Jane de la Pole

I was just skimming through the index of articles in the Ricardian and found this one:

"Jane with the Blemyssh: A Skeleton in the de la Pole Closet"
Rowena E. Archer

The index contains the following summary: "A daughter of the family of the earls of Suffolk, disfigured in childhood, is married off to a farmer; her heirs could have made trouble not only for the Suffolk inheritance but the royal line itself."

Has anyone read this article, which I don't have access to at the moment, or have any other information about this unfortunate young woman (another of Richard's nieces)? If she had daughters whose line of descent can be traced through the female line, that might be another source of mitochondrial DNA for the researchers examining the skeleton found at Leicester.

Carol, who finally applied to (re)join the RIII Society, American branch

--- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@...> wrote:
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> I was just skimming through the index of articles in the Ricardian and found this one:
>
> "Jane with the Blemyssh: A Skeleton in the de la Pole Closet"
> Rowena E. Archer
>
> The index contains the following summary: "A daughter of the family of the earls of Suffolk, disfigured in childhood, is married off to a farmer; her heirs could have made trouble not only for the Suffolk inheritance but the royal line itself."
>
> Has anyone read this article, which I don't have access to at the moment, or have any other information about this unfortunate young woman (another of Richard's nieces)? If she had daughters whose line of descent can be traced through the female line, that might be another source of mitochondrial DNA for the researchers examining the skeleton found at Leicester.



Fascinating. I, too, would love to know more.

Katy

I do not recall this one - perhaps someone can help.

Traditionally, there were no de la Pole descendants in the generation below John of Lincoln. However, Edmund is thought to have had a daughter who became a nun. I had a Bulletin article published about Richard de la Pole and a mysterious Frenchwoman who claimed to be his daughter.

No mtDNA there - strictly nuclear only.

Some details here:

http://www.fordsfarm.co.uk/Ewelme-III-Appendix.html



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I was just skimming through the index of articles in the Ricardian and found this one:

"Jane with the Blemyssh: A Skeleton in the de la Pole Closet"
Rowena E. Archer

The index contains the following summary: "A daughter of the family of the earls of Suffolk, disfigured in childhood, is married off to a farmer; her heirs could have made trouble not only for the Suffolk inheritance but the royal line itself."

Has anyone read this article, which I don't have access to at the moment, or have any other information about this unfortunate young woman (another of Richard's nieces)? If she had daughters whose line of descent can be traced through the female line, that might be another source of mitochondrial DNA for the researchers examining the skeleton found at Leicester.

Carol, who finally applied to (re)join the RIII Society, American branch

This means that "Jane with the Blemish" was from an earlier generation, and not therefore a descendant of the Duke of York.


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Some details here:

http://www.fordsfarm.co.uk/Ewelme-III-Appendix.html

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I was just skimming through the index of articles in the Ricardian and found this one:

"Jane with the Blemyssh: A Skeleton in the de la Pole Closet"
Rowena E. Archer

The index contains the following summary: "A daughter of the family of the earls of Suffolk, disfigured in childhood, is married off to a farmer; her heirs could have made trouble not only for the Suffolk inheritance but the royal line itself."

Has anyone read this article, which I don't have access to at the moment, or have any other information about this unfortunate young woman (another of Richard's nieces)? If she had daughters whose line of descent can be traced through the female line, that might be another source of mitochondrial DNA for the researchers examining the skeleton found at Leicester.

Carol, who finally applied to (re)join the RIII Society, American branch

david rayner wrote:
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> Some details here:
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> http://www.fordsfarm.co.uk/Ewelme-III-Appendix.html

Carol responds:

Thanks very much. That spoils my hope that she was a sister to John, Edmund, William, and Richard de la Pole. I'm almost certain that they did have at least one sister, but I can't seem to find any information on her.

Carol

They had a few sisters but all are believed to have died childless.

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david rayner wrote:
>
> Some details here:
>
> http://www.fordsfarm.co.uk/Ewelme-III-Appendix.html

Carol responds:

Thanks very much. That spoils my hope that she was a sister to John, Edmund, William, and Richard de la Pole. I'm almost certain that they did have at least one sister, but I can't seem to find any information on her.

Carol