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februari 17, 2015 · 10:16 pm

These extracts from Cecily Neville’s final will – made on 31 May 1495 and proved on 27 August 1495 at Lambeth – show the great range of social contacts and responsibilities that formed part of the life of an independent noblewoman in the late Middle Ages. Her beneficiaries range from King Henry VII to lowly pages of her household, from major religious houses to local priests. As the mother of former kings, Cecily could move within the royal circles of the new dynasty, but she played a prominent part in a more local society too. Her will also reflects the complexities of her role in the Wars of the Roses.
Catalogue reference: PROB 11/10, q. 25 (1495)

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februari 10, 2015 · 5:38 am

The Wars of the Roses/Aftermath[From Susan Higginbotham ”In Their Own Words”]/Letter of Henry VII to His Mother Margaret of Beaufort

LETTER OF HENRY VII TO HIS MOTHER

[Source: Original Letters Illustrative of English History, H. Ellis, ed., series 1, vol. 1]

S. B. Chrimes in his biography states that this letter, written to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, was probably written in 1501. Note the charming postscript, in which Henry apologizes for not writing more often and cites
his worsening eyesight as an excuse.

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· 5:15 am

The Wars of the Roses/[From Susan Higginbotham ”In Their Own Words”]/Letter of Edward, Earl of March and Edmund, Earl of Rutland, to their father Richard, Duke of York

LETTER OF EDWARD, EARL OF MARCH AND EDMUND, EARL OF RUTLAND,

TO THEIR FATHER

[Source: Reprinted in Richard III as Duke of Gloucester and King of England, by Caroline Amelia Halsted]

Edward and Edmund were the oldest living sons of Richard, Duke of York. This letter was written in the 1450’s, following the duke’s return to England from Ireland. Edmund, along with his father, died at the battle of Wakefield on December 30, 1460; Edward became King Edward IV.

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januari 31, 2015 · 10:52 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[Susan Higginbotham Blogspot]/The Will of Cecily, Duchess of York

THE WILL OF CECILY, DUCHESS OF YORK

Here’s another will for you: that of Cecily, Duchess of York. Cecily signed her will on May 31, 1495, at her home of Berkhamsted Castle, a few days before her death. Her will appears in Wills From Doctors’ Commons, edited by John Gough Nichols and John Bruce and available on Google Books.

Cecily’s will takes up eight pages and is printed in a single paragraph. I have taken the liberty of breaking down the bequests into paragraphs to make it more readable.

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januari 10, 2015 · 11:22 pm

Wars of the Roses/Margaret of Anjou/Letter to Susan Higginbotham about her book ´´Queen of Last Hopes

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg

RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE

AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES

[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,

BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

WAR OF THE ROSES

SCENE AT THE TEMPLE GARDEN

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, WEARING A

WHITE ROSE, TO CONFRONT

HIS POLITICAL RIVAL AND ENEMY,

EDMUND, BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF

SOMERSET, FORCING HIM TO

CHOOSE A RED ROSE

THE NOBLE LORDS TAKING SIDES

THIS IS A SHAKESPEARE SCENE [HENRY VI]

AND NOT BASED ON ANY HISTORICAL

EVIDENCE

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/1henryvi/1henryvi.2.4.html

The White Rose of theHouse of York

The Red Rose of theHouse of Lancaster

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

WARS OF THE ROSES/MARGARET OF ANJOU/LETTER

TO SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM ABOUT HER

BOOK ´´QUEEN OF .LAST HOPES´´

PORTRAYAL OF MARGARET OF ANJOU AND

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

Dear Readers

´´Queen of Last Hopes´´, fictional historical novel of writer Susan Higginbotham,

about the life of Margaret of Anjou, wife of the medieval English

King Henry VI, was one of the books, which fascinated me last year

2014.

Red theme in the life of Margaret of Anjou were the Wars of Roses,

the fight to the death for the English throne between the Houses of

Lancaster and York .

It´s such a passionate period of history, that one nearly can´t avoid to

raise sympathy either for the Lancasters or the Yorks.

However, of importance is to take a historically balanced stand,

acknowledging that on both sides there were cruelties and injustice,

and that human beings are mostly a mixture of light and dark sides.

In her book and articles, Susan Higginbotham struggles against

the villfication of Margaret of Anjou through history and I think that´s

an important contribution.

However, in ´´Queen of Last Hopes´´, Higginbotham accomplishes that by

on the contrary, picturing her great enemy the Duke of York as a cardboard

villain, who was after the throne from the beginning and even

wanted to kill King Henry VI and Queen Margaret for that.

I think, that is not historically right.

That´s why I wrote a letter to Mrs Higginbotham.

See for that letter below.

But first will I take you to a journey to history, by telling

something about the Wars of Roses, the major players

and the causes.

I warn you

It is a long piece of reading

But realize, that it is a journey of 500

years ago and that takes time.

Go with me on the journey.

ENTER THE WORLD

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Tag archieven: Elisabeth of York

The Wars of the Roses/[The National Archives]/Cecily Neville’s Will, 1495

The Wars of the Roses/Aftermath[From Susan Higginbotham ”In Their Own Words”]/Letter of Henry VII to His Mother Margaret of Beaufort

The Wars of the Roses/[From Susan Higginbotham ”In Their Own Words”]/Letter of Edward, Earl of March and Edmund, Earl of Rutland, to their father Richard, Duke of York

The Wars of the Roses/[Susan Higginbotham Blogspot]/The Will of Cecily, Duchess of York

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