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Free Zoom talk: The Battle of Northampton, 1460. Tuesday, 27 January, 1930 GMT
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/fostp/the-battle-of-northampton-1460-a-king-betrayed/2026-01-27/19:30/t-ejaxoae #Northampton #WarsOfTheRoses @histodons #histodons

#OTD in 1485: Richard III was killed at Bosworth.
Henry Tudor emerged victorious, married Elizabeth of York, and forged a new dynasty — the Tudors.
https://www.tudorsociety.com/the-battle-of-bosworth-field-and-the-beginning-of-the-tudor-dynasty/
#OnThisDay #RichardIII #HenryVII #Bosworth #Tudors #WarsOfTheRoses

In 1461 during the #WarsoftheRoses the 2nd Battle of St Albans was partially fought (flight of the Yorkists) on #Nomansland Common & in #C17th gangs of thieves regularly robbed travellers on the Common including the legendary ‘Wicked Lady’ Highwaywoman Katherine Ferrers.

#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History

Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
A good example of Tudor propaganda.

A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
and
The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #baritone
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison KInder: bass #viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-M&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#earlymusic #earlymodern #richardiii #bosworth #histodon #histodons #tudor #tudors #warsoftheroses #otd #onthisdayinhistory #henryvii @earlymusic @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
#ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history

I've been enjoying 'The Granddaughters of Edward III' by #KathrynWarner, thanks to a review copy from #NetGalley. Two queens, several scandals, descendants with competing claims leading to the #WarsOfTheRoses. Many history books focus on half the population; examining what we know of the women provides new perspective. 🧵 1/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Granddaughters-of-Edward-III-Hardback/p/22445

#NewBook #medieval #biography #prosopography #MedievalWomen #14thCentury #15thCentury #medievodons @medievodons #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII

Looking across fields at Blankney in Lincolnshire.

The ancient family of d’Eyncourt held their manor here at Blankney in Lincolnshire from the 11th century until the 15th when it passed to the Lovell family. The land returned to the crown and the barony went into its first abeyance when Francis Lovell was attainted following his disappearance after the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487.

It was the barony, in its second abeyance in the 18th century, that the Tennysons family at Tealby had their eye on.

#lincolnshire #blankney #11thcentury #15thcentury #localhistory#familyhistory #medieval #manor #warsoftheroses #lovell #attainted #abeyance #battleofstokefield #tennyson