We have probably all come across one or both cathedrals in Liverpool, where the Anglican building was built by a Catholic and probably vice versa (Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Sir Frederick Gibberd). Here, however, is a single ecumenical building at Arundel Castle. On the one hand, the nave and chancel are the Anglican church… Continue reading Neither quite one thing nor the other?
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The surnames of medieval noblemen’s illegitimate offspring….
Well, I thought I’d sussed a “tradition” for the illegitimate offspring of medieval noblemen to be named after their father’s title, not given his surname. The family surname was reserved for legitimate children only. Think of Sir Edmund Arundel, who ceased to be Sir Edmund Fitzalan (and heir to a great earldom) when his father,… Continue reading The surnames of medieval noblemen’s illegitimate offspring….
Was the younger Despenser buried in two places at the same time….?
We Ricardians know all about the problems, if not to say mysteries, that can arise from the final resting places of famous figures from the past. It doesn’t help that in the medieval period especially a person’s remains could be moved from place to place. Edward IV had his father and brother moved from Pontefract… Continue reading Was the younger Despenser buried in two places at the same time….?
Henry the “Lancastrian”? Another own goal
You may have read here, here, here or even here about the regular own goals of a certain “Tudor”-ist troll. Anyway, given the fact that Henry VII, whether Tudor, Beaufort or Swynford, is not descended from Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster in suo jure but from her husband’s mistress and later wife, Katherine de Roet, he… Continue reading Henry the “Lancastrian”? Another own goal
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