Yorkshire Museum

A tiny gold Bible on a par with the Middleham Jewel….?

Jul 5, 2022

archaeology, art, buildings, religion

Bibles, gold pendants, metal detecting, Middleham Jewel, Richard III Society, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire Museum

An NHS nurse—Buffy Bailey—has struck gold, quite literally, being a detectorist who has located a jewel that is taking the archaeological world by storm. When she eventually reaps the benefit, her income will knock NHS wages into a cocked hat! She found a tiny gold Bible pendant (only 1.5 cm long!) that seems to…
The Middleham Jewel and Richard III….

Sep 5, 2021

anniversaries, art, buildings

Anne Neville, Cecily Duchess of York, Countess of Warwick, heraldry, lozenges, mediaeval women, Middleham Castle, Middleham Jewel, National Portrait Gallery, ownership, portraits, provenance, reliquary, Richard III, Yorkshire Museum

Among the treasures going on display at the Yorkshire Museum is the Middleham Jewel (see above). Of course, the National Portrait Gallery painting of Richard III (see below) is also going on display, because Yorkshire has a great attachment to the king who, as Duke of Gloucester, lived there for many years. The Middleham…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
Richard III: Coming Home – to the Yorkshire Museum….

Jun 1, 2021

archaeology, art, buildings, Events, heraldry

Coming Home, exhibitions, Middleham Jewel, National Portrait Gallery, portraits, Ryther Hoard, Stillingfleet boar badge, York, Yorkshire Museum

The following extract is from site this site, which concerns various attractions in York. I have picked out the paragraphs that apply paricularly to Richard III. “….The Yorkshire Museum, meanwhile, is scheduled to re-open in late July – by which time it will have been closed for 16 months, thanks to the Covid pandemic. “….It…
‘I saw something shining…’ Metal Detecting Finds..

Apr 16, 2020

archaeology, Science

Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxons, Bedale Hoard, Cheshire, coins, crime, helmets, House of Wessex, jewellery, Lichfield, Lincolnshire, metal detecting, Middleham Jewel, Norfolk, Staffordshire Hoard, Vikings, Wales, York Museum, Yorkshire Museum

The Staffordshire Hoard. One of the biggest hoard of Anglo Saxon artefacts every discovered. See more of this hoard below.. A story has broken of four ‘metal detectorists’ who have been convicted of stealing a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins and jewellery worth 3 million pounds, most of which is, tragically, still missing. You can tell from the pictures of…
Buried Secrets: The Middleham Jewel – And An Interview With George Easton, Jeweler of the Crown for Richard III

Feb 12, 2015

buildings

Castle Barnard, Coverdale Abbey, George Easton, John Ashdown-Hill, Middleham Jewel, Sotheby’s, Teesdale Mercury, Yorkshire Museum

Prologue: August 31, 2014. That time of the year was upon my husband Erik and me again: our wedding anniversary. It’s an occasion that can haunt husbands and wives alike. You make a miscalculation and you have a year’s penance to do. Do you get something practical, like a new roasting pan? Not very romantic,…

Yorkshire Museum

A tiny gold Bible on a par with the Middleham Jewel….?

The Middleham Jewel and Richard III….

Walking “Tudor” England

Richard III: Coming Home – to the Yorkshire Museum….

‘I saw something shining…’ Metal Detecting Finds..

Buried Secrets: The Middleham Jewel – And An Interview With George Easton, Jeweler of the Crown for Richard III