Sunday, February 4, 2024

Henry VIII protects John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster's tomb in Old St. Paul's from reformation despoilment; plans for funeral to have depicted his Beaufort lineage as well as heraldry celebrating the marriage of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford!

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  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 07, 2006 Henry VIII Prohibits Destruction of John of Gaunt's Tomb? As I developed an interest in English history while...

The "other" Katherine Swynford & the Importance of Remembering our Roots (2012)

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  THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 The "other" Katherine Swynford & the Importance of Remembering our Roots Though Katherine Roet Swyn...
Monday, August 7, 2023

Katherine Roet and Her Swynfords

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Fifteen years after publishing my article on the Swynford family into which Katherine Roet married, I am distressed by those writers who con...
Sunday, May 28, 2023

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Of dogs and medieval tombs...          ( Joy's sketch of Katherine's tomb brass;  Dugdale's sketch of the tomb prior to vandali...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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The Aftermath of  the Death of John of Gaunt  Arms of John of Gaunt at St. Albans Cathedral When we last saw him, we wondered &qu...
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Monday, October 28, 2019

KS Mythbusters -- Catherine d'Avesnes

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First Installment of KS: Mythbusters! In this inaugural installment, I will examine the claim repeated all over the world in geneal...

Meet the Swynfords: Hugh and his scoundrel brother Norman

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We know a fair amount of information about the Swynfords beginning with Sir Thomas Swynford, his son Hugh Swynford, and Hugh's desc...