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At our Study Day on Sat 5th October (at St Mary's Church in Barnard Castle) Dr John Sadler will be talking about the Battle of Hexham and other northern battles of the Wars of the Roses. This is an open event, open to anyone interested in history, in the Wars of the Roses or Richard…
MEDIAEVAL DIARY: Today in 1464, the Battle of Hexham took place, after which the former Duke of Somerset was executed: https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/its-a-wonder-anyone-survived-medieval-battles/
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MEDIAEVAL DIARY: Today in 1464, the Battle of Hexham took place, after which the former Duke of Somerset was executed: https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/its-a-wonder-anyone-survived-medieval-battles/
News just out announcing the speakers at this year's Middleham Festival. It should be a great weekend - 6th-7th July - and the Northern Dales RIII Group will be there with a sales and welcome table so come along and say hello! 😀
We are thrilled to announce that the speakers for this year's Middleham Celebrates Richard III Festival are Mike Jones and Philippa Gregory. Talks are on Saturday 6th July. More information and ticket details will be available shortly. See you there!
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We are thrilled to announce that the speakers for this year's Middleham Celebrates Richard III Festival are Mike Jones and Philippa Gregory. Talks are on Saturday 6th July. More information and ticket details will be available shortly. See you there!
This is a fabulous resource for anyone interested in the Wars of the Roses and anything Ricardian. Many thanks to those at the Society who have made this happen at last.
THE RICARDIAN IS NOW ONLINE! The Ricardian is the historical journal of the Richard III Society. Members of the Society receive the current year's volume as a benefit of membership and have always been able to purchase back numbers, but now earlier issues, from 1974 up to and including 2010, are available to everyone in…
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THE RICARDIAN IS NOW ONLINE! The Ricardian is the historical journal of the Richard III Society. Members of the Society receive the current year's volume as a benefit of membership and have always been able to purchase back numbers, but now earlier issues, from 1974 up to and including 2010, are available to everyone in their entirety. In future, groups of volumes will be added to the online series after a minimum of five years. Contributions include many detailed biographies of men and women whose lives were directly relevant to Richard III, such as relatives, officials and servants, but also of merchants, craftsmen, artists and scholars of the period whose careers add to our general knowledge of fifteenth century society. There are discussions of aspects of social life, political and economic issues, important events, including battles, crucial texts - both literary and historical - heraldry, works of art and archaeological finds. Specific Ricardian issues are dealt with, of course, such as the controversial portraits of Richard III, his favourite saints, the mystery of the princes in the tower and the problem of Edward IV's marriage pre-contract followed by a secret marriage, which taken together made his sons illegitimate under canon law and cleared Richard's way to the throne. The volumes which are now online include the original articles that together analysed the interesting book collections of Richard III and his family, as well as the studies of the elaborate funerals of Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville. Review articles cover a wide range of books that dealt with similar material throughout these years and brief summaries guide the reader to other publications on these subjects. Maps, family trees and illustrations complete the information provided. All these texts can now be searched and downloaded as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files and printed out (subject to the Terms and Conditions shown on the website) from the new Ricardian Online website at www.thericardian.online or by following the link from the main Society website at www.richardiii.net
We are very excited to announce our final speaker for October's Study Day: Yvonne Morley Chisholm is a writer, voice teacher and vocal coach who has worked across the world as well as providing training for many West End performances, in LAMDA and at the National Theatre, in media, film and TV and politics. She…
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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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