Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the sixth day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
Six spies of Morton,
Five malmsey butts,
Four Papal pardons,
Three suns of York,
Two little princes,
And a crown in a hawthorn bush.

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Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the fifth day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
Five malmsey butts,
Four Papal pardons,
Three suns of York,
Two little princes,
And a crown in a hawthorn bush.

Tags: Henry Tudor, Holiday

Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the fourth day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
Four Papal pardons,
Three suns of York,
Two little princes,
And a crown in a hawthorn bush.

Tags: Henry Tudor, Holiday

Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the third day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
Three suns of York,
Two little princes,
And a crown in a hawthorn bush.

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Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the second day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
Two little princes,
And a crown in a hawthorn bush.

Tags: Henry Tudor, Holiday

At our December General Meeting one of the highlights were familiar Christmas carols with new – Ricardian – texts.  One of them was ‘Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List’.  This Tudor version of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ has been a favourite with our branch for a long time, so long in fact that nobody can remember who originally penned it.  Could the original author please come forward, we would like to award you a virtual laurel wreath!

We will bring you our version of this carol over the twelve days of Christmas and hope you enjoy it as much as we have done.

Henry Tudor’s Christmas Wish List

On the first day of Christmas my mummy sent to me
A crown in a hawthorn bush.

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It’s the time for good news, also for our branch.  After the previous hiccup with the original batch of the December 2011 Ricardian Bulletins, the replacements have just arrived and have been mailed out today.  With a bit of luck, you might still get your copy before the holidays.

We all hope that there will be no more problems with missing or duplicated pages.  However, should there be any problems, please do not hesitate to let me know.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Stephen from the parent Society for all his efforts in getting this so quickly sorted out.  I am sure that all of us appreciate the phantatstic job he is doing.

Tags: NSW Branch, Richard III Society

One of the most poignant finds at the recent discovery of the “real” battlesite at Bosworth was a gilt solid silver boar, which was found by a metal detectorist (see here).  Now another boar brooch has been found, this time near the village of Stillingfleet in Richard III’s “home” county of Yorkshire.

The brooch depicting a wild boar has been dated to the 15th Century, which makes a connection to Richard, whose symbol was the white boar, likely.

The above photograph shows a modern day replica of the Bosworth boar.  Items like this are worn with pride by our branch members at Ricardian events.  They are available from the Richard III Society (go to ‘Society Shop’, it is on page 7 of the Catalogue).

Source:

‘Two medieval brooches discovered’, Selby Times (17 December 2011).  URL:  http://www.selbytimes.co.uk/news/local-news/district-news/two_medieval_brooches_discovered_1_4059814 Date accessed:  18 December 2011

Tags: Archaeology, Richard III

Well, maybe not the whole chapel…

Like so many of the historic buildings in Britain – our branch just recently supported the Middleham Church Appeal with a donation – St Georges Chapel at Windsor is dependent on donations to raise the funds necessary for the conservation of the fabric of the chapel and associated buildings, as it is not the financial responsibility of the State, the Church or the Crown. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Church, Edward IV, Richard III, Richard III Society