1
Mar
1 MARCH 1484
Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters leave sanctuary at Westminster Abbey and are reconciled with Richard III.
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11
Mar
11 MARCH 1471
Edward IV leaves Burgundy to return to England and win back his throne. He is accompanied by his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III)
Tags: Burgundy, Edward IV, Richard III
Facial Reconstruction of Richard III (used by permission of the Richard III Society)
An unforgettable event:
Press Conference at the University of Leicester – it is Richard III!
A press conference at the University of Leicester was specially convened on 4 February 2013. At 10h40 (local time) it was announced that the human remains found during the archaeological dig in the area of Leicester’s Greyfriars were those of King Richard III.
The identification was based on a wealth of scientific evidence, including radiocarbon dating, radiological evidence, DNA and bone analysis and archaeological results.
In conclusion to a presentation of the various strains of evidence, Richard Buckley, the lead archaeologist on the Search for Richard III, said: “It is the academic conclusion of the University of Leicester that the individual exhumed at Grey Friars in August 2012 is indeed King Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England.” *
You can watch and listen to the whole press conference again at http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2013/february/watch-or-listen-to-the-richard-iii-press-conference-online
* ‘University of Leicester announces discovery of King Richard III’, University of Leicester (4 Feb 2013). URL: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/february/university-of-leicester-announces-discovery-of-king-richard-iii [last accessed 1 Feb. 2020]
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]
Tags: Cambridge, Christmas, Richard III
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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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
Tags: Books, Richard III
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”
Tags: Buckingham, Richard III
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]
Tags: Buckingham, Richard III
