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Upton-on-Severn

Just WHY did Buckingham think he could cross the flooded Severn….?

Oct 18, 2017

anniversaries, travel

Brecon, Bristol Channel, Buckingham rebellion, executions, flooding, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Henry of Buckingham, John Morton, Richard III, River Severn, River Usk, Salisbury, Shrewsbury, Tewkesbury, Upton-on-Severn, Vaughans

On this date, St Luke’s Day, 18th October, in 1483, apparently egged on by that notorious Lancastrian plotter, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham unfurled his banners in rebellion against his cousin, King Richard III. Morton was supposedly Buckingham’s prisoner, handed over to him by Richard for safe keeping. Safe…
At the gates of Gloucester in 1471….

May 3, 2017

anniversaries, battles, travel

Bristol, Civil War, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Gloucester, Gloucester Castle, John Speed, Lancastrians, Margaret of Anjou, Severn, sieges, Sir Richard Beauchamp, Tewkesbury, Upton-on-Severn

The Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471 was to prove decisive for the reign of our first Yorkist king. The opponents were Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrians, versus King Edward IV and the Yorkists. Margaret was defeated, and her heart and spirit was broken by the death in battle of her only son, Edward of…