In recent years several pieces of evidence have been discovered relating to the fate of the Princes in the Tower. Most notable are finds by Tim Thornton of the University of Huddersfield and those discovered…
On 12 June 1482 Richard Duke of Gloucester was made commander of the English army due to invade Scotland. On 11 June, the Treaty of Fotheringay had been signed in which the Duke of Albany, Alexander…
On 7 January 1469 John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, was released from captivity in the Tower of London. The Earl of Oxford, had been imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1468. His crime…
Marriage of Prince Edward of Westminster to Anne Neville, 13 December 1470. The union of Prince Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and Anne Neville is one of the more unlikely marriage contracts entered into…
On 12 December 1455 Grooms of the chamber presented a signed petition, signed by King Henry VI, to Council. Grooms of the Chamber Grooms of the chamber were the equivalent of a valet today. They…
The publication of Philippa Langley’s The Princes in the Tower: Solving History’s Greatest Cold Case has been accompanied by renewed calls, from some quarters, for the bones held in an urn in Westminster Abbey to…
On 23 November 1450, Richard 3rd Duke of York entered London brandishing his sword. In scenes more commonly seen amid later events, the Duke made a show of force to try and attain change. The…
Thomas Percy Lord Egremont was born on 29 November 1422 at Leconfield. He died at the Battle of Northampton in July 1460. Thomas, Lord Egremont waa one of the key protaganists in the escalation of…
One aspect of the Tudor regime’s establishment was the restoration of King Henry VI. Henry VI, and his family had been attained by the Yorkists. The reversal of the attainder of King Henry VI was…
15 November 1460, The Gates of Durham were reinforced as Lancastrian loyalists rallied to support Queen Margaret. Lancastrian call to arms Following the Battle of Northampton, Queen Margaret had fled to Wales before moving north to…