A second IANE carving in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London. Photo June 2003.
I had some interesting conversations on Twitter earlier this week about this second carving, which it seems might also be related to Jane Grey (see previous Picture of the Week).
IANE carved into a wall in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London. Photo May 2003.
This carving has been associated with Jane Grey, who, along with her husband Guildford, was executed this week in 1554. Guildford Dudley and the members of his family who were arrested in the plot to put Jane on the throne were kept in this room and left many carvings, so it isn’t outside the realm of possibility that this is a reference to his wife. It is also a possible reference to Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (mother of Guildford, etc.). Or it’s possible that it isn’t a reference to either!
The view from atop Harlech Castle in Wales. Photo May 2000.
As I’ve mentioned previously, Harlech Castle was a Lancastrian stronghold during the Wars of the Roses.
Another section of the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Photo May 1998
As I mentioned when I first posted about this place in Picture of the Week #86, it is on my “to visit again” list since I didn’t go inside when I was there 14 (!!) years ago. Well, it looks like that will probably happen next year since I’ve begun to seriously start researching and planning a trip for 2013. I won’t have any specific info until next year but getting back to Stratford, Warwick and Kenilworth is a definite part of the plans. Most of the rest of the trip, at this early planning stage, will concentrate on East Anglia, an area I haven’t visited at all on my previous three trips.
The arms of Prince Arthur at Carew Castle, Wales. Photo May 2003.
This is a close-up of Prince Arthur’s arms – the wider shot was Picture of the Week #8 and Catherine of Aragon’s were Picture of the Week #102. Arthur’s are the royal arms of the time (three fleurs-de-lis and three lions passant) with a three point label across the top, denoting him as the eldest son.
Here’s a full color version that makes it a little easier to pick out the details from the photo (image adapted from a file at Wikimedia Commons):
Looking over the old Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 1998.
This is how the gardens looked before the re-design that opened in 2009.
The Tower of London viewed from across the Thames. Photo June 2000.
Great Tower of Pembroke Castle and other buildings of the Inner Ward. Photo May 2003.
I realized as I was looking through my pictures for one to use today, that this marks the first post of year 4 of “Picture of the Week”! So that’s why it’s another Pembroke Castle photo, in honor of the first one I posted back in January 2009.
Front of St. Mary’s Church at Sudeley Castle. Photo May 1998.
Barbican of Leeds Castle. Photo May 2003.
Shakespeare’s Globe. Photo May 1998.
Combs recovered from The Mary Rose. Photo June 2000.
Penshurst Place. Photo May 2003.
One more of Penshurst, in honor of Sir Philip Sidney who was born there on this day in 1554.
Raglan Castle, Wales. Photo May 2003.
As I’ve mentioned with previous pictures of Raglan, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII) lived at the castle in his childhood while in the custody of Sir William Herbert.
Hever Castle and part of the Astor ‘Tudor village’. Photo May 1998.
Part of Edinburgh Castle and the volcanic rock it is built on.
Besides being an interesting place to visit as a fan of history, I loved the geology of Edinburgh!
Armor made for Henry VIII in 1540, on display at the Tower of London. Photo May 2003.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 1998.
Main Entrance to Hampton Court Palace. Photo June 2000.
View from the top of the Great Keep of Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.
