Posts by Amanda Moore INW
Edward II King of England
Edward II King of England 1284-1327 Edward II King of England’s mother sought to depose her own son. It cannot be the sign of a strong kingship surely? Judge for yourself with this brief summary timeline, family trees and short narrative of the life of Edward II, king of England. Acceding to the throne in 1307 Edward II’s reign…
Read MoreEdward I King of England
Born to an unenviable heritage with the infamous John as his grand-father and Henry III a failing father how would Edward I change the tide that had swept before him? Was it even possible and how would his life map-out and impact on the development and history of Britain? Find out about Edward’s reign and timeline of major events, his ancestors and descendents and family tree here as part of our Plantagenet collection.
Read MoreBattle of of Lewes 1264
Calamity during The Barons Wars,for the royalists, de Montfort humiliates the crown and takes possession of the King, Heir and kingdom but for how long?
Read MoreBattle of Evesham 1265
Prince Edward demonstrated his fine military skills at Evesham following an overnight march the royalist troops slaughtered the Montfortians during the Barons War, this was the decisive Royalist victory
Read MoreEdward IV 1442-1483
Edward IV a Plantagenet and 1st Yorkist King would be betrayed by both his brothers marry for love his Queen Elizabeth WOODVILLE, (the White Queen) what a tangled web he wove and shaped the events that contributed to the War of the Roses and his brother’s remains being rediscovered in Leicester in 2013
Read MoreCade’s Rebellion 1450
Cade’s rebellion by the people of Kent, is it the start of the War of the Roses and who else was involved and what created the climate for rebelliono with Henry VI on the throne of England?
Read MoreRichard Duke of York 1411 1460
Richard of York was born of Royal blood and lineage from both his parents, he would seek to usurp the ineffectual Henry VI and lead the Yorkist cause, he would be killed before the Yorks came to the throne but his death would urge his son Edward IV to seize the crown. Find out here about the intriguing events that drove his life and influence upon the outcomes of the War of the roses fought between the Lancasters and Yorks and eventually embroiling the TUDORS who would come to outlive and rule beyond both great houses.
Read MoreMaps of Roman Britain
Mapping Roman Britain the places and major roads, the Romn names and the modern best estimated equivalents.
Read MoreKing Cenwulf of Mercia
King Cenwulf a successor of King Offa, the last of the Mercian Kings to rule over England.
Read MoreKing Cerdic
Cerdic according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicles the first King of Wessex, the same line as Alfred the Great discover his connections to British History and his famous house here. Was he a just a legendary figure, a saxon warlord?
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