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Apr 26, 2024 · Reporting from Edinburgh and the Tower of London. April 26, 2024. For over 400 years, Richard III has been seen as Britain’s most infamous king — a power-hungry usurper who killed his young ...
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2 days ago · Cecily Neville. Signature. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England .
- 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485
- Cecily Neville
5 days ago · As the 1450s progressed, Richard’s father the Duke of York fell into opposition to King Henry VI. In 1459, York moved his younger children from Fotheringhay to the more robust Ludlow Castle on the Welsh borders in Shropshire. In the Autumn, York marched an army out of Ludlow only to return quickly, chased by a royal force. York and his noble ...
May 14, 2024 · Wall plaque in Holy Trinity Church commemorating past lord mayors Thomas Mosley 1687, Robert Fairfax 1715, James Rowe 1749 & 1768 and Richard Garland 1767. In 1212, King John granted York the right to collect its own taxes, hold courts and conduct its own affairs and thereby the right to elect a mayor. These rights were temporarily forfeited in ...
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3 days ago · A palace in King's Court possibly included remains of the S.E. gate of the fortress. After the Saxon reconquest earls of Northumberland lived in Earlsborough, a fortified enclosure to the W. of the fortress. In 1068–9 William I built two castles to the S.E. of the city, one on each bank of the Ouse.
3 days ago · Shambles, a narrow street running S.E. from King's Square to Pavement, results from the infilling of a more open area, perhaps after 1086 when the district is first mentioned ('in macello'). Booths still existed in 1100 but by 1240 the street had the name of Haymongergate and was later called Nedlergate (1394).
6 days ago · Five days later came the news of the king's victory, for which the mayor and aldermen gave thanks in the minster. (fn. 27) Henry VII again came to York at the end of July and the Corpus Christi plays, postponed because of the rebellion, were performed before him on Lammas Day. Certain traitors were dealt with and William Todd and Richard York ...
