LAUS TIBI CHRISTE – PRAISE TO YOU CHRIST The glorious vaulted ceiling of the Langton Chapel, Winchester Cathedral. With many thanks to Karen White Pictures for this beautiful photo. Before touching upon the main subject of this post, Thomas Langton, we are going to take a little detour so bear with me. It is oftenContinue reading “Thomas Langton (c. 1430–1501), Bishop of Winchester, arch-bishop elect of Canterbury, Chaplain to Edward IV and Richard III and a man who knew ‘the secrets’ of Richard III’s heart*. Motto ‘Laus tibi Christe’”
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A SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF FRANCIS VISCOUNT LOVELL AND HIS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE – PART TWO.
Evocative Minster Lovell at sunset. Photo with thanks to Colin Whitaker Part One of this two part post covered the early life of Francis Viscount Lovell. We left Francis at the Coronation of his childhood friend – now his king – Richard III on the 6 July 1483. Due to time and lack of spaceContinue reading “A SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF FRANCIS VISCOUNT LOVELL AND HIS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE – PART TWO.”
The meeting of the Three Estates – 25th June 1483
Artist’s impression of the offer of the Kingship to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Baynards Castle by the Three Estates of the Realm. Mural in the Royal Exchange. Artist Sigismund Goetz. I am happy to have a guest post written by Brian Wainwright first published on Murrey&Blue back in 2018. It’s an eloquent, succinct explanation ofContinue reading “The meeting of the Three Estates – 25th June 1483”
EDWARD V – HIS LIFE PRIOR TO JUNE 1483
‘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”
A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI 