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Book Review: “The Royal Funerals of the House of York at Windsor” by Anne Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs with R. A. Griffiths.
Anne Sutton, Bermondsey Abbey, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, Fotheringhay, George of Bedford, Grace Plantagenet, Henry VII, Livia Visser-Fuchs, Lord Maltravers, Mary of York, Ralph Griffiths, Royal College of Arms, Sir William Parr, Wardrobe accounts, Westminster Abbey, William Berkeley, WindsorBased upon articles originally appearing in The Ricardian from 1997-1999, Royal Funerals is probably one of the most comprehensive treatments of Yorkist burials at Windsor, and an excellent companion piece to Sutton/Visser-Fuchs’ The Reburial of Richard Duke of York: 21-30 July 1476. Together, these texts offer not only detailed analyses of royal English funerals from…
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In 1475, before embarking for his campaign to (re)conquer French lands for England, Edward IV wrote a will stating that, in the event of his death, he desired to be buried at the Royal Chapel of St. George’s at Windsor Castle. He wanted to be placed under the ground with an effigy of a corpse…
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What connects St. George’s Hall, Windsor, to a wild boar pie??? No, not a feast at the castle, but a fireplace. I wanted to know how many fireplaces there are/were in the hall, and so Googled pictures of it. Lots and lots of pictures, some new, some old, but no sign of a fireplace at…
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We all know when Richard was born – 2 October 1452 (10 by the new calendar) and we thought this was at Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire. Now page 37 of Ashdown-Hill’s “The Third Plantagenet” suggests that it might have been Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire. We all know when he died – 22 (30) August 1485 at Bosworth…
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