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Richard of Warwick

A Time for Truth, a Time for Lies…or for Pretended Obliviousness and Bullying Tactics

Jul 21, 2015

law, sources

Annette Carson, Bona of savoy, Commines, Constable of England, Countess of Shrewsbury, Croyland, denialists, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, evidence, fire, Frank Harris, Henry VI, homophobia, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Russell, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lion King, Lord Chancellor, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mancini, Matt Lewis, mediaeval canon law, Medieval, Middleham, Oscar Wilde, Palace of Westminster, Parliament, petition to Richard III, pre-contract, PreContract, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus Regius

My thanks to everyone at Murrey & Blue who helped with this article. It was very much a team effort, and you know who you are. An Elizabethan Professor Introduced Me to Richard A long time ago, at a university far away, I took a class on medieval history from a professor who thought Elizabeth…
The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 2015

Jul 19, 2015

Events

Barnet, Bath, Bloody Meadow, Bristol, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, France, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucester, Gupshill Manor, Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, photos, re-enactment, Richard of Warwick, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury Mediaeval Festival, Towton, Welsh Marches, Weymouth

I’ve been wanting to attend this festival for at least 20 years and finally everything came together this year and I was able to take my family with me for an orgy of medieval shopping, weaponry, costumes and merchandising followed by the re-enactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury on part of the original site…
Churchdown Hill and the Battle of Tewkesbury….

Jul 18, 2015

battles

Barnet, Berkeley Castle, Churchdown Hill, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, George Duke of Clarence, Gloucester, Iron Age, Jasper “Tudor”, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sodbury Hill, St. Bartholomew’s, Tewkesbury, Vale of the Severn, Wales, Weymouth

(Photograph from http://sulismanoeuvre.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-chosen-hill-church-scratchings.html) The Gloucestershire village in which I live, Churchdown, is down in the Vale of the Severn, at the foot of the Cotswolds. It is dominated by one of two outlier hills in the area, Churchdown (or Chosen) Hill and Robinswood Hill. Both are on the outskirts of the city of Gloucester.…
Edward IV – no pussycat!

Jul 2, 2015

law

Bognor Regis, Charles II, Countess of Warwick, Edward IV, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Tewkesbury

I find it – interesting, shall we say – that some people are so keen to hate Richard III that they tend to play down the fact that his brother, Edward IV, was at least as ruthless, if not more so. This does no service to Edward, who in some narratives seems to be a…
The powers of the Constable of England

Mar 23, 2015

law

Constable of England, denialists, Edward IV, Human Shredder, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lord Protector of the Realm, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, treason

We know that Edward IV made the Duke of Gloucester Constable of England for life in 1471, when he was restored but deprived of the services of John Tiptoft (Earl of Worcester) and Richard, Earl Rivers, both of whom had been executed during the Warwick-Lancastrian revolt. So he was definitely Constable in the aftermath of…
George of Clarence gets a makeover….

Jan 5, 2015

Uncategorized

art, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Isabel Neville, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, Richard of Warwick

Well, perhaps ‘makeover’ isn’t quite right, because he’s been flattered by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Musician. See above. There again, perhaps I do George an injustice by saying he’s been flattered, because we don’t know what he looked like, only that he had Edward IV and Richard III for brothers. So, I think it would…
C17 deja vu all over again

Oct 26, 2014

genealogy

Archibald of Argyll, C17, Charles I, Charles II, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward V, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, James of Monmouth, James VII/II, Maurice, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rupert

Consider the following coincidences: 1) The Mortimer-York army in 1458-60 was led by the Duke of York, two sons, a brother-in-law and a nephew. Charles I’s principal commanders were himself, two sons and two nephews. 2) Richard of York had four healthy sons, one named after himself who became King. Charles I had three healthy…