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2 days ago · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England .
2 days ago · Duke Richard possessed a strong claim to the throne in his own right; he was descended from the Mortimer family, whose claim had been passed over when Henry VI's grandfather, Henry IV, had seized the crown. However, for many years York put himself forward as a reformer, not an alternative as king.
5 days ago · Comprising the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III From an early translation, preserved among the MSS. of the old royal library in the British Museum ; edited by Henry Ellis. Online free at HathiTrust Digital Library
3 days ago · Richard of Gloucester appeared in York towards the end of the month, exacted an oath to Edward V from the northern nobles and perhaps the city authorities, and borrowed money for his journey to London from, among others, Miles Metcalfe, one of his councillors who was also recorder of York.
4 days ago · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
4 days ago · At all events, in 1676, we find the houses occupied by three titled personages, Lord Purbeck, Lord Halifax, and Sir Allen Apsley, and by two notorious ladies, "Moll Davis," one of the King's mistresses, and Madame Churchill, mistress of James, Duke of York, the mother of the Duke of Berwick.
4 days ago · In September 1664, New Amsterdam became New York. Here's the story of how Peter Stuyvesant lost the Dutch colony to the British marking the end of an era.
