Richard III
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It’s often interesting to see “lists” online. You know what I mean, the 10 Funniest, the 20 Worst etc. etc. Of course, the Worst only too often include poor old Richard III. Well, here’s a list of the seven greatest archaeological treasures found at construction sites (https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure-news/7-archeological-treasures-discovered-in-construction-sites.html) and guess who features? Spot on! The finding…
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Which of Isabel of Clarence’s ladies was the mysterious Yorkist spy….?
“Princes”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, Battle of Towton, Duke of Clarence, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Westminster, Elizabeth Lady St Amand, George, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, Margaret of Anjou, Philippe Commynes, Richard III, Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick, Sir John Wenlock, Sir Roger Tocotes, Wars of the Roses, Warwick the KingmakerWe’ve always known that George, Duke of Clarence (https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_21.htm), the disgruntled brother of Edward IV and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (https://richardiii.net/), went over the wall to join Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (https://richardiii.net/richard- iii-his-world/his-family/the-making-of-the-kingmaker/). George then married the earl’s elder daughter Isabel Neville (https://womenshistory.info/isabel-neville/), in the belief that his new father-in-law, the famous “Kingmaker”…
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2025 will be the tenth anniversary of the King Richard III Visitor Centre and over the Christmas Season they’ve produced an interesting post, with lots of photographs, videos and memories of what’s happened since Richard was found in 2012. Take a look. https://x.com/kriiicentre
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Medieval royal Christmases….with a few camels thrown in….!
A Christmas Carol, Bayeux Tapestry, Becket, Bishop Odo, Charles Dickens, Christ Church Canterbury, coronation 1066, Edward III, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Epiphany, Henry I, Henry II, Henry III, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Leland, Katherine of Aragon, King John, King Wenceslas carol, Lucy Worsley Christmas Odyssey, Matthew Paris – Benedictine, Medieval camels, medieval Christmas, Medieval Ireland, Richard II, Richard III, Royal Menagerie, Scrooge, Twelfth Night, William ICamels seem to have figured quite a lot in gifts to medieval monarchs, at Christmas and other times. But I’ll begin with commenting on the season itself. St Stephen’s Day is the second day of Christmas (Christmas Day itself being the first, and Epiphany, 6 January, the twelfth and last). Today, unless we’re among those…
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Before I write another word, may I wish you all the Compliments of the Season….and warn that my post today has little to do with the sacred and profound meaning of Christmas, but rather with the earthly aspects, both happy and sad. There were only two Christmases in Richard III’s all too brief reign, and…
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‘Twas Christmas Eve after Bosworth, the feast had been brill,but the Camembert* was vengeful, and Henry was ill.He’d gorged on a surfeit of Brie so scrumptious,and gobbling the Roquefort made him feel nauseous. As he curled up in bed, his innards were churning.Cheeses floated before him, constantly turning.His eyes he did close. “Please, Lord, let me…
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“….A MEMOIR OF THE COURT OF HENRY VII: An Edition of BL, MS. Cotton Julius B. XII, fols. 8v[1]66r, with Textual and General Introduction…. “….The memoir of the court of Henry VII for the years of 1486-90, contained in BL, MS Cotton Julius B. XII, fols. 8v-66r, represents an invaluable source for the study of…
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With Christmas now upon us, and the clocks ticking away until Santa clambers down our chimneys, here’s a link—https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14068977/Tales-royal-Christmases-Merry-Monarch-celebrations-cancelled-Queen-Christmas-tree.html—to an article about royal Christmases from the 15th century right to the present day. There is one particular medieval Christmas to which our attention is drawn. I quote from the Daily Mail article: “….It [the celebration]…
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In the process of trying to find out more about Isabel Neville’s ladies, I naturally came up against Ankarette Twynyho/Twynho. Now that story is so well known you’d think the basic facts of it are pretty well entrenched. Isabel died after childbirth, her distraught husband, George, Duke of Clarence, accused her lady, Ankarette, and had…
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It’s sometimes interesting to read modern appraisals of Richard III. In this case modern means 2004, revised in 2007. So it was written only a few years before the discovery of Richard’s remains. I will not quote from it or delve into its contents because it’s one of those that has to be read in…
The New Murrey and Blue blog 