Towton

The Battle of Towton

May 22, 2024

anniversaries, battles, religion, travel

Cock Beck, Edward IV, First Battle of St. Albans, Palm Sunday, Richard Duke of York, richard iii society worcestershire branch, saxton, snowstorm, Towton, visits, Wars of the Roses, Yorkshire

The Battle of Towton took place on the 29th of March1461 on an open field between the villages of Towton and Saxton in North Yorkshire on Palm Sunday. The battle took place during a snow storm and is believed to be the largest and bloodiest battle to be fought on English soil. The battle was…
Edward IV’s (illegitimate) daughter Margaret.

Mar 29, 2024

battles, genealogy, law, religion

Anne Montagu, Battle of Northampton, Edward IV, George Lumley, Hicks, illegitimacy, Lumleys, Margaret Lucy, Marie, Ricardian articles, Sir Lewis John, Sir Thomas Lumley, Sir William Lucy, Stephen Lark, The Family of Thomas More, Towton

There is no doubt that Margaret Plantagenet (if we may call her that) existed. She married Thomas Lumley (1462-1502) the son and heir of George, Lord Lumley (1445-1507). Though her name is given as ‘Elizabeth’ in some sources, contemporary documentation reveals that she was in fact ‘Margaret’. What is less certain is who her mother…
Thomas Tresham – Lancastrian and Speaker of the Commons.

Jan 31, 2024

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law

attainder, Barnet, edmund lenthall, francis tresham, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VI, Henry VII, High Sheriffs, huntingdon castle, Jack Cade, John Earl of Oxford, jps, Lord Grey of Ruthin, Margaret of Anjou, mary zouche, MPs, Richard Duke of York, Second Battle of St. Albans, simon norwich, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir William Tresham, Sir William Vaux, Tewkesbury, Tower of London, Towton

Thomas Tresham was born in about 1420. He was the son of William Tresham and Isabel Vaux. (Isabel Vaux was the great-aunt of that Sir William Vaux who was executed at Tewkesbury.) William Tresham was an important servant of Henry VI, which undoubtedly helped his son’s advancement. In 1443, father and son were appointed joint…
Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and his siblings

Jan 26, 2024

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Bamburgh Castle, Baron Howth, Dukes of Somerset, executions, First Battle of St. Albans, Hexham, james butler earl of ormond, John Earl of Ormond, John Marquess of Dorset, John Paston, Margaret Beaufort, Margaret FitzLewis, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Tewkesbury, Towton, Wakefield, william paston

It is difficult to keep track of the various ‘Somersets’ who pop up in the Wars of the Roses, and easy to confuse them. Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (1436-1464) was the third Duke of his line. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father at the first Battle of St.…
ANNE OF YORK – DUCHESS OF EXETER – SISTER TO KINGS

Jan 14, 2024

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, Science, sources, travel

1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, annulment, Austin Friars, Bishop of Ely’s Chapel, canon law, Cicely Neville, Clare Priory, consanguinity, divorce, Edward IV, executions, Fotheringhay, George Manners baron de Ros, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Hollands, inheritance, John Holland, Lancastrians, Luton Guild Book, memorial brass, mtDNA line, mysteries, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, royal marriages, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, wills

Reblogged from sparkypus.com Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hathe funde within thys College a Chauntre with too prestys sy’gyng for eu’more. On whose soule god haue mercy. The wych Anne duchess…
An Abbey in Dublin Unearthed

Dec 4, 2023

archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion

Archbishop of Dublin, bigamy, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dublin, Earls of Ormond, Earls of Ulster, Earls of Wiltshire, Edward Bruce, Edward IV, executions, Henry VIII, Ireland, James Butler, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Mael Sechnaill mac Maele Ruanaid, pre-contract, Richard Talbot, Robert de Nottingham, St. Mary’s Abbey, Towton, Walter Champfleur

Excavations in Dublin city centre have uncovered the remains of what was once one of Ireland’s most important medieval monasteries. St Mary’s was a House of Benedictines, followed by Savignac monks and then Cistercians, and it was exceedingly wealthy, with the added bonus of being permitted to claim goods from shipwrecks. At times, it was…
I hope this book is more accurate than the blurb

Jul 24, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, Book Reviews, buildings, Science, The play’s the thing

“Tudors”, Bamburgh Castle, children, Edgecote, First Battle of St. Albans, Fotheringhay, Henry VII, Leicester Greyfriars, Micklegate Bar, mtDNA evidence, Pen and Sword, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, satire, Shakespeare, skeletons, teeth, Tewkesbury, The Children of Richard III, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, York

Perhaps this is just a matter of ambiguity rather than inaccuracy and that the book itself is clearer, however the jacket information really isn’t promising. Bamburg (sic), being by the east coast, had nothing to do with Tudors, real or imagined, until after Henry VII‘s accession, so it definitely wasn’t a “stronghold” of theirs during…
When there’s snow at midsummer….

Jun 23, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry

bigamy, Castell Du, Coventry, cults, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, First Battle of St. Albans, George Duke of Clarence, Gervase la Vallee, Henry Duke of Somerset, Henry VI, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, Ludlow Castle, manticore, Margaret of Anjou, mermaids, Micklegate Bar, Midsummer Day, Mortimer’s Cross, poachers, pre-contract, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Warwick, Royal deer forests, secret marriage, stag hunting, Towton, Wakefield, Welsh Marches, witchcraft

A short story by Sandra Heath Wilson (viscountessw) Please remember, ladies and gentlemen, that this story is fiction. The great midsummer bonfire crackled and roared, and sparks billowed high into the dark sky. It was encircled by thirteen hooded black-robed figures, and the face of the youngest was pale as he accepted the carved wooden…
The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley

Jun 17, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion, Science

Alfonso of Chester, Berkeleys, Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Coberley Church, Crecy, Crusades, Dunfermline Abbey, Edward I, Edward III, Eleanor of Castile, English Church Monuments, Gloucestershire, heart burials, Historic Conservation, Holy Land, horses, Joan Archer, Joan of the Tower, Lombard, Melrose Abbey, Phillippa of Hainault, Ranulph Lord Dacre, Richard Whittington, Robert I, Sir Giles de Berkeley, Sir James Douglas, Sir Thomas de Berkeley, St. Giles’ Church, Towton, William of Windsor, William Whittington

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com 14th century monument to Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley (1289-d.1365) and his wife Joan Lady de Berkeley nee Archer d. 1369. The small monument besides the Berkeley monument is that commemorating a heart burial belonging to an unknown female. St Giles’ Church, Coberley, Gloucestershire. Photo C B Newham Church Monuments…
Ranulph Lord Dacre of Gilsland – The Lord who was buried with his horse.

Mar 29, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

All Saints Saxby, arrows, AW Boardman, burials, churches, Cicely Neville, Cumberland, Dacres of Gilsland, Edward IV, Eleanor Fitzhugh, Exhumation, Gascoignes, George Duke of Clarence, George Goodwin, Georgian era, horses, Isabel Neville, Lady Margaret Stafford, Lady Philippe Neville, Lancastrian commanders, Leicester, letters, Mortimer’s Cross, MPs, Palm Sunday, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ranulph Lord Dacre, Richard III, Second Battle of St. Albans, Soar, Stoke Field, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, WE Hampton

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The monument in All Saints Church, Saxton over the grave of Ranulph Lord Dacre and his horse. Photo Mary Emma1@Flkir Ranulph/Ranulf/Randolph/Ralph, Lord Dacre of Gilsland’s precise date of birth is lost to us – as is his exact Christian name it would seem -but has been suggested as c.1412 although…