Some manmade boars are downright ugly, but some are really handsome. My daughter spotted this splendid fellow at the Blue Diamond Garden Centre in Nailsworth, Glos. A fine addition to any Ricardian’s garden! £399 and he’s yours. There he was, posing at the front with all his companions. Unfortunately my daughter didn’t have a spare… Continue reading There are boars….and there are shiny boars….!
Tag: Gloucestershire
An important moat site discovered in Tewkesbury….
This discovery was announced several months ago (as you will see in the links at the end of this post), but I have only just received this BBC article When we think of moats we generally associate them with castles, or upper class residences and manor houses. We do not associate them with lower classes… Continue reading An important moat site discovered in Tewkesbury….
The murdered Lancastrian countess and the disappearing Yorkist ghost rider….
Gloucestershire doesn’t lack ghostly stories, not least about the Wars of the Roses with, for example, Margaret of Anjou prowling the rooms of Owlpen Manor and the phantom messenger, on his way through Prestbury to Edward IV at Tewkesbury in May 1471 when he was killed by an arrow. He still gallops through the village… Continue reading The murdered Lancastrian countess and the disappearing Yorkist ghost rider….
A circumstantial but viable clue to the eventual death of Edward II….
In a way the mystery of Edward II is not unlike that of the Princes in the Tower (see here). In both cases supposed royal murders have turned out to be untrue and the victims have escaped to the Continent. Also in both cases the murder aspect has been unchallenged until relatively recently, with all the old… Continue reading A circumstantial but viable clue to the eventual death of Edward II….
What ancient Celtic wonders did the Romans encounter beyond the estuary of the Severn….?
Before I go any further, let me say that the above image is more or less the first view I had back in the 1970s of the Romano-British temple of Nodens, at Lydney Park near the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. The temple is on a hillfort site on a bluff where the River Severn… Continue reading What ancient Celtic wonders did the Romans encounter beyond the estuary of the Severn….?
The Earl of Warwick popped back from the hereafter to fight at Tewkesbury….?
The above illustration is from In search of Shakespeare in Gloucestershire The article states that “Shakespeare takes liberties with Tewkesbury” (and calls Richard III a scallywag!) and then lists all the things that are wrong in the Bard’s accounts. But it doesn’t notice the glaring error in the above illustration’s caption. I’d like to… Continue reading The Earl of Warwick popped back from the hereafter to fight at Tewkesbury….?
London created champagne before the French….!
Yes indeed, it seems that Londoners invented champagne. It’s a claim that won’t go down well across La Manche, and I found it at this site, which is also where I found the illustration from Rocque’s Map below. “…If you could time travel back to medieval London you would [find it] awash with vineyards at… Continue reading London created champagne before the French….!
The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley
Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com 14th century monument to Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley (1289-d.1365) and his wife Joan Lady de Berkeley nee Archer d. 1369. The small monument besides the Berkeley monument is that commemorating a heart burial belonging to an unknown female. St Giles’ Church, Coberley, Gloucestershire. Photo C B Newham Church Monuments… Continue reading The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn really did sleep here….!
If you fancy staying in a Tudor castle, then Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire is the place for you. It’s a beautiful castle that is now presented very much in the Tudor style. “….It was built in 1510 by Edward Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, who had been given permission by the young King Henry VIII… Continue reading Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn really did sleep here….!
RICHARD WHITTINGTON c.1350-1423. MERCER, MAYOR AND A MOST BENEVOLENT CITIZEN OF LONDON
Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com A delightful artist’s impression of ‘Richard Whittington dispensing his charities’. Artist Henrietta Ray before 1905 oil on canvas. Royal exchange. Even the most disinterested in history children would recognise the name Dick/Richard Whittington and also his best, and only friend, his cat, most of them being familiar with the rather delightful folk… Continue reading RICHARD WHITTINGTON c.1350-1423. MERCER, MAYOR AND A MOST BENEVOLENT CITIZEN OF LONDON
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