22
Dec
22 DECEMBER 1550
Death of Edward Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) at Eastwell. He is said to have claimed to be an illegitimate son of Richard III.
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Wishing all our readers a very merry Christmas
and lots of happiness and peace for the New Year.
Enjoy a carol from King’s College Chapel in Cambridge (click here).
Richard III was a generous benefactor of the building of the chapel, which had been started by Henry VI. By the end of his reign the first six bays of the Chapel had reached full height and the first five bays, roofed with oak and lead, were in use. [1] It was the Tudor kings, Henry VII and Henry VIII, who would eventually finish the chapel.
Note:
‘History of the Chapel’, King’s College Cambridge. URL: http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/history.html [last accessed 23 November 2018]
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16
Dec
Birth of Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Birth of Jane Austen
On 16 December 1775, Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, where her Father, George Austen, was rector. We all know and love Jane Austen’s novels, but her History of England, from the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1st is less widely known. She wrote this at the age of 16 in 1791, but even at this early age it shows the wit she was to become famous for.
Of particular interest to us is of course what she had to say about Richard III. Jane acknowledges that his character has been badly treated by historians, however, she is “inclined to suppose him a very respectable Man”. The reason for her positive impression is that “he was York”, so not too many Lancastrian sympathies there.
Quotes taken from:
Jane Austen: Love and Freindship and other early Works, The Women’s Press, London, 1978, reprinted 1979. ISBN 0 7043 3823 8, p.71
You can read a short biography here.
Dorothea Preis
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7
Nov
7 NOVEMBER 1469
Richard is made justiciar of north Wales for life by his brother, Edward IV
Tags: Edward IV, Richard III
2
Nov
2 November 1483
Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham, was executed in Salisbury on Sunday, 2 Nov. 1483. Initially, he had been Richard of Gloucester most trusted ally in the summer of 1483. It was probably Bishop John Morton, who was Buckingham’s prisoner at Brecon who persuaded him to become involved in the uprising against Richard III. His part in the rebellion was spectacularly unsuccessful due to atrocious rain, the flooding of the rivers and large-scale desertion of his followers. He was betrayed and executed without trial. In a letter of 12 Oct. 1483, which Richard III dictated to his chancellor, Bishop John Russell, he refers to Buckingham as “the most untrue creature living”
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12
Oct
12 OCTOBER 1459
Ludford Bridge (© Mr M Evison and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence)
Battle of Ludford Bridge/Ludlow, Shropshire, won by the Lancastrians.
Warwick’s re-inforcements from the garrison of Calais under Andrew Trollope defected to the Lancastrians. The Yorkist leaders fled, York and Rutland to Ireland, and Edward, Earl of March (York’s eldest son), Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and his son Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, to Calais. After the battle Cecily, Duchess of York, and her three youngest children George, Margaret and Richard, were taken prisoner by the Lancastrians and placed into the care of Cecily’s older sister Anne, Duchess of Buckingham.
A short description of the various battles of the Wars of the Roses can be found on the website of the Richard III Society.
Tags: Battles, Edward IV, Family, Henry VI, Richard III
10
Oct
10 OCTOBER 1483
Richard III hears of an uprising in Kent, followed the next day with the news that Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham, had turned against him. Buckingham’s rebellion mainly failed due to lack of support for him and bad weather.
Reference:
- S. L. Davies, ‘Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham (1455–1483)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. [accessed online 3 Feb. 2011]
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2
Oct
2 OCTOBER 1452
Happy Birthday, Richard!
Fotheringhay Castle (photo by Smb1001, via Wikimedia Commons)
Richard, the youngest surviving child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, was born at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, on 2 October 1452. He would ascend the throne in 1483 as Richard III.
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29
Sep
29 SEPTEMBER 1470
Edward IV flees to Burgundy, after the rebels under Earl of Warwick, who had by then sided with his former enemy Margaret of Anjou, invaded England with the help of French troops to restore Henry VI. Edward was accompanied by his brother-in-law Anthony, Earl Rivers, and William Lord Hastings. It seems his brother Richard (later Richard III) followed later after trying to gather to support for Edward in England.
Tags: Edward IV, Nevilles, Richard III
27
Sep
27 SEPTEMBER 1488
Death of William Hobbes, royal physician to Richard III. Hobbes had a long career in the service of the House of York, first to Richard, duke of York, then to his sons Edward IV and Richard III.
He obviously remained proud of this service, even after Henry Tudor claimed the throne, as he asked for the following inscription on his tombstone:
Here lies William Hobbys, formerly physician and surgeon of the most illustrious duke of York, and his sons the most illustrious kings Edward IV and Richard III, whose souls may God protect, amen.
He was buried in Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London.
Reference:
ODNB on ‘Hobbes, William (d. 1488)’
His will can be found in: Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Hustings, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688, Volume 2, ed.by Reginald R Sharpe, London, 1890, pp.590-591
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