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Tadcaster Bridge

Jan 24, 2017

buildings, Events

Archbishop of York, floods, Lancastrians, River Wharfe, Tadcaster Bridge, Towton, Yorkshire

This, over the Wharfe whereby part of the defeated Lancastrian army at Towton fled, has been closed since the 2012 and 2015 floods but will be re-opened on 19th February and the Archbishop of York will preside at a ceremony the following Sunday.
THE ANGLO SCOTTISH WAR 1480-82

Nov 30, 2016

anniversaries, battles

AJ Pollard, Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Anzio, Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus, Bamburgh, Berwick, Canon Alexander Leigh, Carlisle, Cecilia, Charles Ross, Charles the Bold, chevauchee, Cheviot Hill, Commines, Cora Scofield, Cordingham, Crowland, Dockray, Dumfries, Dunbar, E. Nesbit, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward Woodville, Froissart, George Buck, George Duke of Clarence, Hedgeley Moor, Henry VI, Hewitt, Hexham, Hicks, J.D. Mackie, James III, James IV, John Ashdown-Hill, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Kincaid, Lancastrians, Lauder, Leith, Lord Linton, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Margaret of Scotland, Marie of Guelders, Marquess of Montagu, Michael K Jones, Middleham, naval fleet, Neville’s Cross, Nevilles, Norham, Norman MacDougall, Nottingham, Otterburn, Paul Murray Kendall, peace treaties, pensions, Percies, Picquigny, Readeption, Reivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Lord Boyd, Roxburgh, Salerno, Scotland, Scottish Marches, Sean Cunningham, Sheriff Hutton, siege of Edinburgh, Simon Payling, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir Thomas Fulford, Stirling, Thomas Howard, Thomas Lord Stanley, Topcliffe, Towton, Treaty of Lincluden, York

Richard duke of Gloucester – The King’s Lieutenant in the North “And he governed those countries very wisely and justly in time of peace and war and preserved concord and amity between the Scots and English so much as he could. But the breaches between them could not so strongly be made up to…
Game of Thrones in 1483 — Matt’s History Blog

Jul 8, 2016

Alternative History

“Princes”, Anthony Woodville, bigamy, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Game of Thrones, Henry VI, Henry VII, House of York, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Richard III, Richard Welles, Robert Welles, Tolkein, Towton, Wars of the Roses

7 books 60 hours + of TV 1 year of history Warning: Massive spoilers!!! Game of Thrones is perhaps the most epic novel and TV series ever created. George RR Martin has woven a world Tolkien would have been proud of, managing to be filled with fantasy, but just recognisable enough to pull us in,…
A Press Release:

Apr 10, 2016

Events

music, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Torquay, Towton

PRESS RELEASE Photograph TOWTON 1461 BY THE LEGENDARY TEN SECONDS RELEASE DATE ON ITUNES AND AMAZON 29th MARCH 2016 ARTWORK PAINTED BY GRAHAM MOORES RECORDED AT ROCK LEE AND RAINBOW STARSHINE STUDIOS IN TORBAY BY IAN CHURCHWARD AND LORD ZARQUON OF THE LEGENDARY TEN SECONDS YORK’S WHITE ROSE AND LANCASTER’S RED THE WHITE…
The Battles of the Wars of the Roses

Mar 28, 2016

Uncategorized

battles, Bosworth, Henry VI, Henry VII, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Stoke Field, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses was a prolonged period of civil unrest in England, focussed on a period of just over thirty years which saw seventeen battles between rivals, the initiative swinging swiftly between the sides and the crown changing hands four times as a direct result of battles won and lost. One of the…
Marching to remember

Mar 20, 2016

battles

anniversaries, Edward IV, Towton

As the Lancashire Telegraph records, Wesley Perriman, an actor ironically from Lancashire, will be marching across Yorkshire to commemorate the battle of Towton, where the newly-crowned Edward IV cemented his position 555 years ago. We hope he arrives by March 29, which was Palm Sunday that year, although the calendar change gives him twelve days’…
Bloody Kings: The Plantagenets for Dummies

Jan 21, 2016

Alternative History

“Princes”, Anthony Woodville, archaeology, Azincourt, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Dan Jones, David Starkey, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Elizabeth Woodville, Eric Bloodaxe, George Duke of Clarence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, House of Plantagenet, humour, Jane Shore, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Protectorate, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Stony Stratford, television reviews, Tewkesbury, Towton, Vikings

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Dim is making a documentary for tv. He has a vision – ‘It’s going to be a mash-up, GOTs meets Merlin with a bit of Simon Schama pacing thrown in to showcase my amazing range of jackets! I want to bring all that old history stuff up to date and…
THE BATTLE BEFORE THE BATTLE

Dec 7, 2015

battles

“Perkin”, “Tudors”, Azincourt, Henry V, Henry VII, invasions, Towton, troops, Wars of the Roses

In spite of the name ‘Wars of the Roses’ given in retrospect, it is exceedingly unlikely that any long-term ‘war’ at all was recorded contemporarily. During those years, the vast majority of the time the country was at peace, and unconcerned with its king being either Yorkist or Lancastrian. The bitter hatred between those two…
A Welsh family for St. Crispin’s Day

Oct 25, 2015

genealogy

anniversaries, Azincourt, Battle of Bosworth, Dafydd Gam, Edgecote Moor, Elizabeth of York, Gwent, Henry V, Henry VII, Katherine Plantagenet, Mortimer’s Cross, Owain Glyn Dwr, Raglan Castle, Richard Herbert, Richard III, Towton, Wales, William ap Thomas, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

We start with Dafydd Gam (c.1380-1415), who fought against the Glyn Dwr rebellion at the beginning of the fifteenth century, apparently trying to assassinate the leading rebel and being imprisoned by him. He may have saved Henry V’s life at Azincourt but was definitely killed there. His daughter, Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, married twice and…
12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly