Book of Days

hi all
i just found this website
http://www.thebookofdays.com/
clicking on the royalty link
http://www.thebookofdays.com/indexes/royalty.htm#R
there is a bit of interesting reading regarding richard iii.
if you check under E for E4, there is some very interesting info on
the duke of clarence's death by drowning.

in the about section
click on the author link. the info was compiled in the 19thC.

i'm finding this to be a very informative read, albeit distracting.
i'll have to get back to it at a later date. i was searching for
something other than history, when i "stumbled" upon the website.

in the meantime, i felt the group might find it of use, the site does
appear to be a wealth of historic info, via the glossary etc.

enjoy
roslyn

In message <dk36ct+ocsf@...>, fayreroze <fayreroze@...>
writes
>clicking on the royalty link
>http://www.thebookofdays.com/indexes/royalty.htm#R

Hi

This quote is from the above site. Who would the cobbler have been -
Newport isnt that far from me.


"In further connection with the subject of the Plantagenet family, Sir
Bernard Burke, in his work, entitled Vicissitudes of Families, remarks:

'What race in Europe surpassed in royal position, personal achievement,
or romantic adventure, our Plantagenets, equally wise as valiant, no
less renowned in the cabinet than the field? Yet, as late as 1637, the
great-grandson of Margaret Plantagenet, herself daughter and heir of
George, Duke of Clarence, was following the cobbler craft at Newport, in
Shropshire"

Thanks

Jacqui

That is easy! The cobbler was almost a Stafford. Margaret's daughter was Ursula Pole, Richard Stafford was one of Ursula's sons and Roger (Froyde), Lord Stafford was his son and held the title from 1637-40. Roger's sister Jane either married a cobbler of Newport or their son was one.

PS I have five copies of the "Stafford Line" left!
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In message <dk36ct+ocsf@...>, fayreroze <fayreroze@...>
writes
>clicking on the royalty link
>http://www.thebookofdays.com/indexes/royalty.htm#R

Hi

This quote is from the above site. Who would the cobbler have been -
Newport isnt that far from me.


"In further connection with the subject of the Plantagenet family, Sir
Bernard Burke, in his work, entitled Vicissitudes of Families, remarks:

'What race in Europe surpassed in royal position, personal achievement,
or romantic adventure, our Plantagenets, equally wise as valiant, no
less renowned in the cabinet than the field? Yet, as late as 1637, the
great-grandson of Margaret Plantagenet, herself daughter and heir of
George, Duke of Clarence, was following the cobbler craft at Newport, in
Shropshire"

Thanks

Jacqui




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In message <001601c5dd8b$b6608a60$85582a50@stephen>, Stephen Lark
<smlark@...> writes
>That is easy! The cobbler was almost a Stafford. Margaret's daughter
>was Ursula Pole, Richard Stafford was one of Ursula's sons and Roger
>(Froyde), Lord Stafford was his son and held the title from 1637-40.
>Roger's sister Jane either married a cobbler of Newport or their son
>was one.

Thanks a lot Stephen - I knew you would know:)))

cheers

Jacqui

--- In , "fayreroze"
<fayreroze@y...> wrote:
>
> hi all
> i just found this website
> http://www.thebookofdays.com/
> clicking on the royalty link
> http://www.thebookofdays.com/indexes/royalty.htm#R
> there is a bit of interesting reading regarding richard iii.
> if you check under E for E4, there is some very interesting info on
> the duke of clarence's death by drowning.

Very interesting, but the author is wrong in claiming that the only
contemporary references are in Fabyan and commines. The story is also
related by Mancini, and also by Von Poppelau, who appears to have been
told it during the time he spent at Richard's court.

Marie