St. Peter ad Vincula
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Another problem for traditionalists is those famous bones in Westminster Abbey. First, they are by no means the only bones to have been found in the Tower. Not by a long chalk. To give but one example (1) in 1965 a complete skeleton of a youth aged 13-16 was found quite close to where the…
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Digging up our monarchs; no, not Richard III this time….!
Anne Boleyn, Anne of Bohemia, Banqueting House, burial, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, childbirth, death, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, executions, Exhumation, George IV, Greenwich Palace, Henry II, James VII/II, John, King’s Langley, Leicester, Newark Castle, Old St. Paul’s, Pontefract Castle, Richard II, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, Society of Antiquaries, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Peter ad Vincula, St. Thomas Becket, Tower of London, Victoria, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Worcester CathedralI’m told that even now, if you purchase a plot of ground in which to put your loved ones to rest, the chances are they’ll only lie in peace for eighty years, at which time they are removed and new occupants move in. Well, for centuries our dead haven’t always been left to enjoy their…
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According to this article Anne Boleyn’s heart was not buried with her, but somewhere else, as yet unknown/unconfirmed. I confess to being startled, because I hadn’t heard of this before, but it seems two places in England vie for being the heart’s resting place. They are the Church of St Mary in Ewarton, Suffolk, and…
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ROYAL PECULIARS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES
“Princes”, Anne Boleyn, Blitz, Catherine Howard, Chapel of St. John the Baptist, Chapel Royal, Diana Princess of Wales, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Duke of Bedford, Hampton Court, Hans Holbein, Henry VII Lady Chapel, hospitals, Jane, John of Gaunt, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary of York, Matilda of Blois, Peasants’ Revolt, Prince Louis of Cambridge, Queen’s Chapel, Royal Foundation of St. Katherine, Royal Peculiars, Savoy Palace, Simon Sudbury, St. george’s Chapel, St. James Palace, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter ad Vincula, Stephen, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Windsor CastleReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The glorious ceiling of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court. Photo James Brittain . Historic Royal Palaces. The main reason, and perhaps the only reason, why the bones in the urn in Westminster Abbey supposed to be those of the sons of Edward IV known as the “Princes” in the Tower, Edward of Westminster and…
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Richard wasn’t the only monarch whose remains have been handled….
Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Valois, Charles I, Edward I, Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VI, executions, Exhumation, Henry VII Lady Chapel, John, King’s Langley, Leicester cathedral, Richard II, Richard III, royal burials, St. Edward the Confessor, St. george’s Chapel, St. Peter ad Vincula, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Worcester CathedralThe discovery of Richard’s remains caused a furore, and rightly so, but he wasn’t the only past monarch to have his/her remains, um, pawed about by later generations. This link takes you to an interesting article about ten other kings and queens of England who’ve been gawped upon—sorry, gazed upon—in their last resting place. Not…
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Something I had not really realised is that Lammastide is peculiar to England and Ireland. In Europe (and for many in this country) August 1st is the Feast of St Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in Chains). Lammas was an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival. But did it pre-date Christianity? “…Despite its possible pre-Christian origins, the name…
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Just six miles north-west of Leicester was Bradgate House, the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, ostensibly the subject of the Streatham Portrait. The second episode of this year’s series, presented by Alice Roberts, focused upon the “North”, starting with Leicester University’s investigation into the probable site. Here they found that the most obvious building…
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This article about what was found in ten royal tombs is interesting because of the descriptions. Not that I would have liked to see Edward IV in his 3″ of goo….
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Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541 Loyalty Lineage and Leadership by Hazel Pierce.
Anne Boleyn, book review, Christchurch Priory, Earl of Southampton, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Hazel Pierce, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Human Shredder, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Sir Richard Pole, St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, Warblington CastleThose looking for an in-depth assessment of the life of Margaret Pole need look no further. Hazel Pierce has more than adequately supplied it in her biography of Margaret – Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541 Loyalty Lineage and Leadership. Covering Margaret’s life from early childhood – orphaned at five years old, Margaret’s earlier needs…
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