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Sep 7, 2017 · It was quite common in the earlier part of the Middle Ages for a parent to dedicate a baby or a young child to holy orders. These children were called oblates because the child was offered to God with an altar cloth wrapped around their right hand – an oblation or offering.
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Although it was theoretically possible for a queen to rule in her own right, this had never really happened in English medieval history since the Norman conquest. Queen Matilda had come closest, but had never ruled as an undisputed monarch in her own name. Edward II’s wife Queen Isabella deposed him. While she briefly ruled as regent it was only wi...
It is tempting to relegate medieval women to entirely passive roles, subordinate to and largely dependent upon the senior men in their lives for governance and direction. Such a view of women of this time would see them as almost entirely deferential and largely unable to actively influence and shape important events in their own lives. But this vi...
The Pastons lived in turbulent times. In the 1440s, they entered into a land dispute with Lord Moleyns, a powerful magnate. This dispute looked increasingly like it would become violent. So Margaret set about organising for the defence of the family estates. She wrote to her husband in 1448 asking him to send her weapons for this purpose: In the sa...
As the events of the Wars of the Roses played out around them, the Pastons inevitably found themselves embroiled in the conflict from time to time. In 1469 Margaret had to martial the family resources once again to resist armed enemies. She wrote to one of her sons, to instruct him to come to his brother’s aid:
When her eldest son fell out with her husband, Margaret did not simply follow her husband’s lead. Instead she wrote to him to urge him to make up with his son. She also actively involved herself in the marriage plans of her children. Margaret worked to find her son a prospective bride. She also threatened her daughter with being turned out of the h...
One of the most remarkable women of the C15th was Margaret of Anjou. At the age of just 15 she was married off to King Henry VI of England. On the positive side, the marriage saw her elevated from one of the younger daughters of a relatively impoverished duke to the queen of England. On the negative side, all was far from well at the English court....
1453 was a horrible year for Margaret. It had started out well enough as Margaret discovered she was pregnant with her first child. However, as the year wore on the English suffered a humiliating decisive defeat in France and, shortly afterwards, her husband suffered a complete mental breakdown. Henry’s mental breakdown was so severe that he was vi...
Then, just as suddenly as he had fallen ill, Henry VI recovered. He dismissed Richard of York and released Somerset. However, by this time the level of suspicion and bad blood between the two factions quickly spilled over into open war. At the first battle of Saint Albans, Richard emerged victorious. His arch-rival Somerset and many of Somerset’s k...
The events of the early 1450s appear to have galvanised Margaret into action. She no longer wanted to take a back seat and let others determine her destiny. From 1456 onwards, she became much more actively engaged in politics and, eventually, war. She stubbornly refused accept any possibility of a Richard of York regency and absolutely would not st...
Today, history remembers Margaret as a formidable and courageous leader. But not in quite the same way as some of her male contemporaries (such as Warwick or Edward IV). These men were every bit as ruthless and ambitious as Margaret, probably even more so. Yet their behaviour is often presented as somehow more acceptable and reasonable than Margare...
Sep 7, 2017 · Margaret Swynford is recorded as dying in 1433. Its not much information about the two girls but it’s all there is! Weir speculates as to whether Sir Hugh and Katherine Swynford might have had other children. She notes that there was a Katherine Swynford at Stixwold Priory in 1377.
Feb 26, 2020 · Well, we know who Margaret chose…meaning she was estranged from her parents. Margaret and William Patterson. On March 15th, the couple’s accountant, Herbert Roth, received a telegram from a “W.H. Patterson”, which was weird because William’s middle name was Duncan.
This article examines English women who were engaged in wholesale long-distance or international trade in the later Middle Ages. These women made up only a small proportion of English merchants, averaging about 3 to 4 percent of the mercantile population, often working in partnership with their husbands.
Nov 6, 2021 · The couple had three children, Thomas, Margaret, who became a nun, and Blanche, who was named after the duchess. John of Gaunt stood as little Blanche’s godfather and she was raised alongside his own daughters by Duchess Blanche.
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Unlike many other noble widows, Margaret did not remarry. She was mentioned for one last time on April 5, 1299 when the king granted land worth £15 in ‘Bodeuean in Thlen’, which had belonged to Margaret, to Morgan son of Mereduc. The land had come into the king’s hands because of the death of Margaret. [63]
