The Great Gatehouse entrance to Raglan Castle. Photo May 2003.
The Great Gatehouse was constructed in the 1460s by Sir William Herbert, while the future Henry VII was living there in Herbert’s custody.
Month: July 2010
Picture of the Week #81
Leeds Castle. Photo May 2003.
Picture of the Week #80
Landscaping outside the entrance to the Beauchamp Tower at the Tower of London. Photo May 2003.
New book – Elizabeth Virgin Queen?
I received a press release about an upcoming book by Philippa Jones titled Elizabeth VIrgin Queen?
Here’s the info from the release (which you can also download as a PDF):
Grey sisters article and “live blogging” Jane’s reign
Spotted via the Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide Blog, an article about Katherine and Mary Grey by Leanda de Lisle at The Mail Online this weekend:
Loved-up then locked up by the Virgin Queen: The story of Katherine and Mary Grey
Few people remember them today, but nearly 500 years ago Katherine and Mary Grey
Picture of the Week #79
Carving in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London. Photo May 2003.
This carving was done by John Dudley (the son of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland) while he and his brothers were held in the Beauchamp Tower following the short reign of Lady Jane Grey and the Wyatt Rebellion in the reign of Mary I.
The carving reads: “You that these beasts do well behold and see, may dem with ease wherefore here made they be, with borders eke within [there may be found] 4 brothers names who list to search the ground.”
Sunday short takes
This is the first time in a few weeks I’ve had a few stories stack up so I could do a “short takes”!
* First up, from Foose, a review from the Spectator of G.W. Bernard’s book “Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions” (which I posted about back in February)
* More excavations at the site of The Theatre in Shoreditch (previously mentioned here and here) are going on this summer, and you can follow along at the Museum of London’s “Working Life of the Museum” blog (here’s a Archaeology News, Book news, Re-enactments and Re-creations, Shakespeare 1
