Richard de la Pole
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Our Yorkist shoulders always slump with dismay when we think of the Battle of East Stoke in 1487. With this defeat, and the death of the young Earl of Lincoln, who was regarded as the heir of Richard III, Henry Tudor was more firmly on his stolen throne. This site is devoted to the battle…
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Horrox on the de la Poles
Azincourt, de la Pole family, DNA, Earls of Suffolk, Edmund Earl of Suffolk, Edward the Black Prince, Harfleur, Hull, John Ashdown-Hill, John Duke of Suffolk, John Earl of Lincoln, John of Gaunt, Katherine Wingfield, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lord Richard de la Pole, Marguerite de la Pole, Michael de la Pole, Michael K Jones, moneylenders, Nicolas of the Tower, Norwich, Pavia, Richard de la Pole, Richard II, Rosemary Horrox, Sir William de la Pole, Sutton Hoo, William de la Pole, William Duke of Suffolk, Wuffings EducationTwo weeks after visiting Wingfield , I attended a “Wuffing Education” Study Day at Sutton Hoo, addressed by Rosemary Horrox on the de la Pole family. This juxtaposition of dates was entirely beneficial as their genealogy and history was fresh in my mind so it was easy to follow Horrox’s train of thought. She covered the…
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Many of you will remember this post from before Christmas, about the “Lincoln Roll”, supposedly compiled for the Earl of Lincoln but clearly updated at least twenty-six years after his death, to cover his brother’s execution: http://www.johnashdownhill.com/johns-blog/2015/12/21/the-henry-tudor-society-death-certificates In it, you will note that Dr. Ashdown-Hill corrects a troll, who claimed that it showed Edward IV’s…
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William de la Pole – the most hated man in England
“Nicholas of the Tower”, Azincourt, Charles VII, de la Pole family, Edmund “Tudor”, Edmund de la Pole, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward III, Grafton’s Chronicle, Harfleur, Henry IV, Henry VI, Hull, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jargeau, John de la Pole, John Duke of Bedford, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lords Appellant, Margaret of Anjou, Merciless Parliament, Michael de la Pole, Richard de la Pole, Richard II, Sir William de la Pole, Tower of London, treason, William Duke of Suffolk, WingfieldAs the sun rose on the morning of 2nd May 1450, it revealed a grisly sight on Dover beach. A headless body lay on the sand, dried blood staining the butchered neck. Beside the body, atop a stake, the vacant eyes of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk stared out over the sea…
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On this day in 1567, Pierre de Brenieu was among those killed at the battle of St. Denis, where Catholic forces under (the very definitely male) Anne de Montmorency overcame the Hugenot rebels under Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conde’, although Montmorency was mortally wounded. de Brenieu’s brother, Claude, was a casualty at Ivry on…
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I have recently perused the critical pages (180-191) of Michael Hicks’ latest work: “The Family of Richard III”, relating to the evidence of the remains found in the former Greyfriars. He states that the mitochondrial DNA evidence only shows that the remains are of an individual related to Richard III. He doesn’t admit that the…
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For fans of historical music one of the highlights of the reinterment festivities in Leicester earlier this year was “Concert for a King”, an evening with music from the time of Richard III performed by the a capella group Aitone and guest instrumentalist Susan Burns, with contemporary texts read by Dr. Tony Bentley. It took…
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… who Petrus Alamire was spying for but he survived possibly outwitting Henry VIII: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29693410 Here is a little more about him: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29693410
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How “hard of understanding” are the denialists? We ask this because David Durose is displaying even more symptoms of the Cairo Syndrome. He repeats many of his claims in the teeth of the evidence and makes more, unsupported, claims. The “Lincoln Roll” cannot have pertained to the younger John de la Pole, Earl thereof, if…
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You have probably heard of the “Lincoln Roll”. It resides at the John Rylands Institute of the University of Manchester. It shows the strength of the de la Pole claim to the throne (John of Lincoln being of that family) and the weakness of the “Tudor” claim, having been featured in Dr. Thomas Penn’s BBC2…
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