R.S. Thomas
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Another one (denialists’ myth) bites the dust
Anne of Brittany, Barrie Williams, Bermondsey Abbey, Charles VIII, denialists, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, evidence, Henry VII, James Bishop of Imola, Joao II, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lewis Caerleon, Louis XI, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret of Austria, Portugal, Portuguese marriage plans, proctors, promise to marry, R.S. Thomas, Ralph Griffiths, Rennes Cathedral, Ricardian, royal marriages, testimony, The Pink Queen, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas Lord Stanley, Titulus Regius, Westminster AbbeyAnother subject that Cairo dwellers frequently pontificate about is Henry “Tudor”‘s marriage to Elizabeth of York. We do know that he promised, on Christmas Day in 1483 at Rennes Cathedral, to wed her and we know that he obtained a dispensation for the purpose. The denialists claim that this shows her and her mother’s knowledge…