August 2023 – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

THOMAS GREY MARQUESS OF DORSET – ‘MEDIOCRE AND SHIFTY’ OR ‘GOOD AND FORESEEING’?

Arms of Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset (c.1455-1501). Wikipdia. Well, well, well. What can I say about Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset (c. 1455–1501)? A member of the voracious Wydeville/Woodville family he lived through the tumult of the Wars of the Roses, at one time ending up in a bit of a pickle after managingContinue reading “THOMAS GREY MARQUESS OF DORSET – ‘MEDIOCRE AND SHIFTY’ OR ‘GOOD AND FORESEEING’?”

ANNE ST LEGER, BARONESS de ROS – NIECE TO EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

Tomb of Anne St Leger and George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros of Helmsley. Note the brass plaque in the background dedicated to her parents, Anne of York and Sir Thomas St Leger. Photo with thanks to humphreysfamilytree.com ‘Here lyethe buryede George Maners knyght lord roos who decesede/ the xxiii daye of October In the yereContinue reading “ANNE ST LEGER, BARONESS de ROS – NIECE TO EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III”