Thomas Cardinal Bourchier
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WILLIAM CATESBY, GOOD GUY, BAD GUY, TRAITOR? THE CLUES IN HIS WILL
Ashby de la Zouch, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Crowland Chronicle, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Lady Latimer, Elizabeth St. John, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Lord Strange, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, JA Roskell, King’s Council, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Logge Register, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Margaret Zouche, Peter Hancock, pre-contract, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Robert Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas More, Tower of London, treason, William Catesby, William Colyngbourne, William Lord Hastings, wills, WydevillesREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Brass of William Catesby, Ashby St Ledgers Church. Commissioned by William’s son in 1507. Date of death 20th August is incorrect, predating Bosworth, perhaps in an attempt to cover up his inglorious end. Note the damage across the neck. Photo Aidan McRae Thomas Flkir As no doubt can be seen…
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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
“Perkin”, Anne Mowbray, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Dukes of Norfolk, Dukes of York, Earl of Nottingham, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Garden Tower, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Ludlow Castle, Mowbray estates, Polydore Vergil, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Shrewsbury, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas More, Three Estates, William Lord BerkeleyRichard Shrewsbury Duke of York was the second son of King Edward IV. We don’t know a lot about him because he was not the heir to the throne but notwithstanding this, he is one of the most investigated historical characters being him one of the well known “Princes” in the Tower. We have not…
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An article in British History Online , as illustrated by this John Zephaniah Bell painting says: “Here [Westminster Abbey/Sanctuary/Cheyneygates] the unhappy queen [Elizabeth Woodville] was induced by the Duke of Buckingham and the Archbishop of York to surrender her little son, Edward V., to his uncle Richard, who carried him to the Tower, where the two…
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