Thomas Lovell
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WAS HENRY VII A RELUCTANT BRIDEGROOM?
Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Christmas Day, Coldharbour, Coldridge, consanguinity, Coronation, David Johnson, dispensations, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Jean Molinet, Joanna, John Evans, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Manuel Duke of Beja, Maud Herbert, Minories, Papal Curia, Parliament, Polydore Vergil, Portuguese marriage plans, promise to marry, re-legitimisation, Rennes Cathedral, Ricardian, Richard III, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Sir Francis Bacon, Speakers of the Commons, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lovell, Titulus Regius 1486REBLOGGED FROM A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Their effigies in Westminster Abbey. Artist Pietro Torrigiano. Photo westminster-abbey.org I was recently reading an excellent article in the Ricardian discussing Henry Tudor’s enthusiasm, or lack of it, for his marriage to Elizabeth of York by David Johnson entitled Ardent Suitor or Reluctant…