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The Wars of the Roses 17 Jul 2013 | 09:17 pm
The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought in the 15th Century between the houses of York and Lancaster for the throne of England. The battles were: St Alban’s: 22nd May 1455: Yorkist vi....
Richard III, his mistress, and his illegitimate children 3 Jul 2013 | 07:24 pm
Much has been written in fiction, and in some non-fiction, about the love between King Richard III and his wife, Anne Neville. But what if it isn’t true? What if Richard’s mistress was the great love ...
The Battle of Wakefield 1460 26 Jun 2013 | 09:51 pm
Although By Loyalty Bound opens in 1470, it is the events that took place ten years earlier at the Battle of Wakefield that led to the Harrington family losing their castle and lands at Hornby in ...
The Capture of King Henry VI 24 Jun 2013 | 08:54 pm
Contrary to what you heard if you were watching The White Queen on Sunday evening, the Earl of Warwick did not capture King Henry VI after his defeat at the Battle of Hexham. Henry was not even in Nor...
A Brief History of Hornby Castle in Lancashire 20 May 2013 | 06:29 pm
My latest novel By Loyalty Bound begins at Hornby Castle in Lancashire in 1470. At that time it belonged to the Harrington family. But who originally built it? And what happened to it after the Tudor...
Melling and Melling 15 May 2013 | 07:19 pm
There are two places in the traditional county of Lancashire named Melling, although one is now in Merseyside for administrative purposes. Both were once owned by the Harrington family of Hornby Castl...
George, Duke of Clarence 18 Feb 2013 | 09:19 pm
On this day, 18th February 1478, George, Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King Edward IV and older brother of Richard III, was executed for treason. Rumour persists that he was drowned in a butt ...
Why did Shakespeare portray Richard III as a villain? 4 Feb 2013 | 08:07 pm
Many years ago, when I still in primary school, I remember being taught – as if it were a fact – that King Richard III was an evil man who had his nephews smothered to death so that he could … Continu...
King Richard and the Leicester car park 2 Feb 2013 | 08:00 pm
When I began researching the life of King Richard III for my upcoming novel By Loyalty Bound, I was very saddened to learn that, rather than an elaborate tomb in a cathedral, Richard had no marked res...
Alexander John Scott – chaplain to Admiral Horatio Nelson 21 Oct 2012 | 04:01 pm
The images of the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson aboard the HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar are well known. Many people associate Nelson’s death with his final words ‘Kiss me Hardy” that were...
