A MEANDER INTO MEDIEVAL HISTORY INCLUDING MEDIEVAL LONDON, PALACES, CASTLES, CHURCH MONUMENTS, TOMBS, YORKIST KINGS AND QUEENS, HEROES, VILLAINS AND VILLAINESSES AND THE ODD CATTE..
A tantalising glimpse of an ancient passage leading to Abbot’s Court and the steps leading up to Jerico Parlour. The Abbots House, known in the 15th century as Cheyneygates, later known as The Deanery, was situated to the right of the steps. Photo Dr John Crook Country Life Picture Library. It’s known well how thatContinue reading “Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Pied-à-terre”
Save as PDFAnne Devereux, John Lydgate’s Troy Book and Siege of Thebes @British Library Well that old wheel of fortune could certainly whizz around and no more so than in the lives of the women of the nobility from the turbulent times we now know as the Wars of the Roses. An example of one of theseContinue reading “Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet”
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Save as PDFEdward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville. Original 15th century stained glass panels. Royal Window North West Transept Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral, of all the cathedrals I have managed to visit, remains firmly on my ‘favourites’ list. I lived there for a while many years ago, having been entranced by the city and cathedral onContinue reading “CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW”
Save as PDFRichard 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”
Save as PDFPortrait 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”
Save as PDFThe 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”
Save as PDFEdward’s IV Monument in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Back in 2016 I was much intrigued by a story which had been hanging around for some time that mentioned when Edward IV’s vault and coffin were discovered in 1790 in St George’s Chapel, an adjoining vault was also discovered, which at the time was speculated mayContinue reading “Those mysterious childrens coffins in Edward IV’s vault….”
Save as PDFThe 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.”
Save as PDFEntrance to the tomb of Henry VII as seen on the opening of the vault in 1869. Drawing by George Scarf. I cannot say I get a warm fuzzy feeling when I think about Henry VII’s possible reaction to King James being laid to rest alongside he and his wife, Elizabeth of York, inContinue reading “JAMES Ist – ROYAL GOOSEBERRY IN THE HENRY VII VAULT”
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