Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com The ruins of Astley Castle, Warwickshire. Think fortified manor house more than rugged castle. One of the homes of Cecilia Bonville and her husband Thomas Grey. The house came to the Grey family via marriage to a member of the Astley family c.1415. They both lie buried in the… Continue reading CECILIA BONVILLE, MARCHIONESS OF DORSET c.1460-1529 – AN INTERESTING LIFE
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The Links That Bind – Reappraisals – Richard III, Edward V, the Herald’s Memoir, Coldridge/John Evans, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Thomas Grey and Gleaston Castle.
REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Could these images in Coldridge Church be of the same man? A young Edward V, an adult man whose face appears to show injury/disfigurement around the mouth/chin area and the face of the John Evans effigy which also seems to have a scarred chin? It was way… Continue reading The Links That Bind – Reappraisals – Richard III, Edward V, the Herald’s Memoir, Coldridge/John Evans, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Thomas Grey and Gleaston Castle.
GLEASTON CASTLE – RENDEZVOUS FOR THE YORKIST REBELS IN 1487?
Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com Gleaston Castle today. Entrance to south west tower. Photo Chloe Grainger @castlestudiestrust.org Some of you reading this may be familiar with other posts I have written concerning what I call the Coldridge theory. For those of you who are not familiar with the theory here is a brief… Continue reading GLEASTON CASTLE – RENDEZVOUS FOR THE YORKIST REBELS IN 1487?
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