick, Warblington Castle

Another handsome property with a Wars of the Roses connection has come on the market–Warblington Castle in Hampshire. Being a private home, it is little known outside the local area but it has strong connections with Richard Neville-Warwick the Kingmaker and his family. Although it had been a manor from at least Norman times, Warblington…
A property sale in Suffolk

Nov 11, 2021

buildings

“Beauforts”, Charles Somerset Earl of Worcester, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lamarsh Hall, Lord Chamberlain, property sales, Sudbury, Suffolk

Here is an East Anglian Daily Times article about Lamarsh Hall near Sudbury, which is for sale. It is Grade II listed and thought to date from c.1485, apparently built for the Beaufort family. Obviously, by 1471, the only legitimate “Beauforts” remaining were the two Margarets, first cousins who had vacated that surname by marriage…
WADDINGTON HALL – REFUGE FOR HENRY VI

May 15, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings

escapes, Henry VI, Hexham, property sales, Tower of London, Waddington Hall

UPDATED POST @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/20/waddington-hall-refuge-for-henry-vi/ THE GATEWAY HAS A CARVING OF A HAND CARRYING A LANCE AND BATTLE AXE WITH THE INSCRIPTION “I WILL RAISE UP HIS RUINS, I WILL BUILD IT AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD” Waddington Hall, another one time refuge for Henry VI after the battle of Hexham,…
A king in a car park…now a king in your front garden….?

Mar 31, 2020

archaeology, buildings, genealogy

Belfast, Conn O’Neill, Connswater, Ireland, Kings of Castlereigh, property sales, shopping centres

The burial places of kings continue to be located in the British Isles, and this latest one is in East Belfast. “….four centuries after the death of a Gaelic lord, the site in east Belfast where historic records say he is buried is up for sale to developers. “….Look around the place names in east…
Castles for Sale

Sep 20, 2019

buildings, genealogy

Anne Mortimer, Edward III, Edward IV, English Heritage, executions, Henry II, Isabella de Valois, Joan de Geneville, Ludlow Castle, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, property sales, Richard Duke of York, Roger Mortimer, Sheriff Hutton, Wigmore Castle, William II

After a long period of being up for sale, it seems Sheriff Hutton Castle has at last found a buyer. With any luck, maybe there will be better access to the ruins than in the past. SHERIFF HUTTON SALE In the same week the announcement {link to 4th June) came that Sheriff Hutton was sold,…
A gem of a property, dating from the late 15th century, hidden away in Dorset….

Sep 13, 2019

buildings

“Perkin”, Athelhampton House, Dorset, Elizabeth of York, Henry VII, John Earl of Lincoln, listed buildings, property sales

Well, Athelhampton House may by officially Tudor, but I think ‘late 15th century’ might be House of York as well. Not because of Richard, alas, but Henry VII did marry Elizabeth of York, so the Plantagenets were still there, annoying Henry. I’m thinking of John, Earl of Lincoln, of course, and Perkin Warbeck. Oh, if…
Sheriff Hutton gets new owners….

Jun 18, 2019

buildings

castles, Council of the North, Henry VII, property sales, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sheriff Hutton

Well, it was a private sale, and we don’t know the identity of the buyer, but we can safely say that our piggy banks didn’t quite stretch. Um…unless one of you knows differently, and is even now jingling the castle keys and feeling smug??? See this article and elsewhere.