My sincere sorrow for what has happened in your lovely Country, I pray for you all. Hope that any of our members out there are safe, I will light a candle...
That is perfectly true. However, reversing the attainder in 1485 would have left England just as unstable as in April 1483 as the Earl of Warwick was younger...
I thought Richard had named Clarences son as his heir in deference to Anne's feeling (she had adopted Edward and Margaret after the deaths of their parents...
I thought Richard had named Clarences son as his heir in deference to Anne's feeling (she had adopted Edward and Margaret after the deaths of their parents...
Poor old Stillington - I cant help but feel sorry for the old boy - now doubless someone will tell me but Eileen he was a right old stinker - which is probably...
As you may have read so far, he was descended from Anne of Exeter, his male line came from Reyne near Braintree and were sheriffs of Essex and Herts, he was...
What if the mother of Richard's son John had been still living after Anne's death, and what if Richard had looked her up and secretly married her? What if the...
... Wonder what would have happend then...if Parliament would accept the ... Interesting thought Katy - but I think it would have made no difference to Tudor -...
Greetings All, Does anyone know how it came to be that Richard chose the boar for his badge? Thanks. Virginia [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello, I'm not sure thatb he did choose it. It may have been the heraldic symbol of the dukedom of Gloucester which became his when his brother gave him the...
... <RSG_Corris@h...> wrote ... after ... be ... have ... Which is interesting in itsel, isn't it? As an illegitimate son, John would have no claim to the...
This is more of a 'why didnt he' than a 'what if' really - but why didnt Richard (I presume he knew of Henry the Weasles pledge to marry Elizabeth of York)...
... .>Presumably it was white because of the rose. < Thank you. Do you know if there is an existing source regarding this, a story or a legend? Virginia ...
... <ebatesparrot@y...> wrote: But once again, Richard was kind where he should have taken a harder line (i.e.letting people like Morton and Margaret Beaufort ...
... That would have required a major dispensation, I believe. They were relatives in the either the second or the third degree, and by blood. A dispensation...
Hello, I don' believe that Richard had any intention of marrying Elizabeth of York. To have contemplated doing so would have lifted the stain of bastardy which...
... In the September issue of English Historical Review an article will present new evidence of dispensations obtained for four 15th Century English royal...
Hello again, That is amazing. Can you say whether the dispensation was granted before of after their marriage - and also who granted it. Not all marriage...
Haven't seen the article myself yet. However I do know it was issued by a department of the Papal Curia known as the penitentiary. In other words from the top....
You can get to this link and have an e-mail sent to you when a new issue of EHR goes online. (It sounds like the September issue will soon be appearing.) EHR...
Thanks, Susan, What a great resource this is! It costs $16 to have access to an individual article for a day. I wish I'd known earlier of this way of...
I took a look at the website for the ERH and am struck by the similarity of topics - even to the titles - of the seminars at the International Medieval...
Hold on to your hats everyone! Starkey is beginning his second series of Monarchy starting in the 1450s. So Yorkists beware! Monday night on C4 in the UK. Paul...
... In the supplement that came today with Daily Mail the following quote from Starkey "It was the perverting lure of the throne that took over Richards mind....
Perhaps it is simply best to imagine Starkey dressing up as Elizabeth I, his hero, in private and cavorting about the house. He shrinks as any kind of serious...
... Elizabeth ... series ... really ... died ... people ... Tudors and his opinion of Richard is derived from the fact that he likes them so much. Compare him...
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