Richard Duke of York
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Today in 1461, at Hereford marketplace, Owain Tudor was executed and buried in the local Greyfriars. It appears that, although he had commanded Lancastrian troops at Mortimer’s Cross and been captured, he was not expecting this fate. He may well have foreseen himself being ransomed instead until he saw the block. Perhaps he was executed…
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When I saw this headline about Royal Dukedoms, I’m afraid I’m so steeped in all things Richard that I leapt to the conclusion that it would be about one of the boys in the Tower. Then up popped the present Duke of York! I thought, that’s traditionalist propaganda gone mad – are they going to…
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‘The Hollow Crown’: A Poisoned Chalice or the Ultimate Prize?
Azincourt, Battle of Bosworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Burgundy, disability, Earl of Oxford, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, First Battle of St. Albans, France, George Duke of Clarence, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VII, Hollow Crown, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jack Cade, Lord Clifford, Macbeth, Margaret of Anjou, Morton’s Fork, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard III, Shakespeare, Stanleys, Wakefield, War of the RosesOriginally posted on Giaconda's Blog: ? Benedict Cumberbatch as Shakespeare’s Richard III ? I am currently watching the second instalment of Shakespeare’s history plays, concerning ‘The Wars of the Roses’ as interpreted by the BBC’s condensed and somewhat, contorted adaptation. The first part of ‘The Hollow Crown’ covered Shakespeare’s history plays: Richard II, Henry…
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TREASON 3 – The Long Parliament 1649
Algernon Sidney, anarchy, Bishops, Carisbroke castle, Catholicism, Charles I, Charles II, Church of England, Commonwealth, constitutional monarchy, Cornet George Joyce, dethronement, Edward II, Elizabeth I, executions, Henry VI, Holmby House, House of Commons, House of Lords, Interregnum, James VI/I, James VII/II, John, John Bradshaw, John Cooke, Juxton, Laud, lex talionis, Lockyer, London, Long Parliament, Lords Appellant, Magna Carta, Mary II, Mass, Merciless Parliament, Naseby, Netherlands, New Model Army, Newcastle, Oliver Cromwell, Oxford, Parliament of Devils, Preston, Pride’s Purge, Puritans, Restoration, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Robertson, Royal Assent, Rupert, Samuel Gardiner, Scotland, Short Parliament, siege of Colchester, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir George Lisle, Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Sir thomas Fairfax, Southwell, Spain, Strafford, treason, Treaty of Newport, Triennial Act, tyranny, Veronica Wedgwood, Whitehall, William III, WindsorIntroduction “ The scaffold was hung round with black, and the floor covered with black, and the axe and block (were) laid in the middle of the scaffold. There were divers companies of Foot and Horse on every side of the scaffold, and the multitude of people that came to be spectators were very great.”[1]…
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Surely I can’t be the only one to look at this famous likeness of Richard’s father, the Duke of York, and see two goofy front teeth….? <g> Yes, yes, I know it’s his lower lip, but I’m afraid that since the thought struck me, those two ‘front teeth’ are all I see. Can you imagine…
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One Year On, New Book News … and we shall soon open an electrical supply store with all these plugs.
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Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Lady on Horseback, mid-15th c., British Museum For me, being a “Ricardian traveler” doesn’t necessarily mean that you only visit places where Richard III — as a child, the Duke of Gloucester or the King — lived. It means exploring towns, castles, battlefields, and churches which have some association to…
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TREASON 2 – The Parliament Of Devils, 1459
“Loveday”, Alison Hanham, Anthony Goodman, attainder, Bellamy, Bertram Wolffe, Blore Heath, Calais, Cecily Duchess of York, Chris Givern-Wilson, Colehill, Coventry, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, First Battle of St. Albans, forfeiture, Garter King of arms, Henry VI, Jack Cade, John Duke of Somerset, Kenilworth, Kent, Lancastrians, Ledbury, Lord Audley, Lord Powis, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Market Drayton, Merciless Parliament, Middleham, Parliament of Devils, Paul Murray Kendall, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Severn, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir henry Radford, St. Paul’s, Thomas Lord Stanley, treason, Treason Acts, Walsall, Walter Devereux, Wars of the Roses, William Duke of Suffolk, Worcester, YorkistsIntroduction This is the second of two articles I have written about treason. In the first article, I wrote about the Merciless Parliament of 1388 at which eighteen of king Richard II’s closest advisors and friends were tried by parliament and condemned as traitors, against the king’s wishes. In this article I am writing about…
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(by Matthew Lewis, originally published in History Today): http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/father-son-richard-plantagenet-and-richard-iii?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
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