Sir Richard Herbert
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Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet
Anne Devereux, Azincourt, Dafydd Gam, Earl of Northumberland, Earls of Pembroke, Edgecote Moor, executions, France, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Lydgate, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, ODNB, Raglan Castle, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Sir Richard Herbert, St. James Garlickhythe, T.B. Pugh, Tintern Abbey, Troy Book, Wars of the Roses, widows, William Herbert Earl of PembrokeReblogged from sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri Anne Devereux, John Lydgate’s Troy Book and Siege of Thebes @British Library Well that old wheel of fortune could certainly whizz around and no more so than in the lives of the noble women from the turbulent times we now know as the Wars of the Roses. An example…
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According to this site, (http://www.northamptonshiresurprise.com/news/2018/the-battle-decided-by-a-banbury-bar-maid/) Edward IV lost the Battle of Edgcote in 1469 because of a Banbury barmaid. And no, amazingly, Edward was not involved in the lustful squabble. The culprits were the Earls of Pembroke and Devon. . .and a barmaid from Banbury. It seems that prior to the battle:- “Edward decided to…
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SIR MATTHEW CRADDOCK 1468 – 1531
“Perkin”, Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Berkshire, Bridgend, Caerphilly Castle, Calendar of Patent Rolls, Candelston Castle, Candleston Castle, castles, Coity Castle, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Elizabeth of York, Fitzalan, George Duke of Clarence, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Herberts, Inventory of Ancient Monuments of Glamorgan, Jane Mansell, Jane Stradling, Jasper “Tudor”, Katherine Plantagenet, Kenfig Castle, Lady Catherine Gordon, Llynfi Valley, Lordship of Glamorgan, Mansels, Mary I, Matthew Craddock, Newcastle Castle, Newtons, Norman conquest, Ogmore Castle, Ogmore Triangle, Oxwich Castle, Perkins family, Reynoldston, Rhys ap Thomas, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Sir Richard Herbert, Sir Roger Berkerolles, Somerset, St. Donat’s Castle, Stradlings, Strattigan, Swansea, Switzerland, Talbots, Turbevilles, Wales, William de Londres, William Herbert Earl of HuntingdonMatthew Craddock was the son of Richard ap Gwilliam ap Evan ap Craddock Vreichfras and Jennet Horton of Candleston Castle in Glamorgan. His great grandfather, William Horton of Tregwynt in Pembrokeshire, married Joan de Canteloupe the heiress of Candleston. Jennet Horton was their granddaughter. I first came across Matthew Craddock while looking at anything that…
