St. Albans
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To find the incongruous ruins of this Bury St. Edmunds building, stand on Fornham Road, facing the supermarket car park with the car dealership and the bottom of Station Hill behind you then walk a few paces to the left. St. Saviour’s Hospital dates from about 1184 and was probably founded by Samson, the town’s…
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The True History of King Richard III (Part 2)
Anne of Exeter, Baynard’s Castle, Berkhamsted, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Northumberland, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Fotheringhay, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Duke of Somerset, Henry VI, John Duke of Somerset, John Duke of Suffolk, Lord Clifford, Lord Egremont, Ludlow, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Anjou, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Sandal Castle, satire, Sir Richard Croft, St. AlbansThe Battle of St. Albans, 1455. Having been two years in the womb, Richard was naturally a forward child, and in no time at all he was not only walking but wearing a little suit of armour. The Duke of York had this made for him by the village blacksmith, an advanced craftsman who doubled…
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If you try to research Sir Thomas Vaughan on the internet you may become quite confused. Some sites suggest he was of the Tretower branch of the Vaughans. Highly unlikely, you might think, given that that family were strong Ricardian Yorkists. Others link him with the Vaughan family of Hergest Court. There were of course…
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This new book looks at the characters, motivations, events and nomenclature of the Wars of the Roses, as we now know them. It confronts the great cliche that the series of battles began in 1455 and ended in 1485, demonstrating convincingly that it was still in progress decades later. Despite the fame of the Henry…
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Oh, dear, yet another actor well in his fifties, playing Richard, who was just in his thirties! I suppose they have to do this, so that Shakespeare’s daftness about Richard fighting in the 1st Battle of St Albans (when he was still only two) can appear more likely to the gullible! What do I think…
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The Lonely Death of Duke Humphrey
Azincourt, Cambridge, Charles VII, Duke of Orleans, Edmund, Eleanor Cobham, French wars, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Lord Protector of the Realm, Maine, Margery Jourdemayne, Parliament, Richard Duke of York, Roger Bolingbroke, St. Albans, Thomas Southwell, Treaty of Troyes, William Duke of Suffolk{Humphrey of Gloucester’s quarters marked by a plaque, now near Bury St. Edmunds’ Tesco and opposite the railway station.} Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was the youngest son of Henry IV (Bolingbroke) and so the youngest brother of Henry V, with whom he fought at Agincourt.After the death of Henry V, he became Protector (in England)…
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DUKE RICHARD THE 3RD DUKE OF YORK (3): heir to the throne
“Loveday”, Bastard of Fauconberg, Blore Heath, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward II, Edward of Lancaster, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry IV, Henry VI, Jack Cade, Lord Clifford, Margaret of Anjou, Northampton, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, St. Albans, Succession rights, Thomas Neville, War, Waurin, William Duke of SuffolkThe she-wolf of France, but worse than wolves of France Whose tongue more poisons than an adders tooth How ill beseeming it is in thy sex To triumph like an amazon trull” (Henry VI Part 3) St Albans and its significance The first battle of St Albans represents a landmark in the dispute between York…
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DUKE RICHARD THE 3RD DUKE OF YORK (2): ‘…the king’s true liegeman…?’
Captain of Calais, Cardinal John Kempe, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward of Lancaster, Henry VI, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, Jack Cade, John Beaufort, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Protector of the Realm, Margaret of Anjou, Normandy, regent, Richard Duke of York, Sir William Oldhall, St. Albans, Thomas Duke of Exeter, Thomas Young, William Duke of SuffolkHow now? Is Somerset at liberty? Then, York unloose thy long-imprisoned thoughts And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart. Shall I endure the sight of Somerset? (Shakespeare: Henry VI part 2) On his return from service in Normandy, duke Richard was the king’s true liegeman and an obedient servant of the Lancastrian establishment:…
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There is an article by Kelly Fitzgerald at http://sunnesandroses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-sunne-in-splendour-part-2.html, concerning the three suns that were seen in the sky before the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross in 1460. It was a natural phenomenon—a parhelion—but was clearly not recognised as such by those who saw it. They believed it was an omen. So, what about supernatural phenomena…
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