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Henry Tudor certainly didn’t have it all his own way after Bosworth, although his incredible luck held – as it did throughout his life, except for losing his wife and eldest son. He didn’t replace the first, but had a spare for the second. Richard III had not had that luxury. But in 1486, during…
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BERMONDSEY ABBEY AND ELIZABETH WYDEVILLE
“Lambert Simnel”, Arthur “Tudor”, Bermondsey Abbey, Catherine de Valois, Cheneygates, David Baldwin, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Francois de Luxembourg, Henry V, Henry VII, James III, Lady Margaret Beaufort, London, marriage plans, Polydore Vergil, PreContract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, sanctuary, Sauchieburn, Sheen, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus RegiusUPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/07/01/bermondsey-abbey-and-elizabeth-wydevilles-retirement-there/ Elizabeth Wydeville, by an unknown artist, Royal Collection. If anyone today wandering around Bermondsey, South London, should find themselves in redeveloped Bermondsey Square they may be surprised to find that they are standing on the spot where once stood the quadrangle of the Abbey of Bermondsey, the…
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Squaring the Circle
“Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, Arthur Plantagenet, books, Catherine of Aragon, David Baldwin, Dr. John Clement, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Ferdinand of Aragon, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel of Castile, Jack Leslau, James “VIII/III”, James VII/II, Lady Catherine Gordon, Margaret of Salisbury, Matthew Lewis, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Richard of Eastwell, Richard of Shrewsbury, sanctuary, The Survival of the Princes in the Tower, Thomas More, Westminster AbbeyWriting The Survival of the Princes in the Tower was an enormously enjoyable project. The book, due out in Autumn 2017, considers the evidence that one, or both, of the sons of Edward IV survived well beyond 1483, when they are traditionally considered to have been murdered by their uncle Richard III. My problem with…
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Top: Looking through from Dean’s Close to Deanery. Second row: College Hall showing the screen. Third row: The Deanery, with the College Hall on the left. Fourth row: From Jerusalem Chamber south, showing the west wall of College Hall. Bottom: Jerusalem Chamber before addition of abbey shop. Before I begin, I must tell…
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Historians, historians. It seems we have a new generation writing about the Wars of the Roses and Richard, but still plying the same old, same old. Only with a new and disturbing twist. The current crop of books seem aimed at the ‘yoof’ market, targeted especially towards those whose knowledge of the Wars of the…
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Elsewhere, Arlene Okerlund had posted a very interesting blog post about Elizabeth Woodville. The post emphasises the suffering Elizabeth endured and her many losses. It would be inhuman to deny that suffering, although it must be pointed out that such trials were not unique to this particular woman. Almost anyone from an elite family (and…
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