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Was Elizabeth Woodville one of Margaret of Anjou’s Ladies?
It’s stated as fact in the Wikipedia article on Margaret of Anjou, and elsewhere, that Elizabeth Woodville served as a lady-in-waiting to Margaret of Anjou. Fact or fiction? Unfortunately, the answer is uncertain. The assertion that Elizabeth was one of …
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Elizabeth Woodville’s Purported "Journal."
A very silly nonfiction book featuring Lady Jane Grey (among other things, it has her waltzing, playing the pianoforte, and being made to wear “hunting outfits . . . similar to those of jockeys”) put me in mind of this …
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The Will of Elizabeth Woodville
Last night as I was going to bed, it occurred to me that I have never done a blog post about the last will of Elizabeth Woodville. So here it is! Elizabeth died at Bermondsey Abbey on June 8, 1492, …
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The Last Will and Testament of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers
Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, was executed on orders of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, soon to be Richard III, at Pontefract Castle on June 25, 1483, having made his will at Sheriff Hutton Castle on June …
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Another Woodville Myth
While updating my website this morning, I added the myth that Elizabeth Woodville concealed Edward IV’s death from Richard, Duke of Gloucester to the Myths About Elizabeth Woodville page. It’s a revised version of a blog post I did some …
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Did the Woodvilles Raid the Treasury?
Of all the stories that have circulated about the Woodville family, surely one of the most damning, and one of the most beloved by the Woodvilles’ modern-day detractors, is the story that Elizabeth Woodville, her son Thomas Grey, Marquess of …
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The Last Christmas at Grafton: 1463
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As promised, here’s my entry for the 2009 Virtual Advent Tour. Naturally, it features my favorite family, the Woodvilles. (December 1463, at the Woodville family manor at Grafton. The walls of the manor are full of holes, which have been …
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Letters from Oxford, and Some Google Books Lurve
If there’s one thing that I am thankful for this Thanksgiving, it’s Google Books. I can’t tell you how many trips to the library it’s saved me, or how many books I’ve found on Google Books that aren’t available in …
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Dumb-Cluck Woodville Statement O’ the Day
In a discussion group, I was alerted to the current Wikipedia entry on Jacquetta Woodville (“Wydeville” for you purists here). Among other misinformation, it contains this particular gem: “She arranged for her 20-year-old son, John Woodville, to marry the widowed …
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What Edward V and the Woodvilles Should Have Had
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