Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Lewis Robsart's tomb in Westminster Abbey and Katherine's arms and those of Swynford are on it. Why?

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  Here we see the outside of the magnificent and colorful tomb of Lewis Robessart in Westminster Abbey. The knight Sir Lewis Robessart has a...
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 ...
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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...