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Want a ready-made War of the Roses tour?

Sep 22, 2026

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history, Richard III, tours, UK, Wars of the Roses, Warwick Castle, York

I saw an advertisement on Facebook for a War of the Roses tour and so I looked into it further. It looks interesting, including sites of interest such as Bosworth Field, Warwick Castle and York, luxury travel and accommodation, authentic local experiences and it lasts eleven days. This is what they say in the ad:…
An Interview With… Thomas Dennis

Apr 12, 2025

armour, battles, culture, Events, history, interviews, medieval characters, religion, research, Richard III, Science, The play’s the thing, theatre

A Matter of Life and Death, A Voice for Richard, Battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor, Henry V, history, Interview, jousting, Kenneth Branagh, Knight in shining armour, Knights, Lancaster, Princes in the Tower, Richard III, Thomas Dennis, Warwick Castle, When Darkness Falls, York, York vs Lancaster

This is the first in a proposed series of interviews with notable people associated with King Richard III. A short while ago, I was lucky enough to interview Thomas Dennis, the young actor who recreated the voice of Richard III. He was chosen, not only for his acting ability (which has garnered great reviews), but…
Warwick Castle’s influential ladies….

Mar 16, 2024

anniversaries, buildings, Events, genealogy

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, international women’s day, Warwick Castle

It was International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, and at Warwick Castle there was a celebration of the ladies who influenced the castle’s history. See this feature. As far as we Ricardians are concerned, Anne Beauchamp and (of course!) her daughter Anne Neville are of prime importance.
The Sisters Neville – Isobel, Duchess of Clarence and Queen Anne Neville, Daughters to the Kingmaker.

Mar 14, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, law, religion, sources

alcohol, Amboise Cathedral, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Barnet, Baynard’s Castle, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, bigamy, Calais, Clarence Vault, Crowland Chronicle, dispensations, Edgecote, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, executions, Farleigh Hungerford, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Henry VI, Hicks, Honfleur, illegitimacy, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Lord Wenlock, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, King’s Lynn, l’Erber, Lincolnshire rebellion, Louis XI, loyalty, Luton Guild Book, Margaret of Anjou, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, royal marriages, Sir John Woodville, Sir Robert Welles, Southampton, St. Martin le Grand, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, Tony Pollard, Tower of London, Warwick Castle

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Warwick Castle birthplace of both the Neville sisters. Photo with thanks to Scotty Rae @Flkr. Richard Neville and Anne Beauchamp, Earl and Countess of Warwick had in their long marriage just two daughters. If there were any initial disappointment about that there was always Plan B, that illustrious marriages could…
EDWARD, EARL OF WARWICK – HIS LIFE AND DEATH.

Feb 25, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, sources

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, attainder, Bisham Abbey, Bosworth, Catherine of Aragon, Cecily Duchess of York, Coldharbour, Dublin Cathedral, education, Edward Hall, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Ferdinand and Isabella, George Duke of Clarence, Guild of the Holy Cross Stratford-on-Avon, Henry VII, Heraldry Society, Ireland, Isobel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret of Salisbury, poison, Richard III, Rous Roll, Sheriff Hutton, Sir Robert Willoughby, Stoke Field, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Warwick Castle

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com Edward’s parents Isobel Neville and George Plantagenet, Duke and Duchess of Clarence. From the Latin Version of the Rous Roll. With thanks to the Heraldry Society. Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick was born at Warwick Castle on the 25 February 1475. Among his godparents were Edward IV, who created him Earl…
Anne Beauchamp Countess of Warwick – Wife to the Kingmaker

Dec 22, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, sources

Abergavenny Castle, AJ Pollard, Barnet, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, Bisham Abbey, Calais, Caversham, Cecily Neville, Countess of Warwick, Despencer estates, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Berkeley, George Neville, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry VI, Henry VII, Honfleur, Ireland, Isobel Despencer, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Rous, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Middleham Castle, Paul Murray Kendall, Reading Abbey, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, Sheriff Hutton, Sir James Tyrrell, Tewkesbury, Wars of the Roses, Warwick Castle, William Catour

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Anne Beauchamp and her husband, Richard Neville, ‘The Kingmaker,’ Earl of Warwick. From the Latin version of the Rous Roll. Donated to the College of Arms by Melvyn Jeremiah. Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his second wife Isobel Despenser, was born…
River Hunters at Warwick and Tewkesbury….

Aug 27, 2019

archaeology, battles, buildings

metal detecting, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, River Avon, River Hunters, River Swilgate, Tewkesbury, Warwick Castle

Last night I watched an episode of the new River Hunters series, in which two divers with metal detectors go searching rivers for evidence of historical events. This episode (see these excerpts ) was centred upon the River Avon in Warwickshire, specifically at Warwick Castle. The aim was to find evidence of the Wars of…
Warwick Castle – England’s Finest Medieval Castle

Nov 27, 2017

anniversaries, buildings

Aethelflaed, Alfred the Great, castles, Danes, Edward of Warwick, Edward VII, Fosse Way, Guy’s tower, Henry de Beaumont, Mercia, Merlin Entertainments, Norman conquest, photographs, Richard of Warwick, Warwick Castle, William I

Warwick Castle Portcullis Francis Frith Photo of the portcullis 1901 The mound as viewed from the portcullis Old bridge Warwick Castle The moat Warwick Castle. Old staircase in Warwick Castle 14th century Guys Tower For more photos and an interesting article from ‘Britain and Britishness’ about Warwick Castle please see this link . Much of…
The story of Richard and Francis as children….

Sep 11, 2017

Book Reviews

children’s history, Francis Viscount Lovell, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Warwick Castle

This fictional tale for younger readers, by Stuart Hill, relates the story of the young Richard III and his lifelong friend Francis Lovell when, as boys, they trained to be knights at the castle of the Earl of Warwick, now known as the “Kingmaker”. I’m told it’s a charming story that introduces a new young audience…
Not a book to be taken seriously….

Feb 12, 2017

battles

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Anne Neville, books, Brittany, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exiles, France, H.E. Lehmann, Henry Percy, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jasper “Tudor”, loyalty, Northern England, Northumbria, Richard III, Scotland, Warwick Castle

Would you like a few sniggers and outright guffaws? Yes? Then I have just the book for you—Lives of England’s Monarchs by H. E. Lehman. I was searching for something specific, and for some reason Google took me first to page 182… “…Edward [IV] was a large man possessed of great leadership ability and personal…