Richard III in Lego
The Visitor Centre in Leicester really has been busy over the Easter holiday – and here is the result …
The Visitor Centre in Leicester really has been busy over the Easter holiday – and here is the result …
In 1484, King Richard III created a minor equity court to deal with minor disputes in equity; these are disputes where the harshness of common law would be acknowledged by those appointed by the Crown. Equity courts were mostly seen as the Lord Chancellor’s remit, and the split of the Chancery Courts from the Curia Regis happened in the mid-fourteenth century. By the time of King Richard III, the Chancery Court had become backlogged from cases pleading the harshness of the common law, and the Court of Requests was no doubt and attempt to remove minor equity cases from the backlog and free up court time – Richard’s attempt at reducing bureaucracy and better administration.
So successful was the Court of Requests that it survived Richard’s reign, and was formalised by the Privy Council of Henry “Tudor”, the usurper. It was a popular court, because the cost of cases was…
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Here is a link to an excellent and imaginative new novel from Richard III Society member, Marla Skidmore (no relation to Chris!!!).
I was fortunate enough to read it when it was still in infancy stages, just loose pages of double-spaced type. I have to say it is beautifully written and looks at Richard from a completely different angle.
But don’t just take my word for it, have a read yourselves and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
For those of you who don’t subscribe to Facebook (where we have published the link), here is information of a radio serialisation of The Daughter of Time on Radio 4 Extra.
Somehow, I think we’ll all be tuning into this one!
Happy listening,
Janine
As some of you are fans:
On October 2nd the new version of Court of King Richard III by The Legendary Ten Seconds was released. Here are some links to it:-
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/court-of-king-richard-iii-single/id1290577539
Thanks very much to Ian Churchward for the links.
Have you ever wanted to own a property associated with the Gosnold family?
Well, here is your chance. Otley Hall, the childhood home of Bartholomew Gosnold, is now for sale and will hopefully be open more frequently. It was also featured here.
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Here is a review of a Richard III themed board game by Columbia Games.
h/t Ian Churchward