Ravenspur

CROWN IN EXILE: A NOVEL OF RICHARD AND EDWARD IN BURGUNDY

Jun 27, 2023

anniversaries, art, battles, travel

“Beauforts”, Anthony Wydville, Barnet, Belgium, Bruges, Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Crown in Exile, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, George Duke of Clarence, Gruuthuse, Henry IV, Jehan de Wavrin, John Ashdown-Hill, King’s Lynn, Lord Hendrik van Borselen, Louis de Groothouse, Louis XI, Margaret of Burgundy, museums, Netherlands, novels, Princes of Wales, publishing, Ravenspur, Readeption, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, William Caxton, William Lord Hastings, York

A part of Richard III’s life often overlooked in fiction is the brief time he spent in exile with his brother, Edward IV, from October 1470 to March 1471. Usually, this event is a mere footnote in most novels, no doubt because it might be seen as ‘slowing down the action’ and also…
Yorkshire’s Atlantis? Or the county’s very own Port Royal….?

May 9, 2023

law, sources, travel

Edward IV, Grimsby, Henry IV, Kingston-upon-Hull, landings, lost towns, past maps, Ravenspur, Spurn Head

Many sites are connected with Atlantis. So much so that the name is attached to “lost” towns and villages that are being searched for today. Among these is Ravenspur, which was in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It’s famous to medievalists for being where Henry IV (as Duke of Lancaster) landed in 1399 and Edward…
Have two lost islands been traced off the Welsh coast….?

Jan 31, 2023

buildings, sources

Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle, Brutus, Cantre’r Gwaelod, Cardigan Bay, Conwy Bay, Cornwall, Dunwich, Edward IV, Gough Map, Henry IV, Hy-Brasil, Ireland, Iseult, islands, lost lands, Lyonesse, past maps, Ravenspur, Richard II, Scilly Isles, Seithenyn, South Devon, Suffolk, tristan, Trojans, Tyno Helig, Wales

The thought of lost/sunken lands has always fascinated me, beginning with the legendary land of Lyonesse, once believed to be off the coast of Cornwall, between Land’s End and the present Isles of Scilly. It features prominently in the story of Tristan and Iseult. And, like many such sunken lands, the bells of its…
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c 1350-1400)

Nov 7, 2022

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, religion

Anne Neville, Barons Montagu, Christine de Pizan, Cirencester, Conwy, Counter-Appellants, Edward I, Epiphany Rising, Henry IV, Henry V, Ireland, Isabel Neville, Joan “Beaufort”, Joan of Acre, John Earl of Salisbury, Lollards, Lord Mayors of London, Lord Morley, Mary de Bohun, Maud Francis, Monthermer Barony, Nevilles, Orleans, Parliament, poetry, Prussia, Ravenspur, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, summary executions, Thomas Earl of Salisbury, Thomas of woodstock, Wakefield, William Earl of Salisbury

John Montagu (or Montacute) was the son of Sir John Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d 1390) and Margaret de Monthermer. It follows that he descended from Joan of Acre, and through her, from King Edward I. He was also the nephew (and, as it proved, the heir) of William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. There…
Did the boys from the Tower escape from one of Yorkshire’s lost coastal towns or villages…?

Aug 13, 2017

anniversaries, Science, travel

“Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor, Battle of Bosworth, Harwich, John Earl of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, lost towns, Lowestoft, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Ravenspur, Sheriff Hutton, Spurn Head, Tower of London, Yorkshire

I have often wondered about Richard’s plans for the Yorkist “heirs” he sent for safety to Sheriff Hutton. We know Elizabeth of York was there, because Henry Tudor sent a very swift party to secure her person. She was then escorted regally to London, to be greeted at Lambeth by her husband-to-be. After he’d established…

Ravenspur

CROWN IN EXILE: A NOVEL OF RICHARD AND EDWARD IN BURGUNDY

Yorkshire’s Atlantis? Or the county’s very own Port Royal….?

Have two lost islands been traced off the Welsh coast….?

John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c 1350-1400)

Did the boys from the Tower escape from one of Yorkshire’s lost coastal towns or villages…?