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Fancy finding a royal hat brooch? Us too! 🙂 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6911185/Metal-detectorist-unearths-stunning-gold-hat-pin-thought-1485.html
An amateur metal detectorist has unearthed a precious jewel that could have belonged to Edward IV or one of his inner circle. It was discovered by Lisa Grace in a field in Lincolnshire.
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At our April meeting we were delighted to welcome local craftsman Stephen Roberts of Hidebound Productions (operating from workshops just twenty yards away from St Mary’s Parish Hall), who gave a fascinating insight into medieval drinking vessels. He had also brought along a stunning collection of jacks/goblets/bombards, some brightly coloured or etched with a variety…
https://www.hidebound.co.uk/ We then held our AGM, with all officers thanked and re-elected, finances inspected and audited, and a PowerPoint review of the year. Our next meeting is our trip to Fotheringhay and Deene Park on Sunday 19th May, followed by a tour and talk on Wycliffe Church on Mon 24th June (with possible refreshments at Fernaville’s Rest). The NDRIIIG will also host a sales/info stall at Middleham’s Richard III Festival on 6th-7th July.">
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The Northern Dalers will be meeting next Monday evening - 8th April - at 7pm, to hear Stephen Armstrong of Hidebound Productions talk about the history and production of leather and hide goods in the medieval period, with some of his company's reproduction items on show (possibly on sale!) https://www.hidebound.co.uk/ We will be in the…
https://www.hidebound.co.uk/ We will be in the Main Hall at St Mary's Parish Hall, Newgate, Barnard Castle (DL12 8NQ), with refreshments, and all for only £3 non-members, £2 members. It's also AGM evening, so we will have a short pictorial review of 2018 alongside official reports from officers. See you there!">
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On the anniversary of the Battle of Towton, it is appropriate that we announce our third speaker for the Northern Dales Study Day on Saturday October 5th - Dr John Sadler - who will be speaking on "‘The War in the North 1461 – 1464" John is a military historian and author local to the…
http://www.johnsadler.net/ Our Study Day is open to all, and tickets will go on sale in late June. Our fourth and final speaker will be announced at Easter :)">
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Two dozen Northern Dalers met in mid-March to hear Dr Daniel Oliver talk on “The Importance of a Funeral - Funerary Ritual + Deposition in Later Medieval England. Three English medieval kings were deposed – Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI – and Daniel explored the nature of “kingship” beyond death or deposition with…
$Two dozen Northern Dalers met in mid-March to hear Dr Daniel Oliver talk on “The Importance of a Funeral - Funerary Ritual + Deposition in Later Medieval England. Three English medieval kings were deposed – Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI – and Daniel explored the nature of “kingship” beyond death or deposition with regard to their funerals, tombs, commemorations and their re-burials by other monarchs. Beginning with the example of Louis X, Daniel related how royal funerals could be critical for the handover of royal power and continuity with a king’s successor. Edward II was deposed and killed in 1327; whilst some reports suggest he escaped to Italy, the general account posits that his body was formally viewed and embalmed before removal to Gloucester Cathedral, site of coronations and previous royal burials. The funeral highlighted Edward’s royal status, with the innovation of a funeral effigy atop the coffin dressed in royal robes and crown. Edward III attended to show the legitimacy of the continuing royal line. Richard II was deposed in 1399 and died in Pontefract in 1400, with his body and features displayed in St Alban’s to prove his decease in the face of persistent rumours of escape to Scotland. Ceremonies in St Paul’s (rather than Westminster) and burial at Kings Langley indicate some honour but more that of a “gentleman” than a king. Richard was later re-buried by Henry V in Westminster Abbey at “considerable expense” and using items from his own father’s funeral. Perhaps Henry was atoning for his father’s ‘crime’ of deposing Richard? Henry VI was deposed in 1461, and again in 1471 before his death in late May. Payments for linen, embalmment, processions with tapers and a decorated barge delivering the king’s remains to Chertsey Abbey suggest a respectable but humble burial. Chroniclers claimed the body bled both at St Paul’s and at Blackfriars prior to its journey downriver, perhaps an apocryphal sign of uncertainty concerning the king’s demise. Many accounts arose of miracles concerning his remains both in Chertsey and later in Windsor, occasioning pilgrimages to both locations, and a popularity only surpassed by Thomas a Becket; Henry VII attempted to have his half-uncle canonised. In 1484 Richard III conducted an “honourable” reburial of Henry’s supposedly “uncorrupted” remains at St. George’s, Windsor, possibly as an attempt to manage the pilgrim cult and prompt reconciliation between Yorkists and Lancastrians. Richard III’s attendance may exemplify how a king’s presence is important when there is a visible transmission of power to a monarch’s successor. Whilst Westminster Abbey petitioned for Henry’s remains 14 years later, and Henry VII willed it, it never came to pass. There is some suggestion that Richard provided a tomb and chantry for Henry VI at Windsor. A British Library illustration depicts the king in armour, with royal regalia suspended over the effigy but if the tomb ever existed, it was lost by 1611, although a wrought iron money box for pilgrims’ donations remains in situ. This depiction of Henry, earthly King, may have been a counter to the cult of the saint and “martyr” Henry. In AOB Margaret Watson gave a short history of the RIII Garden at Amen Corner, in relation to the group’s hope to replant three white roses there. We also have two spaces left for our trip to Fotheringhay on 19th May. The NDRIIIG next meet on Mon 8th April for their AGM, and with the speaker Stephen Roberts of Hidebound Productions on medieval drinking vessels, their use and production. Image: possible illustration of tomb for Henry VI at St George's Windsor; BL Add. MS 6298, f.148$
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Northern Dale members Wendy and daughter Gracie visited Jervaulx Abbey recently and took this set of great photos, as we pass the Vernal Equinox, to remind us what a wonderful place it is - including views of the Chapter House, the great chancel area with its mysterious small memorial stone, the C13th worn figure of…
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Today we remember Anne Neville, Duchess of Gloucester and Queen of England, who died 16th March 1485.
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Amy Beckett is writing her dissertation on modern perceptions of Richard III - help her out here by filling in her short questionnaire (there are spaces to put fuller answers if you have more to say) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdexFuxx4dj2rVs5e2u06BTez9YkbAud9mu-zvl2pPe40p_Rg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3nZGoQ6HbnuoaTXUXjVR3q0i9nQjbWnPc7TwslLc7cC5xzx09qa9pVoy0
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Celebrate Cecily on International Women's Day - her story spans the C15th and the reigns of five monarchs, including those of two of her sons. An excellent biography by Joanna Laynesmith is just out in paperback too!
Today on International Women’s Day we are celebrating the life of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. Born in 1415, her childhood home was here at Raby Castle. Known as the Rose of Raby, Cecily married Richard, Duke of York in 1429 in a politically strategic match. She was a significant figure during the turbulent years…
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Today on International Women’s Day we are celebrating the life of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. Born in 1415, her childhood home was here at Raby Castle. Known as the Rose of Raby, Cecily married Richard, Duke of York in 1429 in a politically strategic match. She was a significant figure during the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses and mother of two monarchs, Edward IV and Richard III. Few women have been the mother of two Kings and grandmother of both a King and a Queen. Cecily’s portrait can be seen in the Chapel at Raby Castle so do have a look next time you are here. The Castle is open every weekend in March. #IWD2019