The 8th Earl of Northumberland: Oil painting on canvas, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (c.1532-1585) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 – London 1641). A posthumous three-quarter-length portrait, standing, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, short cropped hai...
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Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? The most important death in 2009 did not belong to Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts politician who in a roundabout way helped more Americans than his martyred brothers. It belonged instead to a young woman ...
he was recording as keeping his household at Durham Place, which belonged to Wolsey, when he was raised to the peerage at the age of six.That year, he was elected to the Order of the Garter and on 18th June, he was created Earl of Nottingham by ...
James I who, while commissioning a depiction of Queen Elizabeth, didn’t order an effigy of Mary to be made. Instead, she is commemorated with an inscription translated as “Partners both in throne and grave, here rest we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in the hope of the Resurrection....
Anyway, back to Gloucester. Edward Massie (pictured at the start of this post) was appointed governor. He arrived on the 8th December 1642. A trained band of local men were commanded, in part, by men that accompanied Massie to the city. In addition there were some Scots. In total there...
On 8th April 1435 Maud’s great-nephew, John Clifford – the future 9th Baron Clifford – was born at Conisbrough Castle. He was the grandson of Maud’s brother, John, and son of her nephew, Thomas, and his wife, Joan Dacre. Baby John would have been born either in the solar of th...
The following pages are intended to mirror a life which, though not great, had yet incident enough to have furnished forth a score of sensational romances; part enough in matters of public moment to enliven and explain not a few of the historian's chapters; worth enough to attract the intim...