Just a reminder that The Richard III Society, NSW Branch, is planning to remember the death of Richard III and his gallant band who fell with him (as well as those who survived) at Redmore Plain on 22nd August 1485 with a lunch at:
The Hero Of Waterloo Hotel,
cnr Windmill & Lower Fort Sts,
Millers Point, Sydney
Time: from noon
Date: Sunday, 22nd August 2010.
Room: Downstairs Luncheon Room, off the bar.
Access from Lower Fort St or through bar from Windmill St.
Do hope to see you all there!
Please let Kevin know definitely whether or not you are able to attend this function by Saturday 14th August 2010 (day of General Meeting), as he needs to provide definite numbers to Hotel management by Monday, 16th August.
Please also contact him if you need help with information on how to get there.
You can contact Kevin at social@richardiii-nsw.org.au.
Tags: Battles, NSW Branch, Richard III
Saturday, 14 August, is Scrabble time!
Every year or so we invite members to draw a Scrabble tile out of a bag and ask them to prepare a short and entertaining talk on a Plantagenet-connected subject beginning with the letter. This year we drew the letters at the April meeting, which gave us time to come up with something until the August meeting. It is always interesting to see to which fascinating subjects these letters can introduce all of us. So don’t miss hearing what Jane Roberts has to say on ‘T’, Xavier de Saint Simon on ‘H’, Leslie McCawley on ‘I’, Dorothea Preis on ‘E’ and Lynne Foley on ‘O’.
Volume 3 of the Chronicles of the White Rose has just come back from the printer. All members will receive their copy at the August meeting. So don’t miss this interesting meeting, you’ll not only get five talks, but also your Chronicles, and it goes without saying, you’ll find good company, too.
As always, guests are more than welcome to share an interesting afternoon Details on the venue can be found under ‘Upcoming Events‘).
Tags: NSW Branch
Posted by: Dorothea Preis in News
If you found us after reading the paper this morning we would like to welcome you to our site. We hope you find lots of interesting articles and would be happy to welcome you soon again.
A note of explanation to our regular readers. We reported on Tuesday, 6 July, that Richard III’s coronation was mentioned in Column 8, a regular feature of the Sydney Morning Herald. We were wondering whether our secretary Julia had anything to do with it, but it turns out that any prompting from her side had not been necessary. However, efficient as ever she immediately sent an email to Column 8 thanking them for the mention of ‘our Man’ and this appears in full in today’s paper (have a look here). Thank you very much to Column 8 and Julia as well.
Tags: Media, NSW Branch, Richard III
Our annual Coronation Lunch will take place on Sunday, 4 July 2010, to commemorate the coronation of King Richard III and Queen Anne on 6 July 1483. Come and meet us for a delicious lunch at 12 noon at at Galante’s, 138 Norton Street, Leichhardt. It’s just a little further up Norton Street from our old favourite, La Galletta, on the opposite side of the road (see also here).
For more information or if you would like to attend, please contact social@richardiii-nsw.org.au.
Please note: Kevin needs to have final numbers by tonight, 25 June 2010, so please let him know urgently.
Tags: NSW Branch
A faithful band of regulars gathered on this chilly winter’s day for the branch meeting of the Richard III Society NSW Branch, and also to observe the 11 June birthday of Anne Neville, Richard’s wife, with special cupcakes for the occasion.
We were pleased to have the presence of a lovely new laptop computer that had been purchased for branch meeting presentations, as well as to assist the teams giving talks
to all the civic organisations that welcome them so heartily all over the Sydney area. This means that future speakers will be able to bring multimedia and PowerPoint presentations from now on, which will add to everyone’s enjoyment.
Jenny, who has a long association with the branch, brought her treasured silver groat to share with us. She had made this lucky purchase some 20 years ago in New Zealand for $175 in the local currency, whereas a coin from the reign of Richard III would now be worth up to £6,000 due to extreme scarcity. Jenny’s delicate groat was an authentic coin of the realm of the Edward IV era. The intricately engraved and well-worn coin was passed around and studied carefully by everyone present. We marveled at being able to hold a coin used in Richard’s lifetime.
Gillian was our Guest Speaker, and had kindly come all the way from Canberra to reprise her presentation from the 2009 Australasian Conference in Perth. The background and inspiration for her interesting talk on the powerful Percy family, which arrived in England with William the Conquerer, was the book Kings in the North by Alexander Rose. Gillian carefully outlined an overview of the major life points of the Earls of Northumberland throughout the centuries our Society is most interested in. Their interwoven family trees showed intermarriage and dynastic conflict between the mighty Percy, Mortimer and Neville families, which had laid the groundwork for the War of the Roses.
The next meeting in August will feature several Scrabble speakers on the topics of their choice starting with the letter the intrepid volunteers drew out of a hat at the April meeting.
Tags: NSW Branch
We just heard from the Richard III Society in the UK that the June Ricardian Bulletin and 2010 Ricardian will be arriving later than anticipated. There was a delay in the printing of the Ricardian and as the annual Ricardian is sent together withe the June Bulletin, the Bulletin has also been delayed. They are scheduled to be shipped from the UK mid-June, but will take some time to maker their way here. We regret the delay, but you hope you understand that it is beyond our control.
Tags: NSW Branch
Don’t forget our General Meeting this Saturday, 12 June, at 2pm at our usual venue, the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. Gillian Laughton (SA Branch) is coming from Canberra to give us her fascinating talk from the Perth Convention on “The Percys”. And afterwards there’ll be special treat to celebrate Queen Anne’s birthday. Looking forward to seeing as many as possible of you.
Tags: NSW Branch
On a lovely clear autumnal Saturday in May the Richard III Society NSW Branch held their biannual conference, set in the spacious, attractive North Sydney Leagues Club in the Sydney suburb of Cammeray. The event was well attended by regular members and people from the community, with some eager attendees having travelled interstate to attend. A wide range of topics presented throughout the day guaranteed something of interest to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Books, Conventions, NSW Branch
We would like to welcome Jenny Savage from the Richard III Society in the UK. Jenny attends our general meetings whenever she is in Sydney, where she is always a most welcome guest. We are very excited that she has agreed to contribute to our website.
Today she makes a start with a review of Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton AD 1461 (which you can read here).
We are looking forward to hear from Jenny soon again. All our contributors are highly appreciated, but this goes particularly for those from outside of our branch.
A very big welcome, Jenny!
Tags: Books, NSW Branch
Today, May 20, is a time to celebrate. Exactly a year ago our new website took off, thanks to the inspiration and guidance of Mathias Burbach. Mathias, we can’t thank you enough.
Since then, in the skilled and sure hands of our webmaster Dorothea Preis, the site has developed into a place well worth visiting. There’s the latest news about our Branch as well as information about the people involved with it. Plus plenty of information about what is happening Ricardian-wise around the world such as the recent archaeological discoveries at Bosworth and the newly suggested site of Redemore Plain, developments at Micklegate Bar in York and new research into the Battle of Wakefield.
New items of interest are added regularly: the Medieval Calendar gives daily reminders of what happened when, where and to whom; medieval style recipes have begun to make an appearance; we’re visiting places that have a distinct Plantagenet presence. Our book list is filled with suggestions that range from classic research such as John Ashdown-Hill’s Eleanor: the Secret Queen to entertaining – but not necessarily historically accurate – novels. Our library list grows weekly and our bookshelves are filling rapidly – and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
What has really thrilled us in the past twelve months is the amount of new friends from around the world who have made contact with us, offered us articles and illustrations, posted some of our items on other sites – and congratulated the Branch on its website. Take a bow, Dorothea!
Please continue to keep in touch with us. In fact we hope you make Many Happy Returns to our site and get to know the New South Wales Branch of the Richard III Society even better. Loyalty binds us.
Tags: NSW Branch
