Thomas Southwell
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I have been trying to understand the downfall of Eleanor Cobham. Not because I plan to write about her (life is too short) but purely because I like to understand events clearly. Eleanor was, of course, the wife of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, Henry VI‘s youngest and last surviving uncle. I have no doubt at…
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Witchcraft (1): Witchcraft and Royalty: The Cases against Eleanor Cobham and Joanne of Navarre
astrologers, Azincourt, Beaumaris Castle, Cardinal Beaufort, Edward IV, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, Father John Randolf, feminism, George Duke of Clarence, Gilles de Rais, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Jeanne d’Arc, Joan of Navarre, John IV Duke of Brittany, Leeds Castle, Margery Jourdemayne, Mortimer’s Cross, mud, parhelion, Pevensey Castle, propaganda, Richard III, Roger Bolingbroke, snow, Thomas Southwell, Towton, witchcraft
Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Fake news – smearing the opposition With the current interest in the media about the spread of ‘fake news’ and misinformation, it seems appropriate to reconsider the cases of two royal ladies who were both accused and found guilty of witchcraft during the early C15th. Were these simply cases…
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The Lonely Death of Duke Humphrey
Azincourt, Cambridge, Charles VII, Duke of Orleans, Edmund, Eleanor Cobham, French wars, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Lord Protector of the Realm, Maine, Margery Jourdemayne, Parliament, Richard Duke of York, Roger Bolingbroke, St. Albans, Thomas Southwell, Treaty of Troyes, William Duke of Suffolk{Humphrey of Gloucester’s quarters marked by a plaque, now near Bury St. Edmunds’ Tesco and opposite the railway station.} Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was the youngest son of Henry IV (Bolingbroke) and so the youngest brother of Henry V, with whom he fought at Agincourt.After the death of Henry V, he became Protector (in England)…
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