Sir Lewis John

Edward IV’s (illegitimate) daughter Margaret.

Mar 29, 2024

battles, genealogy, law, religion

Anne Montagu, Battle of Northampton, Edward IV, George Lumley, Hicks, illegitimacy, Lumleys, Margaret Lucy, Marie, Ricardian articles, Sir Lewis John, Sir Thomas Lumley, Sir William Lucy, Stephen Lark, The Family of Thomas More, Towton

There is no doubt that Margaret Plantagenet (if we may call her that) existed. She married Thomas Lumley (1462-1502) the son and heir of George, Lord Lumley (1445-1507). Though her name is given as ‘Elizabeth’ in some sources, contemporary documentation reveals that she was in fact ‘Margaret’. What is less certain is who her mother…
A Tale of Three Mistresses – Mangled by More

Feb 5, 2017

genealogy, law, sources

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(from http://www.annettecarson.co.uk) Our primary source of gossip about Edward IV’s mistresses is attributable to the pen of Thomas More (1478–1535), knight and latterly saint. While writing about Richard III, More found space for a lengthy diversion into the career of ‘Mistress Shore’, perhaps Edward’s most notorious extra-marital concubine, about whose present and past conditions the…

Sir Lewis John

Edward IV’s (illegitimate) daughter Margaret.

A Tale of Three Mistresses – Mangled by More