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CECILIA BONVILLE, MARCHIONESS OF DORSET c.1460-1529 – AN INTERESTING LIFE
“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Holland, Arthur Kincaid, Astley Castle, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Stoke, Bermondsey Abbey, Cecily Bonville, Cheyneygates, Coldridge, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward Lord Ferrers of Groby, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Lambert, Elizabeth Viscountess Lisle, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Gleaston Castle, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Stafford Earl of Wiltshire, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Paston, Linda Pidgeon, Margaret d’Anjou, Richard III, Simon Stallworth, Sir George Buc, Sir John Evans, Sir William Stonor, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, Warwickshire, WE Hampton, Westminster AbbeyReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The ruins of Astley Castle, Warwickshire. Think fortified manor house more than rugged castle. One of the homes of Cecilia Bonville and her husband Thomas Grey. The house came to the Grey family via marriage to a member of the Astley family c.1415. They both lie buried in the…
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Ranulph Lord Dacre of Gilsland – The Lord who was buried with his horse.
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 HamptonReblogged 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…
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Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.
Christian Steer, churches, commission of array, Elizabeth of York, George Lord Strange, Great Fire of London, Henry VII, illegitimate children, John of Gloucester, John Stow, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, Raglan Castle, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard Rothing, royal marriages, St. James Garlickhythe, sweating sickness, Thomas Benolt, Tintern Abbey, WE Hampton, widowers, William Herbert Earl of HuntingdonReblogged from here The Great Fire of London. The devastating conflagration that consumed so much of medieval London including St James Garlickhythe. Artist Lieve Verschuier This post will of necessity prove to be short there being a dearth of information on both Katherine and the pre-Fire St James Garlickhythe Church where she was buried. The church…
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AUSTIN FRIARS: LAST RESTING PLACE OF PERKIN WARBECK
“A survey of London”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Austin Friars, Blitz, burials, churches, Drapers Hall, Dutch Church, Earls of Hereford, Earls of Oxford, Edward of Buckingham, Erasmus, Eustace Chapuys, executions, friaries, Great Fire of London, Humphrey de Bohun, John Stow, Marquis of Winchester, mtDNA evidence, Old Broad Street, Sir Thomas Cook, St. Augustine, tenements, Thomas Cromwell, WE Hampton, William CollingbourneUPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/austin-friars-last-resting-place-of-perkin-warbeck-2/ Austin Friars today. This section of road covers part of the perimeter of the Friary. With thanks to Eric, Londonist. Austin Friars in London, was founded about 1260 by Humphrey de Bohun 2nd Earl of Hereford and Constable of England d.1275. It was rebuilt in…
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UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/18/crosby-place-home-to-the-duke-and-duchess-of-gloucester/ The arms of Richard III in Crosby Hall On June 5th 1483 the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in London and joined her husband at Crosby Place (1). She had left both her small son and and home at Middleham to join her husband, who had been staying…
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CARDINAL JOHN MORTON’S TOMB CHAPEL OF LADY UNDERCROFT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.
AF Pollard, Brecknock, Canterbury Cathedral, Cardinal, cenotaphs, Collyweston, Ely, Henry of Buckingham, heraldry, John Morton, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Latin, Leicester cathedral, Lord Chancellor, Morton’s Fork, portcullis, rebus, Richard III, Rose, Stonyhurst College, Thomas More, tombs, WE HamptonUpdated post @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/07/03/cardinal-john-mortons-tomb-in-the-chapel-of-lady-undercroft-canterbury-cathedral/ On Friday 13th June 1483 Cardinal Morton, along with others, was arrested at the Tower of London. It is well documented the role Morton played in the downfall of Richard lll. Morton was Richard’s arch enemy and his deviousness, cunning and powers of manipulation being well…
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UPDATED VERSION OF THIS POST @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://wordpress.com/post/sparkypus.com/449 Queen Anne Neville from the Salisbury Roll. Anne’s mantle equates her ancestorial arms with those of England and France. After Anne Neville’s death on the 16th March 1485 , she was given a magnificent funeral in Westminster Abbey ‘with honours no less than…
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