St. michael’s Mount

“Romantic and storied” St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall….

Jun 11, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, religion

castles, Cornwall, Country Life, Dissolution of the Monasteries, France, legends, Mont St. Michel, novels, St. Aubyn family, St. michael’s Mount, Syon Abbey

Once again the excellent Country Life magazine has come up with an interesting item, this time about St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall Unfortunately, considering this is a Country Life article, there aren’t many photographs, and none at all of the castle interior. But if you go here you’ll find some very exciting views of the approach…
Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck

Oct 12, 2021

anniversaries, art, buildings, sources

“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annabella Drummond, Austin Friars, Bernard Andre, Christopher Ashton, Cicely Plantagenet, clothes, Edward of Warwick, executions, Exeter, Fyfield Hall, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James IV, James Strangeways, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Margaret Kyme, Scotland, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir Matthew Craddock, St. michael’s Mount, Thomas More, torture, Tower of London, Tyburn, Warkworth’s Chronicle

Reblogged from A medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Michaels Mount. ‘A Strong Place and Mighty’ wrote Warkworth in his Chronicle. Perkin left Katherine and their son here prior to his march to Exeter. Note the causeway. Thanks to John Starkey @ Flikr for this atmospheric photo. It may seem prima facie that Katherine was a tragic…
PERKIN WARBECK AND THE ASSAULTS ON THE GATES OF EXETER

Sep 17, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, religion

“Perkin”, Ann Wroe, attainder, Beaulieu Abbey, Blackheath, Coldridge, Cornish rebellion, Devon, East gate of Exeter, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Exeter, Greenwich Palace, Lady Katherine Gordon, Launceston, Ludlow, maps, north gate of Exeter, Penzance, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, sanctuary, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sir John Evans, St. michael’s Mount, Tamar, Tournament Tapestry, Valenciennes, Westminster, Whitesand Bay

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com This is thought to be a portrait of Perkin Warbeck/Richard Duke of York from the Tournament Tapestry at Valenciennes Perkin Warbeck. Pencil sketch c1560. Note the eye blemish in both portraits. Following on from my earlier post and the high likelihood that John Evans ,who lies buried in Coldridge Church Devon, was…
12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly

St. michael’s Mount

“Romantic and storied” St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall….

Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck

PERKIN WARBECK AND THE ASSAULTS ON THE GATES OF EXETER

12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses