Smithsonian Institution
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A £15.5 million construction project is in progress, to restore York’s Guildhall, which has stood on the banks of the River Ouse for centuries. Certainly it was known by Richard III, who visited the building during his reign. And who lived in Yorkshire for many years as the Duke of Gloucester, of course. Archaeologists…
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The new year of 2020 commenced with this article dropping into my inbox. It’s an interesting list, each entry backed by an explanation, but I’ve limited my comments to the monarchs of the 15th century. The thought of Henry VI requiring a sex coach is rather boggling, I have to say, but then he was…
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Echoes of Minster Lovell?
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 GloucesterIn 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…
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Richard’s reburial week clearly isn’t the end of the story: http://m.leicestermercury.co.uk/Richard-III-s-tomb-Smithsonian-Institution-s-25/story-27824765-detail/story.html
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