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The many wonders of medieval Caversham

May 14, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, religion

Catherine of Aragon, Caversham, Caversham Park, Countess of Warwick, Dean’s Farm, Despensers, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Our Lady of Caversham, Oxfordshire, pilgrims, Reading, relics, St. Anne, St. James, Thames, Walsingham, William Marshall

Caversham is just across the Thames from Reading. The present bridge carrying the main road between the two places is modern, but it is more or less on the site of a medieval stone and timber bridge, dating from between 1163 and 1231. Sources vary as to whether it had one, two or three chapels,…
The Royal Progress of Richard III

Aug 29, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources, travel

“Arrivall of Edward IV”, “Princes”, Annales, Anne Neville, Anne Sutton, Black Death, Brecon, Bristol, Buckingham rebellion, Cambridge, Canterbury Cathedral, Catherine de Medici, Charles IX, Chief Justice, Compton Reeves, Cora Schofield, Coventry, Crowland Chronicle, Earl of Kildare, Edmund of Rutland, Edward II, Edward III, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward the Black Prince, Eucharist, execution, Fotheringhay, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gainsborough, George Duke of Clarence, George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Grantham, Great Chronicle, Great Seal, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, investiture, Isabel Neville, Jamestown, John Fortescue, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Kendall, John Morton, John of Gloucester, John Russell, Katherine Hastings, Latin, Leicester, Lincoln, Lionel Woodville, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Louis XI, Ludlow, Margaret d’Anjou, Micklegate Bar, Middleham Castle, Minster Lovell, mystery plays, Nottingham, Oxford, Pamela Tudor-Craig, Peter Hammond, Pilgrims’ Way, Pontefract, Reading, reburials, Rhoda Edwards, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, River Ouse, River Severn, River Witham, Rosemary Horrox, Royal Progress, Sandwich, Sir Baldwin Fulford, Sir John Woodville, St. George, Tadcaster, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Thomas of woodstock, Thomas Rotherham, Thornbury, Titulus Regius, Wakefield, Wales, Warwick, William I, William Lord Hastings, William Waynflete, Windsor Castle, Woodstock, Worcester, York

Following his coronation, Richard III – like all medieval monarchs – went on his “royal progress” through the realm. Along with an entourage in excess of 200 household men, ecclesiastics, supporters, and administrative officials, he visited towns and cities as far west as the River Severn, as far north as the River Ouse, and as…
The wrong Philippa for Reading….!

Feb 4, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy, Science

Antarctic, biscuits, Caversham Park, chocolate, confusion, darts, Henry III, Philippa Langley, Phillipa Greg, potatoes, Reading, Reading Abbey, Robert Falcon Scott, Summer is Icumen In, William Marshall

Reading in Berkshire is apparently famous for, among other things, five varieties of potato. Nine other items for which Reading is renowned are listed here, and I presume that eight of them are correct. But the last one definitely is NOT! I quote: “Philippa Gregory, the woman who found the body of Richard III under a car…
I’m Henry I, I am?

Apr 12, 2017

archaeology, buildings, genealogy, Science

archeology, car parks, Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Kingfinder General, Philippa Langley, Reading, Reading Abbey

There is some news from Reading, where Henry I is being sought under a car park. The GPR results are in and the Abbey seems to have been located … You can hear more from the Kingfinder-General here as well, after eleven minutes, or here after forty-four.
More mtDNA investigations

Oct 17, 2015

archaeology, genealogy, Science

“Beauforts”, Alfred, Auramala Project, denialists, Edward II, Faversham, Gloucester Cathedral, Henry I, Hicks, John Ashdown-Hill, Kathryn Warner, Kingfinder General, Leicester, mtDNA evidence, Pavia, Philippa Langley, Reading, Richard III, Stephen, Winchester, Y-chromosome

This time, the subject is Edward II and the investigator is Kathryn Warner, his most recent biographer: http://edwardthesecond.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/elizabeth-de-clare-isabella-de-verdon.html Like Richard III, Edward II was reportedly buried in a prominent position – the high altar of Gloucester Cathedral. Although Kathryn Warner doesn’t believe that he died in Berkeley Castle in September 1327, she is seeking his…
More missing monarchs

Apr 2, 2015

archaeology, buildings, Science

“Princes”, Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Edward V, Faversham, Henry I, Hicks, Philippa Langley, Reading, Stephen, Westminster Abbey, Winchester

On Saturday, we reported that the “Kingfinder General” (Philippa Langley) is now on the trail of Henry I, originally buried in Reading Abbey, and hoping to test the remains in Westminster Abbey that purport to be Edward V and his brother but are reckoned not to be by modern scientists. Feversham Abbey in Kent, which…

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The many wonders of medieval Caversham

The Royal Progress of Richard III

The wrong Philippa for Reading….!

I’m Henry I, I am?

More mtDNA investigations

More missing monarchs