November 2023 – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

REVEALING RICHARD – AN APPRAISAL BY PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE

The two princes as shown on the jacket of Philippa Langley’s book ‘The Princes in the Tower’. Here is a link to Philippa Langley’s blog – Revealing Richard III – with an up to date appraisal of the investigations so far led by Philippa aided and abetted by her team of researchers. Bravo! ManyContinue reading “REVEALING RICHARD – AN APPRAISAL BY PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE”

PLANTAGENET FAMILY LIKENESSES: RICHARD OF YORK AND HIS GRANDSON EDWARD V or DID THE APPLE NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE?

Richard duke of York. Wigmore Abbey Chronicle and Brut Chronicle. Special Collections Research Centre, University of Chicago Library. As an ardent and unwavering follower of the ‘Coldridge Theory’ – see my earlier posts here and here – I was absolutely delighted to come across this article by historian Dr J L Laynesmith published on the Richard IIIContinue reading “PLANTAGENET FAMILY LIKENESSES: RICHARD OF YORK AND HIS GRANDSON EDWARD V or DID THE APPLE NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE?”