Thomas Bourchier

1484 – TITULUS REGIUS: FACT OR FICTION?

Jan 23, 2018

anniversaries, law, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, A R Myers, AE Houseman, Arthur Conan Doyle, attainder, Barnard Castle, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Buckingham rebellion, Calais, Charles Ross, Charles Wood, Chrimes, Chris Skidmore, Clements Markham, Commines, Coronation, Crowland Chronicle, David Horspool, depositions, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Fabyan, George Duke of Clarence, Grafton, Henry Kelly, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Riley, Henry VII, historians, Historiography, Horace Walpole, Humphrey of Gloucester, illegitimacy, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Joan of Navarre, John Daunger, John Home, John Morton, John Russell, John Stacy, King’s Council, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lander, Lord Protector of the Realm, Louis XI, Mancini, Margery Jourdemayne, mediaeval canon law, minority kings, Mortimer Levine, National Archives, Northampton, Parliament, Parliamentary Roll, Paul Murray Kendall, petition to Richard III, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Roger Bolingbroke, Rosemary Horrox, Scottish border, Simon Stallworth, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir Richard Grey, Sir William Stonor, Stony Stratford, Thomas Blake, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Burdet, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Rotherham, Thomas Southwell, Thomas Wake, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, Treaty of Troyes, Walpurg, witchcraft, Wydevilles, York

Introduction ‘ ‘This is indeed a mystery’ I remarked.’ What do you think it means?’‘I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suite theories, instead of theories to suite facts.’ In Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story A Scandal…
A well-connected Archdeacon?

May 8, 2017

anniversaries, buildings, religion, travel

Archdeacons, Barrington Hall, Barringtons, Blythburgh, Cecily Duchess of York, Gatehouses, genealogy, Hatfield Broadoak, Ipswich, Sir Thomas Barrington, Staffords, Suffolk, Thomas Bourchier, William Pykenham, wills, Winifred Pole

As we said last year, late mediaeval prelates were often well-connected. Indeed, as this ODNB article shows, William Pykenham, Archdeacon of Suffolk, died some time in spring 1497, approximately sixty years after his father. His mother was Katherine Barrington, of the prominent Hatfield Broadoak family, which explains some of his appointments through her Bourchier and Stafford…
Thomas Langton: Richard III’s Character Witness

Nov 16, 2016

religion, Uncategorized

Archbishop of Canterbury, Bologna, Cambridge, Charles Ross, Charles VII, credibility, Croyland, Dockray, Dunbar, Henry VI, Italy, John Morton, John Rous, Lionel Woodville, Louis XI, Macenas, Oxford, Padua, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Salisbury, Scotland, Selling, St. David’s, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Langton, Thomas Rotherham, Wales, Westmorland, Winchester, wine, witnesses

Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Amongst the glories of Winchester Cathedral, there is a chantry chapel of outstanding beauty and magnificence. The man who is buried there, and for whom the roof bosses provide a rebus clue, is Thomas Langton, who died of plague in 1501 only days after being elected by Henry VII as…
The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)

Jun 16, 2015

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Annette Carson, Anthony Woodville, Charles Ross, Crowland, Earl of Northumberland, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, George Buck, George Cely, Henry of Buckingham, Hicks, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Mancini, Margaret Beaufort, Pontefract Castle, Ralph Neville, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, Sir Richard Grey, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Rotherham, Vaughan, William Catesby, Woodvilles

Part 6 – “The peace of England, and our safety enforced us to this…” “So mighty and many are my defects That I would rather hide me from my greatness Being a bark to brook no mighty sea Than in my greatness covet to be had And is the vapour of my glory smothered” (William…
The exposure of Edward IV’s bigamy

Apr 14, 2015

law, religion

bigamy, Carey, Edward IV, John Morton, Laud, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Kempe, Thomas Rotheram, Wolsey

We know from the resulting petition from the Three Estates that this followed the testimony of Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells. So, if there was anything untoward about the process, how was this prelate rewarded by the new King? A list of Edward IV’s council members is attached to this post but it…

Thomas Bourchier

1484 – TITULUS REGIUS: FACT OR FICTION?

A well-connected Archdeacon?

Thomas Langton: Richard III’s Character Witness

The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)

The exposure of Edward IV’s bigamy