Sutton Cheney
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“….A 64-hectare solar farm near the Battle of Bosworth site has been rejected by local councillors after a long and public discussion on the matter. “….Councillor Jonathan Collet posted the news on his Twitter account, writing, ‘Absolutely delighted that my motion to protect the Bosworth Battlefield site and reject an application for a large Solar…
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A 19th-century description of Bosworth Field that is definitely pro-Richard….!
Ambion Hill, Atherstone, Battle of Bosworth, Blue Boar Inn, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Oxford, Henry VII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Leicester, Lord Ferrers, Richard III, Simons Street, Sir Bryan Sandford, Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir John Cheney, Sir John Savage, Sir Richard Clarendon, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Sir Simon Digby, Sir William Conyers, Sir William Stanley, Soar, St. Nicholas’ Cathedral, Sutton Cheney, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Thomas Featherstone, Thomas Lord Stanley, West Bridge, William BrandonThe following rather flowery but decidedly pro-Richard account of Bosworth is taken from an 1838 publication called ‘Legends of Leicester, in the olden time’, by Thomas Featherstone. London: Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane. C. Tilt, Fleet Street. J.G. Brown, Leicester. You will find it here I have copied the text as faithfully as I can,…
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Well, the walk itself is probably excellent…just don’t read the intro! Not only for the errors, but the general tone. Clearly influenced by all that “fake news” from the Tudors…
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Several years ago I was out at Bosworth to attend an author signing with one of my favourite Ricardian authors, Sharon Penman, who wrote the mighty epic The Sunne in Splendour. We were staying in the Royal Arms at Sutton Cheney, which has a public room filled with armour, memorabilia, paintings of the battle and…
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Not to be missed …
Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Blackfriars, Bosworth, Dissolution, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Greyfriars, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, horses, Joanna, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, John Speed, Leicester, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sutton Cheney, Tewkesbury, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, Vaughan, White Boar InnJohn Ashdown-Hill’s piece in “History Extra”, defusing a few persistent myths: http://www.historyextra.com/article/richard-iii/6-myths-about-richard-iii?utm_source=Twitter+referral&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=Bitly
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