signatures
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The Handwriting of the Tudors I previously blogged four posts analysing the handwriting of Richard and his contemporaries. For those who missed them before, here are some links link Signs of the Times – The Handwriting of Richard III Signs of the Times 2 This deals with Edward, Edmund of Rutland, Elizabeth Woodville and Clarence…
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THE RISE AND FALL OF WILLIAM LORD HASTINGS AND HIS CASTLE OF KIRBY MUXLOE
Ashby St Ledgers, Battle of Bosworth, Cecily Bonville, Croyland, Edward IV, Edward V, Eton, Hastings Execution, Henry of Buckingham, John Cowper, Katherine Hastings, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Lord Chamberlain, Lord High Constable, Low Countries, manticore, Paston Letters, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, signatures, Sir Richard Grey, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower, Towton, William Catesby, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesKirby Muxloe Castle at sunset. Unfinished – the builders laid their tools down on hearing about the execution of William, Lord Hastings. Photo with thanks to crazyaboutcastles.com Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Kirby Muxloe Castle, lies in Leicestershire countryside, in ruins, the unfinished project of William, Lord Hastings. Hastings was the epitome…
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Well, it has to be from Richard II, because I believe he was the first monarch to actually sign anything. But I’m not stating that as if it’s carved in stone! And the signatures I’m concerned with here are from Richard II to Henry VII, because their reigns cover the period in which I am…
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On a whim, I acquired a copy of The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England, edited by Marion Glasscoe. It concerns the papers that were the proceedings of the Exeter Symposium IV: Dartington 1987. And the first of these papers concerns The Mystics and the Early English Printers, and is by George R. Keiser. I confess…
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