Stephanie Brooke
@stephaniebrooke.bsky.social
Mostly medieval historian & genealogist, well marinated in Shakespeare and Verdi; natural environment: library or garden
The portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer & his family tree by John Speed from the 1602 2nd edition of the #CanterburyTales edited by Thomas Speght; interesting that the De La Pole side ends with Edmund, even though like his elder brother John he was attainted for treason
December 11, 2023 at 3:18 PM
The portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer & his family tree by John Speed from the 1602 2nd edition of the #CanterburyTales edited by Thomas Speght; interesting that the De La Pole side ends with Edmund, even though like his elder brother John he was attainted for treason
Happy 89th Birthday, Dame Judith Olivia Dench 🎉🎉😊
December 9, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Happy 89th Birthday, Dame Judith Olivia Dench 🎉🎉😊
Rowland Lockey's artful watercolour of the family of Sir Thomas More & descendants (eg Cresacre More) in the V&A (the oil is in the NPG but there are, you know, reproduction problems . . )
November 29, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Rowland Lockey's artful watercolour of the family of Sir Thomas More & descendants (eg Cresacre More) in the V&A (the oil is in the NPG but there are, you know, reproduction problems . . )
Here is the 1597 plan of the Tower of London; on the far left you can see the area where the Lion House was, sensibly separated from the rest of the Tower by a drawbridge, and where the 1490s narrative supposedly by Richard of York (from the Gelderland Archives) says he was kept
November 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Here is the 1597 plan of the Tower of London; on the far left you can see the area where the Lion House was, sensibly separated from the rest of the Tower by a drawbridge, and where the 1490s narrative supposedly by Richard of York (from the Gelderland Archives) says he was kept
James IV had married him to his distant cousin Lady Katherine Gordon; here is his letter to her which survives in the Spanish archives (presumably the Spanish ambassador in Scotland got hold of a copy)
November 23, 2023 at 9:29 PM
James IV had married him to his distant cousin Lady Katherine Gordon; here is his letter to her which survives in the Spanish archives (presumably the Spanish ambassador in Scotland got hold of a copy)
On 23rd November 1499 a young man the English public was told was "Perkin Warbeck (or Osbeck) of Tournai" was hanged at Tyburn for trying to escape from the Tower with Edward Earl of Warwick and plot to overthrow Henry VII; just possibly, really the former Richard Duke of York
November 23, 2023 at 9:26 PM
On 23rd November 1499 a young man the English public was told was "Perkin Warbeck (or Osbeck) of Tournai" was hanged at Tyburn for trying to escape from the Tower with Edward Earl of Warwick and plot to overthrow Henry VII; just possibly, really the former Richard Duke of York
Anthony Woodville wears a heraldic tabard and Edward, Prince of Wales is also present; behind in the blue robe trimmed in ermine is supposedly Richard, Duke of Gloucester
November 18, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Anthony Woodville wears a heraldic tabard and Edward, Prince of Wales is also present; behind in the blue robe trimmed in ermine is supposedly Richard, Duke of Gloucester
18th November 1477 William Caxton published at Westminster The Dictes & Sayings of the Philosophers, the first book printed in England with date, location & printer's mark; here Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (its translator) presents a copy to Edward IV & Queen Elizabeth Woodville, his sister
November 18, 2023 at 1:25 PM
18th November 1477 William Caxton published at Westminster The Dictes & Sayings of the Philosophers, the first book printed in England with date, location & printer's mark; here Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (its translator) presents a copy to Edward IV & Queen Elizabeth Woodville, his sister
None of them with a y, surprisingly, so you have to pick your way through all the "lord chamberlains" 🙄
Look at this - that was a *lot* of money
Look at this - that was a *lot* of money
November 15, 2023 at 10:12 AM
None of them with a y, surprisingly, so you have to pick your way through all the "lord chamberlains" 🙄
Look at this - that was a *lot* of money
Look at this - that was a *lot* of money
Bletsoe Castle happens to be for sale, at £500k more than it was in 2021 at £4M; very nice, but what's there now doesn't go back further than late C16th
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
November 1, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Bletsoe Castle happens to be for sale, at £500k more than it was in 2021 at £4M; very nice, but what's there now doesn't go back further than late C16th
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Edmund Tudor was to die just over a year later on 3rd November 1456, probably from the plague, as a prisoner in Carmarthen Castle, and was buried at the Franciscans; in 1539 Henry VIII had him moved to a tomb in the choir of St David's (Plucas58 on Wikimedia; brass rubbing above)
November 1, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Edmund Tudor was to die just over a year later on 3rd November 1456, probably from the plague, as a prisoner in Carmarthen Castle, and was buried at the Franciscans; in 1539 Henry VIII had him moved to a tomb in the choir of St David's (Plucas58 on Wikimedia; brass rubbing above)
1st November 1455 at Bletsoe Castle 25yo Edmund Tudor married 12yo Margaret Beaufort, whose wardship he had been given by half brother Henry VI when she was 9. The carrot of "courtesy of England" gave him the right to her lands if he made her pregnant, so he did.
November 1, 2023 at 3:26 PM
1st November 1455 at Bletsoe Castle 25yo Edmund Tudor married 12yo Margaret Beaufort, whose wardship he had been given by half brother Henry VI when she was 9. The carrot of "courtesy of England" gave him the right to her lands if he made her pregnant, so he did.
Master plaster caster Peter Hone's home in Notting Hill, much of which is on auction today (I suspect this was a child and cat free zone ;))
October 12, 2023 at 8:37 AM
Master plaster caster Peter Hone's home in Notting Hill, much of which is on auction today (I suspect this was a child and cat free zone ;))
#RIP, #SycamoreGap the First; may there soon be a new tree to write its own poem against the sky
September 28, 2023 at 8:54 PM
#RIP, #SycamoreGap the First; may there soon be a new tree to write its own poem against the sky
The new dig at Pembroke Castle has uncovered more of the C15th hall house built by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester/Jasper Tudor in which it's more likely Henry VII was born than a tower. Here are lots of pics of what they found in 2018
www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/wp/discovery...
www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/wp/discovery...
September 28, 2023 at 9:48 AM
The new dig at Pembroke Castle has uncovered more of the C15th hall house built by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester/Jasper Tudor in which it's more likely Henry VII was born than a tower. Here are lots of pics of what they found in 2018
www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/wp/discovery...
www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/wp/discovery...
Btw, astonished to find out that Bill Wyman owns the Chamberlaynes' Gedding Hall 😅 A pity it hasn't joined Historic Houses . .
September 27, 2023 at 2:38 PM
Btw, astonished to find out that Bill Wyman owns the Chamberlaynes' Gedding Hall 😅 A pity it hasn't joined Historic Houses . .
You'd be surprised ! I came across a C13th Grade II listed in Norfolk which someone had allowed this to be built onto today 😮😬
September 25, 2023 at 9:16 PM
You'd be surprised ! I came across a C13th Grade II listed in Norfolk which someone had allowed this to be built onto today 😮😬
24th September 1486 Arthur, heir of Henry VII was baptised at Winchester Cathedral; not in the Tournai font, but the silver basin sent from Canterbury. Elizabeth of York caught a chill waiting for the Earl of Oxford (a godfather) to get there and up the longest nave in Europe
September 24, 2023 at 3:21 PM
24th September 1486 Arthur, heir of Henry VII was baptised at Winchester Cathedral; not in the Tournai font, but the silver basin sent from Canterbury. Elizabeth of York caught a chill waiting for the Earl of Oxford (a godfather) to get there and up the longest nave in Europe
24th September 1486 Arthur, heir of Henry VII was baptised at Winchester Cathedral; not in the Tournai font, but the silver basin sent from Canterbury. Elizabeth of York caught a chill waiting for the Earl of Oxford (a godfather) to get there and up the longest nave in Europe
September 24, 2023 at 3:18 PM
24th September 1486 Arthur, heir of Henry VII was baptised at Winchester Cathedral; not in the Tournai font, but the silver basin sent from Canterbury. Elizabeth of York caught a chill waiting for the Earl of Oxford (a godfather) to get there and up the longest nave in Europe
Perhaps they could open a couple of days a month in summer ? Have just added some close ups of the wallpaintings; unfortunately the surroundings don't match ;(
September 24, 2023 at 12:32 PM
Perhaps they could open a couple of days a month in summer ? Have just added some close ups of the wallpaintings; unfortunately the surroundings don't match ;(
Some close ups of the wallpaintings in the upstairs room (the house was originally built in 1605 for wealthy merchant John Atkin, 4 times Mayor of King's Lynn). Unfortunately the "attractive & unusual garden created in the 1950s is no more ;(
September 24, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Some close ups of the wallpaintings in the upstairs room (the house was originally built in 1605 for wealthy merchant John Atkin, 4 times Mayor of King's Lynn). Unfortunately the "attractive & unusual garden created in the 1950s is no more ;(
Took a screenshot to post over here; if anyone organising papers for #IMC2024 has a gap which could use this last minute submission to Joanna (who isn't here yet) please contact her in The Other Place ;)
September 23, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Took a screenshot to post over here; if anyone organising papers for #IMC2024 has a gap which could use this last minute submission to Joanna (who isn't here yet) please contact her in The Other Place ;)
Interesting partly restored property in King's Lynn with Jacobean wall paintings
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
September 22, 2023 at 10:56 PM
Interesting partly restored property in King's Lynn with Jacobean wall paintings
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...