… the Group and visitors from three continents remembered the life of Dr. John Ashdown-Hill by discussing one of the presentations he left us, based upon his book The Dublin King.
Late next month, we will head for Norwich Whitefriars, where Lady Eleanor Talbot, Richard’s sister-in-law, was originally interred and the Castle Museum where remains that may be hers are kept and where the Restoration ship the Gloucester is being exhibited.
Reblogged from a Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com
The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901.
The battle of Stoke Field fought on the 16th June 1487 has been discussed elsewhere extensively so there is no need for me to go into it here. I would recommend for those who have not already done so, to read Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke by Michael Bennett and Stoke Field The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses by David Baldwin should they wish to delve more into the story. I want instead to focus on the aftermath of that awful day with its tragic outcome – the final fall of the House of York and the destruction of its last leaders – but mostly the lost burial place…
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It seems that a Hull pub stands on a historically important site because many centuries ago, the building on the corner of Lowgate and Alfred Gelder Street in the city centre replaced a certain Suffolk Palace, which once belonged to King Henry VIII.
However, of much more interest to us than the Tudor monarch is the site’s original connection to the de la Pole family. This is going back some 700 years, when William de la Pole was the first mayor of Hull. He was so wealthy he could lend vast amounts of money to pay for England’s various wars. His statue stands on the Pier. As we know, his descendants became the Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. And the eldest son of one of the dukes, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, became the believed…
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Much has been written about Cromwell’s life including his descent from Thomas Cromwell‘s sister, his childhood, his
rise and service as Lord Protector, after Charles I‘s execution, whilst refusing the crown. Here, as part of his afterlife, Allan Barton, on YouTube, discusses the fate of his corpse. This includes his beheading, alongside the other deceased regicides, such that his head now resides at (his alma mater) Sidney Sussex College and his body in a burial pit in London.
Barton also discusses the movement of the head over the years, almost like that of Eva Peron, together with the cumulative evidence of the head’s identity: the age, sex, facial hair and warts, similar to that in the case of Richard III’s remains.
Mid Anglia Group, Richard III Society 