Richard of Warwick

Might there be another reconstruction of another English king called Richard….?

Aug 31, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, art, Science, The play’s the thing

Anne of Bohemia, Edward the Black Prince, facial reconstruction, funeral effigy, portraits, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, scoliosis, Shakespeare, Sir George Scharf, Westminster Abbey

We all know the amazing reconstruction of the head of Richard III, and the confirmation it gave of how he really had looked. Forget Shakespeare’s Richard III, the real man had been young, good-looking and altogether normal, except for scoliosis that affected his spine. But when he was dressed, it wouldn’t have shown, especially in…
River Hunters at Warwick and Tewkesbury….

Aug 27, 2019

archaeology, battles, buildings

metal detecting, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, River Avon, River Hunters, River Swilgate, Tewkesbury, Warwick Castle

Last night I watched an episode of the new River Hunters series, in which two divers with metal detectors go searching rivers for evidence of historical events. This episode (see these excerpts ) was centred upon the River Avon in Warwickshire, specifically at Warwick Castle. The aim was to find evidence of the Wars of…
If Edward IV didn’t dispose of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter, who did….?

Aug 2, 2019

battles, heraldry

1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, attainder, Barnet, Coldharbour, deaths at sea, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, Fotheringhay, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Lord High Admiral, Louis XI, Margaret d’Anjou, mtDNA, Picquigny, Richard of Warwick, Scotland, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, Wenceslaus Holler

I must state from the outset that I could not find any contemporary likenesses of Henry Holand, so the above is of him as played by an actor unknown to me. The life of Henry Holand, 3rd Duke of Exeter has never been of particular interest to me, but I did think that he was…
Warwick, the “Kingmaker” in Dartmouth….

Jul 27, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Calais, Dartmouth, English Heritage, Exeter, George Duke of Clarence, gun towers, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John Hawley, Readeption, Richard of Warwick

The following quote is an interesting glimpse of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the “Kingmaker”, in the spring of 1470, when it was prudent for him to leave England for a while. It is taken from Devon, its Moorlands, Streams & Coasts by Lady Rosalind Northcote, published 1908 by Chatto & Windus.. See here…
Has one of the Kingmaker’s pirate ships been found in Newport….?

Jul 26, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, Science, television reviews, travel

BBC2, dendrochronology, Edgecote, Mary Rose, mediaeval vessels, Newport Ship, oak, piracy, Richard of Warwick, River Usk, Thomas Throckmorton, Timewatch, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

Last night I watched (on PBS America) a BBC2 Timewatch episode entitled The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship. It concerned the discovery, in June 2002, of a foundered/scuttled medieval vessel of some size, buried in the oozing mud of the Severn Sea – well, the oozing mud of the River Usk, at Newport, to be…
Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel

Jun 30, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, law, religion

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, Barnet, bigamy, Burton Dassett, Carmelite Priory, Christ’s College, coronations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, fiction, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, Janet Reedman, John Crowne, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Norwich, Poor Clare’s convent, Richard of Warwick, royal marriages, St. Erasmus Chapel, Talbot hound, Westminster Abbey, Whitefriars Monastery

Over the years there has been lots of fiction written about Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and of course Richard III. However, there is one one figure in their story who often gets a mention, but is rarely portrayed as a living person, with the events long after her death in 1468 taking the forefront instead. …
Sheriff Hutton gets new owners….

Jun 18, 2019

buildings

castles, Council of the North, Henry VII, property sales, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sheriff Hutton

Well, it was a private sale, and we don’t know the identity of the buyer, but we can safely say that our piggy banks didn’t quite stretch. Um…unless one of you knows differently, and is even now jingling the castle keys and feeling smug??? See this article and elsewhere.
THE EARLS IN THE TENNIS COURT: A VISIT TO BISHAM ABBEY

May 5, 2019

archaeology, battles, buildings, religion, Science

arthur pole, autosomal DNA, Bisham Abbey, Burghfield, burials, Earls of Salisbury, Edward II, Edward of Warwick, executions, George Duke of Clarence, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, Knights Templar, Leicester dig, Leicester Greyfriars, Margaret of Salisbury, Marjorie Bruce, mtDNA, Reformation, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert I, tennis court, Wakefield, Y-chromosome

Bisham Abbey was the burial place of the Earls of Salisbury, and also Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the ‘Kingmaker’ and his unfortunate grandson Edward of Warwick, executed on a trumped-up charge by Henry VII. The Abbey was destroyed in the Reformation, and on the grounds now stands the National Sports Centre, where many professional…
Richard III: Bound by Loyalty?

May 1, 2019

anniversaries, law

Anne Sutton, Anthony Woodville, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward Wydville, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Game of Thrones, George Duke of Clarence, Livia Visser-Fuchs, mottoes, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Sir Richard Grey

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The reign(s) of Edward IV….

Apr 28, 2019

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

bigamy, Cecily Duchess of York, codpieces, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, History Today, Mortimers, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Scotland, Towton, Wars of the Roses

If you want the bare bones of Edward’s reign(s), supposedly born today but on an impossible date, here they are, although there is no reference to his valid marriage in 1461. To me, Edward IV, for all the good he did as king, was rather a prat. Sorry, but there’s no other word for…