Well, here’s a novelty. Usually things are found at castles and other historic sites, but at Pontefract Castle they’ve lost something. Not a small something either, but a dungeon. How could that be, do I hear you ask? Well it seems that at least one visitor claims to have been inside this mysterious dungeon in… Continue reading They’ve lost a dungeon at Pontefract Castle….!
Tag: Thomas Earl of Lancaster
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….
Yes, that Thomas of Lancaster
He lost his head at Pontefract so what was he doing on sale in Colchester? This Kathryn Warner post gives a lot of detail about Thomas Earl of Lancaster’s life, rebellion and execution six days after the Battle of Boroughbridge. Here we explained the circumstances in which John Ashdown-Hill is seeking his remains, to solve… Continue reading Yes, that Thomas of Lancaster
Was Edward IV gay and/or bisexual? Dr John Ashdown-Hill thinks maybe so….
What follows was written entirely by Caroline Tilley, Senior Reporter of the Daily Gazette/Essex County Standard Secret marriages, scandalous affairs and one of the best-kept secrets in English history…. WHEN you have helped to unearth arguably the greatest historical find of the 21st century, some people might decide to put their feet up. Not Dr John… Continue reading Was Edward IV gay and/or bisexual? Dr John Ashdown-Hill thinks maybe so….
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