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april 11, 2015 · 10:14 pm

Isabella, by the grace of God, Queen of England, Lady of Ireland, and Duchess of Aquitaine, to our well-beloved the Mayor and aldermen and the commonalty of London, greeting. Forasmuch as we believe that you would willingly hear good tidings of us, we do make known to you that our Lord, of His grace, has delivered us of a son, on the 13th day of November, with safety to ourselves, and to the child. May our Lord preserve you.

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maart 30, 2015 · 10:05 pm

The Wars of the Roses/Manifesto of Margaret of Anjou to the citizens of London in 1461/Letter to Susan Higginbotham

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

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

_________________________________________

EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL

OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beaufort,_2nd_Duke_of_Somerset

HISTORICAL FICTION

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/10/13/possession-wars-of-the-roses/

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK

HISTORICAL FICTION

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER

COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,

DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV

LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED

TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE

HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY

HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,

MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/08/25/our-common-enemy-wars-of-the-roses/

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS OF

LONDON IN 1461/LETTER TO SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM

Dear Mrs Higginbotham

As you probably know, I am a great admirer of your interesting

historical novels, especially your accurate historical research.

Perhaps you’ll remember that I wrote you some comments on your novel about

Margaret of Anjou ”Queen of Last Hopes”

See

http://www.astridessed.nl/wars-of-the-rosesmargaret-of-anjouletter-to-susan-higginbotham-about-her-book-queen-of-last-hopes/

Since then I wrote some critical remarks on your post

”If Margaret, why not Cecily?”

See your post

http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/posts/if-margaret-why-not-cecily/

See my comments, which were published on your webliog

”History Refreshed”

http://www.astridessed.nl/the-wars-of-the-rosesthe-princes-in-the-towersusan-higginbothamhistory-refreshedif-margaret-why-not-cecilysome-comments/

MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS

OF LONDON IN 1461

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· 4:47 pm

The Wars of the Roses/Enmity between Margaret of Anjou and Richard, Duke of York/After the battle of Wakefield/Manifesto of Margaret of Anjou to the citizens of London in 1461

RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE

AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

_________________________________________

EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL

OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beaufort,_2nd_Duke_of_Somerset

HISTORICAL FICTION

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/10/13/possession-wars-of-the-roses/

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK

HISTORICAL FICTION

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER

COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,

DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV

LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED

TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE

HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY

HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,

MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/08/25/our-common-enemy-wars-of-the-roses/

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

ENMITY BETWEEN MARGARET OF ANJOU AND RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK/

AFTER THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD/MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF

ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON IN 1461

”When you play the game of thrones, you win or

you die. There is no middle ground”

I proudly present one of the rare documents I found in which Queen Margaret

of Anjou refers to her great enemy, Richard, Duke of York.

It is to be read in a Manifesto she proclaimed to the citizens

of London concerning her military campaigns after

the Battle of Wakefield.

See the text of the Manifesto below

But first:

BACKGROUND

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maart 29, 2015 · 10:22 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard the 3rd Duke of York ”……..the King’s true liegeman……?”

DUKE RICHARD, THE 3RD DUKE OF YORK (2), ”…….THE KING’S TRUE LIEGEMAN

…….?”

How now? Is Somerset at liberty?

Then, York unloose thy long-imprisoned thoughts

And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart.

Shall I endure the sight of Somerset?

(Shakespeare: Henry VI part 2)

On his return from service in Normandy, duke Richard was the king’s true liegeman and an obedient servant of the Lancastrian establishment: or so it seemed. If he blamed the government for his enormous debts incurred on the king’s service, he did not show it. If he resented the preferment of John Beaufort and two other Lancastrian earls, he did not show it. If he was angry at the loss of Anjou and Main as part of the queen’s marriage settlement, he did not show it. In fact his reticence was a remarkable display of sangfroid in the face of his worsening financial, dynastic and political situation. Whether this reflected his true feelings or not is doubtful. Although there was now a fracture in his bond of loyalty to the Lancastrian government, he could not afford a public show of pique. He was politically weak and only harm could come to him from making a fuss now. Discretion is indeed the better part of valour; York was keeping his own counsel and biding his time.

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· 10:07 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard of York (1), the man who would be king

DUKE RICHARD OF YORK (1), THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

On the 10^th of October 1460, Richard Plantagenet 3^rd duke of York walked into Westminster Hall wearing the full arms of England undifferenced. After a moment, he put his hand on the empty throne. When asked if he wished to see the king, he replied “I know of no one in the realm who would not more fitly come to me than I to him”. With those words, he declared to all those present that duke Richard had finally renounced his allegiance to king Henry VI and claimed the English crown by right of strict inheritance. York’s motive has puzzled historians ever since. Was it really his ‘natural disposition’ to champion the public interest, or was it the notion that he was the rightful king all along that stirred his ambition? This is the first of three essays in which I hope to explore that question from a personal perspective. I should add for the avoidance of doubt, that I have no intention of considering the validity duke Richard’s title: that is for another time. Neither is this a potted biography; I have included a few details of what I believe are some relevant friction points in his life for purely contextual reasons.

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maart 28, 2015 · 4:17 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[Rusell Butcher]/Propaganda in the prepared parliamentary speeches of 1455-1461

PROPAGANDA IN THE PREPARED PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES

OF 1455-1461

RUSELL BUTCHER

Propaganda, perceived by many as a twentieth-century phenomenon, has permeated recorded history. The mass propaganda of the world wars and cold war linger most in present memory, due not only to its chronological proximity, but also its potency. Earlier uses of propaganda can easily be overshadowed, in many cases considered mere bias. Yet it has always existed, and in England developed particularly in the years from 1455 to 1485, which saw a growth in the awareness for the need of propaganda to stabilise or undermine the regime in power. Many historians have made reference to propaganda in the prepared speeches in the parliamentary records for 1455-61, but few have scrutinised them as a whole as I intend to do here.

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februari 25, 2015 · 5:03 am

The Wars of the Roses/A Nevill Feast/Letter from the Earl of Salisbury to the Prior of Eldebury

LETTER FROM THE EARL OF SALISBURY TO THE PRIOR

OF ERDEBURY

There is some discussion about the correct dating of this letter in Maurer, Margaret of Anjou, as well as in Hicks,Warwick the Kingmaker. The latter attributes the letter to 1459 and the former to 1454. While I’m aware that this might just be interpreted as sedition at the best, and the repudiation of one of my favourite historians at worst, I think Maurer’s probably right.

Maurer states: “[Margaret] may have felt that [Salisbury] could provide a moderating influence upon York. Salisbury’s loyalty had never been questioned; he had stood reliably with Henry at Dartford in 1452 when York had demanded Somerset’s arrest. And there is some reason to believe that he had formerly been on comfortable terms with Margaret. In happier times she had gone huting in his park of Ware, Salisbury’s letter to the prior of Erdesbury may reflect some memory of an easier relationship between them, though it also seems to acknowledge a sense, new perhaps, of her own power. It is noteworthy that it does not seek her intercession of intermediation with the king, but is concerned with making assurances of Salisbury’s own faithfulness to her.” (p 219)

The meat of the letter is contained in a mere 145 word towards the end: someone has accused the duke of York and the earls of Salisbury and Warwick of making accusations against others of high estate. While this may be a reference to the rumours of the bastardy of prince Edward, Maurer thinks the defence a bit light for such a serious charge. Whatever it is, Salisbury states that he is certainly not guilty, nor York and Warwick so far as he knows, which they will say for themselves if required.

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februari 24, 2015 · 2:43 am

The Wars of the Roses/A Nevill Feast/Comments on Summarising/The Wars of the Roses/The Princes in the Tower

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL FICTION

KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE

OF YORK, BROTHER OF KING EDWARD IV AND THE

UNCLE OF THE ”PRINCES OF THE TOWER”,

WHO DEPOSED

HIS ELDEST NEPHEW EDWARD V TO BECOME KING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

HISTORICAL IMAGE

THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER

[THE TWO SONS OF KING EDWARD IV, WHO

DISAPPEARED IN THE TOWER, PROBABLY MURDERED, THE ELDEST ONE

WAS SHORTLY EDWARD Y, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III]

The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

EDWARD V, THE ELDEST OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, WHO

SHORTLY BECAME KING, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_V_of_England

RICHARD,3RD DUKE OF YORK, FATHER OF

EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDFATHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

CECILY OF YORK, WIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK, MOTHER OF EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDMOTHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

HISTORICAL IMAGE

FICTION

Lady Margaret Beaufort at prayer.

HISTORICAL IMAGE

MARGARET BEAUFORT, WIFE OF EDMUND TUDOR,

MOTHER OF HENRY TUDOR, LATER KING HENRY VII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort,_Countess_of_Richmond_and_Derby

Image result for margaret of beaufort/Images

FICTION

HENRY VII, SON OF MARGARET BEAUFORT AND

EDMUND TUDOR, FATHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

ELIZABETH OF YORK, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV,

WIFE OF HENRY VII AND MOTHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York

A NEVILL FEAST/COMMENTS ON SUMMARISING/THE WARS OF THE ROSES/THE PRINCES

IN THE TOWER

A NEVILL FEAST

SUMMARISING

MY COMMENTS ON SUMMARISING

[See below the text of Summarising]

THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER/A TRAGEDY/MURDER OR DISSAPEARANCE

SOME REFLECTIONS

Dear Nevill Feast

Thanks for your very interesting contribution.

I agree with you, that it’s of importance to look to

the unresolved tragedy of the ”Princes of the Tower rationally.

First, there is no proof whatsoever, that they were really murdered.

The only fact we have is, that after their arrival in the Tower

[for the supposedly coronation of the oldest one to King Edward V],

they were not seen in public after 1483.

Fact is also, that their uncle Richard deposed Edward V, alleging,

that the marriage of his brother King Edward IV with Elizabeth Woodville

were illegitimate since Edwards supposedly earlier marriage to

Eleanor Butler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England#Accession

Be as it may, it suited Richard well, who obviously wanted to be King.

But was he also a murderer?

There is simply no proof for that.

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· 12:34 am

The Wars of the Roses/The Princes in the Tower/Susan Higginbotham/History Refreshed/”If Margaret, why not Cecily”/Some Comments

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL FICTION

KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE

OF YORK, BROTHER OF KING EDWARD IV AND THE

UNCLE OF THE ”PRINCES OF THE TOWER”, WHO DEPOSED

HIS ELDEST NEPHEW EDWARD V TO BECOME KING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

HISTORICAL IMAGE

THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER

[THE TWO SONS OF KING EDWARD IV, WHO

DISAPPEARED IN THE TOWER, PROBABLY MURDERED, THE ELDEST ONE

WAS SHORTLY EDWARD Y, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III]

The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

EDWARD V, THE ELDEST OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, WHO

SHORTLY BECAME KING, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_V_of_England

RICHARD,3RD DUKE OF YORK, FATHER OF

EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDFATHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

CECILY OF YORK, WIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK, MOTHER OF EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDMOTHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

HISTORICAL IMAGE

FICTION

Lady Margaret Beaufort at prayer.

HISTORICAL IMAGE

MARGARET BEAUFORT, WIFE OF EDMUND TUDOR,

MOTHER OF HENRY TUDOR, LATER KING HENRY VII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort,_Countess_of_Richmond_and_Derby

FICTION

HENRY VII, SON OF MARGARET BEAUFORT AND

EDMUND TUDOR, FATHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

ELIZABETH OF YORK, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV,

WIFE OF HENRY VII AND MOTHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York

THE WARS OF THE ROSES/THE PRINCES

OF THE TOWER/COMMENTS ON SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM/

HISTORY REFRESHED/”IF MARGARET, WHY NOT CECILY”

I make a travel to the past with you again.

This time to the period, that can be called the swan song

of the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV been dead and

his sons, the socalled ”Princes in the Tower”

dissappeared in the Tower, probably murdered.

In her interesting Blog Contribution,”If Margaret, why not

Cecily’‘, history novel

writer Susan Higginbotham speculates that if

one can assume, that Margaret Beaufort, [mother

of the later King Henry VII],

could have ordered thei killings of the princes, instead of King

Richard III, [the general popular belief], Cecily Duchess of York,

[mother of Edward IV and grandmother

of the ”Princes of the Tower”], could also have ordered their death.

However, Higginbotham states, that their is no proof of

the guilt of both the ladies, she wants to point out

that it is as invalid to accuse Margaret, as Cecily.

I disagree with Higginbotham since, to my opinion, Margaret had

a clearer motive for the killings than Cecily.

Besides, Margaret had as much opportunity, meaning

access to the Tower as Cecily.

And Margaretalso ran lesser risks than was stated by Higginbotham.

But that comes below.

First I want to travel with you to

the last period of the bloody Wars of the Roses, where,

the House of York concerned, brother turned against brother,

which finally was one of the causes, the House of

Tudor rose to power.

End of the impressive House of Plantagenet.

However, the York dynasty, with their superior right

to the throne over Lancaster, survived through

the marriage of Elizabeth of York, daughter

of Edward IV, to Henry VII, which finally,

made Richard Duke of York

and his wife Cecily Neville, Duchess of York,

the ancestors to all subsequent English monarchs.

ENTER THE WORLD

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