I have just returned from a short trip to Carlisle, partially inspired by the article on the Castle in last year's Bulletin, I have discovered that the city's...
Stephen You could try a Ph.D thesis produced in the early 1980s at York University by Bridget Vale. Not sure of the title, but she was working on the Scropes...
Stephen You could try a Ph.D thesis produced in the early 1980s at York University by Bridget Vale. Not sure of the title, but she was working on the Scropes...
Thanks, Anne. I have traced them all on Castelli. Excuse my error in calling Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton when I meant MASHAM. The Baronies both died out; that...
As you already know, I spent three very non-technical days at Arundel (pronounced AIR-un-dull, as I now know) at the Norfolk Arms Hotel. The castle offered a...
You were quite close to two other sites: Lordington, home of Sir Geoffrey Pole (Richard's great-nephew) is near Chichester. There is also Southampton Castle,...
... Arundel ... More and more, I realize that I can't visit England because I don't speak the language. I wouldn't even be able to ask for directions, since my...
Katy you wouldn't be alone - They pronounce Arundel like that here in the MD/DC/VA area - there's a shopping mall called Arundel Mill Mall(Uh-RUN-dull Mills...
Katy, Mishka, I only mentioned this because of my own confusion on the pronunciation. I started out pronouncing it correctly, then was influenced by some of...
If we were to travel back in time and listen in on a conversation held, lets say, during the lifetime of Richard - lets also say in southern England - how much...
... do ... pronounced ... "Versails," actually. The Midwest sems to have been highly influenced by the romance of foreign place-names at some point in...
... From: eileen To: richardiiisocietyforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:35 AM Subject: [Richard III Society Forum] Old English/Middle...
... something I thought of as stylish...Cool My daughter would probably say....wicked! Yes thats very true - but its lovely when you realise some of the...
... held, lets say, during the ... would we be able to ... Had the language changed ... I can figure out much or most of material written in the Middle Ages,...
Sorry I've been away so long. My Mom is in hospital, and the ordeal has been time consuming. Anyway, my claim to fame is having studied Anglo Saxon in...
We would understand a great deal. English came close to being wiped out except as a peasant language in the two centuries following the Norman conquest in...
You're right about Chaucer. When I was an English teacher, I taught some of Chaucer's stories in translation to grade XII tech students. For a lark, I...
Today is the anniversary of the coronation of King Richard III and Queen Anne. July 6th 1483. Party time everyone. Celebrate and have a flagon or two in memory...
I have been out-of -town for a while but I was interested to read a message from Robert Fripp on my return. I have a copy of "Dark Sovereign" - got it years...
The Michigan Area Chapter is having its Annual Coronation Banquet this evening and will hoist a flagon or two (or three) to the memory of Good King Ruchard! ...
One of my favourite English placenames with silly pronunciations is Oswaldtwistle (ozzle-twissle) on the Lancashire/Yorkshire boundary. some newbies to our...
Thank you for supporting Dark Sovereign, Janet (L.M.L.). Now that I am doing less commercial writing I am promoting the play; while currently writing a new ...
... Can anyone remember any other monarch being spoken about in such glowing terms as the above by their contempories. I understand it was a time when making...
Eileen, Interestingly the Mancini was for foreign eyes, and the Langton was in a private letter. neither were written for public consumption, therefore making...
In describing Richard and his family as the House of "York", are they being demeaned. Is this an example of medieval spin, seeking to downplay their female...
While families tended to be named in respect of their direct male descent (there were no hyphenated names in use yet), I don't think the York line ever forgot...
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