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..
Titulus Regius. Now in the National Archives. Photo thanks to thehistoryofengand.co.uk Titulus Regius was the Act of Succession that confirmed Richard III’s title to the throne. With many thanks to Annette Carson for this following guest post which explains in great depth why Henry VII’s repeal of the Act did not have the effects generallyContinue reading “INVESTIGATING HENRY VII’S REPEAL OF TITULUS REGIUS – A GUEST POST BY ANNETTE CARSON”
Save as PDF‘He had such dignity in his whole person and in his countenance such charm that, however much they might feast their eyes he never sated the gaze of observers’. Domenico Mancini Edward V from the window at Coldridge Church, Devon. Despite the late historian Professor Helen Maud Cam opining rather harshly “I just do not understandContinue reading “EDWARD V – HIS LIFE PRIOR TO JUNE 1483”
Save as PDF*This is the title of a chapter from The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley. Without the aid of this invaluable book I would never have been able to write this post… The Gelderland Document is a unique, tantalising and quite astonishing document that was discovered back in the 1950s in the Gelderland ArchivesContinue reading “THE GELDERLAND DOCUMENT – ‘PROOF OF LIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK’* ALIAS PERKIN WARBECK”
Save as PDFThe last charge of King Richard III. It is possible that it was during this charge that Sir Robert Brackenbury fell, alongside his king. Painting by artist Graham Turner ********** ‘Of all Richard III’s Northern Lieutenants few were more closely associated with the defence of his crown and his realm than was RobertContinue reading “SIR ROBERT BRACKENBURY ‘…gentle Brakenbery…’*”
Save as PDF‘The Passing of Eleanor’ – artist’s impression of the funeral cortège of Eleanor of Castile watched over by her grieving husband, Edward I. Artist Frank Salisbury, 1910 (1). ‘Pray for our consort, who in life, we loved dearly, and, dead, we do not cease to love….’ Edward Ist in a letter to the Abbot ofContinue reading “THE ELEANOR CROSSES – TWELVE OR FIFTEEN?”
Save as PDFThe 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”
Save as PDFRichard 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?”
Save as PDFKirby Muxloe Castle at sunset. Unfinished – the builders laid their tools down on hearing about the execution of William, Lord Hastings. Photo with thanks to crazyaboutcastles.com Kirby Muxloe Castle lies in a ruinous state in the Leicestershire countryside, the unfinished project of William, Lord Hastings (c.1430-1483). Hastings was the epitome of a successfulContinue reading “THE RISE AND FALL OF WILLIAM, LORD HASTINGS AND HIS CASTLE OF KIRBY MUXLOE”
Save as PDFArms 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’?”
Save as PDFTomb 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”
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