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A Strange New Theory on the Death of Edward IV

Dec 11, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, Book Reviews, Science

blindness, deafness, death, Edward IV, euphemisms, Marylynn Salmon, paralysis. aneurysms, skeletons, syphilis, viral illness

Edward IV was not quite 41 when he died, quickly and unexpectedly. Many theories have been put about over the years from flu to diabetes, to deliberate poisoning. A new theory by Marylynn Salmon, author of the controversial and almost impossible to obtain ‘SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF YORK has now emerged, and as you…
I hope this book is more accurate than the blurb

Jul 24, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, Book Reviews, buildings, Science, The play’s the thing

“Tudors”, Bamburgh Castle, children, Edgecote, First Battle of St. Albans, Fotheringhay, Henry VII, Leicester Greyfriars, Micklegate Bar, mtDNA evidence, Pen and Sword, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, satire, Shakespeare, skeletons, teeth, Tewkesbury, The Children of Richard III, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, York

Perhaps this is just a matter of ambiguity rather than inaccuracy and that the book itself is clearer, however the jacket information really isn’t promising. Bamburg (sic), being by the east coast, had nothing to do with Tudors, real or imagined, until after Henry VII‘s accession, so it definitely wasn’t a “stronghold” of theirs during…
The RICL: Anthropology and forensic science

May 7, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, Science, television reviews

blood, bone fusion, Caroline Wilkinson, DNA analysis, Donald Findlay, Dundee University, Ethelred II, facial reconstruction, fingerprints, forensic evidence, identification, lectures, Leicester Greyfriars, Oxford, pelvis, Professor Dame Sue Black, Richard III, Robert II, Royal Institution, skeletons, skull, St. Brice’s Day Massacre, St. Nicholas, teeth, trauma, Turi King, Vikings

I have made a habit of watching the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for over forty years. A single scientist, with guest contributors, covers a subject over three (to five) days and demonstrates some of the detail to a live audience of inquisitive children, who take part in the experiments. Last year’s lecturer was Professor Dame…
Bone Detectives start with Thanet’s Bronze Age secrets….

Apr 26, 2020

archaeology, television reviews

Bone Detectives, Bronze Age, Channel Four, human sacrifice, Isle of Thanet, Kent, pottery, Raksha Dave, skeletons, Wantsum Channel

I have just watched the first episode of Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets, featuring Dr Tori Herridge and the delightful Raksha Dave, whom I remember from Time Team, but who is now much in TV evidence. In this new series we’re promised episodes from different periods and different places all over Britain, but this first…
Doggeing “Tudor” footsteps?

Jul 15, 2019

battles, buildings, Events

“Lambert Simnel”, “Lovell our Dogge”, Battle of Bosworth, books, Colchester, doggerel, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, Henry VII, James III, John Earl of Lincoln, Michele Schindler, Minster Lovell, Richard III, safe conduct, Sauchieburn, Scotland, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, skeletons, Stoke Field, William Catesby, William Colyngbourne

Michele Schindler’s seminal biography of Francis Viscount Lovell, one of the trio named in Colyngbourne‘s doggerel, is published today. Hopefully, it will go towards solving the great mystery of his fate. Could he really have suffocated in a Minster Lovell chamber, after the estate was given to Jasper “Tudor”? Could he have ended his days…
Echoes of Minster Lovell?

Nov 1, 2016

archaeology, buildings, Science

Act of Settlement, Anne Bronte, Count Konigsmarck, Francis Viscount Lovell, George I, James Francis Edward, James IV, Jasper “Tudor”, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Leine Castle, Mary II, Minster Lovell Hall, mystery, New York Times, safe conduct, Sauchieburn, Scotland, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Sophie Electress of Hanover, Stoke Field, William III, William of Gloucester

In 1708, a skeleton is supposed to have been found in a secret chamber of the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall. The legend is that this pertains to Francis, Viscount Lovell, who was known to have fought at Stoke Field in 1487, suggesting that he may have fled back to his home to hide and…

skeletons

A Strange New Theory on the Death of Edward IV

I hope this book is more accurate than the blurb

The RICL: Anthropology and forensic science

Bone Detectives start with Thanet’s Bronze Age secrets….

Doggeing “Tudor” footsteps?

Echoes of Minster Lovell?