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Roger Machada

A treacherous herald….

Sep 21, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry, law, sources

Edward IV, Edward V, Henry VII, heralds, Leicester Herald, More, Richard III, Roger Machada, Shakespeare, Windsor Castle

Here is a link to an interesting paper about a certain Roger Machado, who is known to have been Henry VII’s herald. It seems that before then he’d been Leicester Herald to Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III, but deserted Richard late in 1483 to go over to the Dark Side. Er, sorry, to…
The Survival of the Princes in the Tower

Nov 23, 2017

anniversaries, Book Reviews

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Charles VIII, extract, Flanders, Henry VII, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Matthew Lewis, Maximilian of Austria, Roger Machada, The Survival of the Princes in the Tower, Tower of London

The Survival of the Princes in the Tower has finally been released. There was a delay in some copies reaching readers in September, so by way of apology I blogged a little extract which can be found below. I also wrote a piece for On the Tudor Trail which was quite well received and can…