Monthly Archives: August 2020

Richard brought to Greyfriars for Burial.  Artwork  Emma Vieceli And so once more the awful date has come and gone.  Many fictional Ricardian novels  have been written based on Richard and his life but surely the scenes of the aftermath of Bosworth in We speak no Treason written by the late Rosemary Hawley Jarman must rankContinue reading “‘WE SPEAK NO TREASON’ – Rosemary Hawley Jarman”

Portrait of an Unknown Lady formerly known as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury by an unknown artist c.1535.  National Portrait Gallery For many years this was believed to be  a portrait of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George Duke of Clarence, and  niece to two kings,  Edward IV and Richard III.  Intriguingly theContinue reading “IS THIS THE FACE OF GEORGE OF CLARENCE’S DAUGHTER”

The Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York and The Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth Edited by Nicolas Harris Nicolas Esq As demonstrated by my earlier posts on the subject I enjoy nothing more than a delve around privy purse/wardrobe expenses.  This may be partly due to my naturally nosy nature but also becauseContinue reading “Edward IV – A King of Bling’s Wardrobe Accounts”

Edward’s IV Monument in St Georges Chapel, Windsor   Back in  2016  I was much intrigued by a story that had been hanging around for some time that when Edward’s IV’s vault and coffin were discovered in 1790 in St Georges Chapel, an adjoining vault was also discovered which was thought may have contained theContinue reading “Those mysterious childrens coffins in Edward IV’s vault….”

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 was located onContinue reading “Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.”