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Ricardian Bulletin June 2014 Text Layout 1 the Ricardian Bulletin The magazine of the Richard III Society LEICESTER’S VISITOR CENTRE AND YORK’S RICHARD III EXPERIENCE 40 YEARS OF THE RICARDIAN BULLETIN SOCIETY SUPPORTS NEW IPM PROJECT STUDY WEEKEND REVIEW June 2014 Advertisement the Ricardian Bulletin The magazine of the Richard III Society June 2014 Richard III Society Founded 1924 Contents www.richardiii.net 2 From the Chairman In the belief that many features of the tradi- 3 Reinterment news Wendy Moorhen tional accounts of the character and career of 4 Members’ letters Richard III are neither supported by sufficient evidence nor reasonably tenable, the Society 8 Society news and notices aims to promote in every possible way 12 Future Society events research into the life and times of Richard III, 13 Society reviews and to secure a reassessment of the material relating to this period and of the role in 16 Other news, reviews and events English history of this monarch. 21 Research news Patron 26 Looking for Richard – the follow-up HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG, GCVO 29 The whereabouts of the Grey Friars, Leicester Audrey Strange President 33 A grave matter Dr Kaori O’Connor Peter Hammond FSA 39 The Man Himself: ‘Bewitched, bothered and bewildered’ – Richard’s Vice Presidents charge of witchcraft against Elizabeth Woodville Lynda Pidgeon John Audsley, Kitty Bristow, Moira Habberjam, 42 Articles Carolyn Hammond, Jonathan Hayes, 42 Edmund and Jasper – Beaufort brothers? Beverley Fairfoull Rob Smith. 45 Why was Richard so ruthless? Robert Ingle Executive Committee 47 Forty years of the Ricardian Bulletin Phil Stone (Chairman), Jacqui Emerson, Paul Foss, Melanie Hoskin, Gretel Jones, John Saunders and Elizabeth Nokes Marian Mitchell, Wendy Moorhen, 48 Richard III and York David Johnson Lynda Pidgeon, John Saunders, Anne Sutton, 53 Books Richard Van Allen, David Wells, Susan Wells, Geoffrey Wheeler, Stephen York. 56 From the Barton Library 58 Branch and group reports The Ricardian Bulletin is produced by the Bulletin Editorial Committee. 62 Membership [email protected] © Richard III Society 2014. Other features ISSN 0308 4337 15 On the lighter side Individual contributions and illustrations © the contributors except where otherwise 25 More copies of Harleian 433 stated. 38 Current subscription rates Designed by Flagholme Publishing Services 51 Ricardian crossword 8 by Sanglier Printed by XLPress Limited Distributed by E-Mediacy Limited 61 Coming in your September Bulletin Advertising contact: Howard Choppin, 61 Late news [email protected] 63 Obituaries For details on submitting future contribut ions, please see p. 38. Inside back cover: Society contacts and Calendar Bulletin and Ricardian back numbers: Back issues of The Ricardian and the Bulletin are available from Judith Ridley. If you are interested in obtaining any back numbers, please contact Mrs Ridley to establish whether she holds the issue(s) in which you Cover photo: The Patron meets ‘the Man Himself’ in Gloucester. See are interested. For contact details see the p. 16. (Picture courtesy of Gloucestershire Media.) inside back cover. Right: Modern reproduction of the chain from the NPG portrait of Richard III at the Richard III Experience, York. See p. 19. 1 From the CHAIRMAN As we go to press with this issue of the Bulletin, we await York’s Richard III Experience. Both the outcome of the Judicial Review, so there is nothing I will raise King Richard’s profile, can say about it here. However, by the time you have all further promoting interest in his life and reputation. We received this, the result should be known and the Society have illustrated features on both and we will report on will have outlined its response. the opening of the Visitor Centre in September’s issue. As ever, June’s issue is packed with interesting and Reference to the Richard III Experience means we must informative news, features and articles, with a splendid pay tribute to the work of the late Michael Bennett who cover of HRH the Duke of Gloucester and the facial founded, and for many years ran, its precursor, the reconstruction of Richard III. Our royal Patron was very ‘Monk Bar Richard III Museum’. His obituary in this happy for this image to appear on the Bulletin cover and issue rightly acknowledges his many achievements and we are grateful to him. It was taken when he visited the we send our sincere condolences to his wife and two exhibition in Gloucester’s City Museum, so, a similar young sons. picture in the local paper was labelled ‘Gloucester meets That we have all this Richard III‐focused activity in Gloucester in Gloucester’! Leicester, York and Gloucester is, of course, due to the It’s always good to see new contributors to the success of the Looking for Richard project, and I am magazine and in this issue we have Beverley Fairfoull’s delighted to see that the Richard III: the king in the car park fresh look at Edmund and Jasper Tudor as well as television documentary was a winner at the recent Robert Ingle’s re‐examination of the politics behind the Royal Television Society Awards ceremony. Well done events of 1483. We also have new articles from more to all concerned. It has now been nominated for a regular writers – David Johnson analyses Richard’s BAFTA, so we keep our fingers crossed for all involved. relationship with York and our Research Officer, Lynda Responsibility for our sales has now been out‐ Pidgeon, offers new insight into the accusation of sourced to E‐Mediacy and you can read about the new witchcraft against Elizabeth Woodville. arrangements on p. 11. The volume of stock and sales We also have a very lively letters section and some has grown considerably in recent years and is now too excellent reviews of recent events. I can personally much to handle in‐house. My thanks go to all those vouch for the great success of Gloucester’s Richard III involved in negotiating these new arrangement and also Festival and our own study weekend in York. The to all those volunteers who have been involved in sales Gloucester events were related to the facial over the years, our stock holders and others and most reconstruction being on display – see above – as part of especially to Sally Empson, our Sales Liaison Officer for a special exhibition including such items as the many years. mourning sword, said to have been given to the city by The Ricardian Bulletin is 40 this year and what a Richard. The festival involved a number of speakers and journey it has seen during those years; we are fortunate for the weekend when I was there, these included Bob in having Elizabeth Nokes’ recollections of her 30 years Woosnam‐Savage, Philippa Langley, Annette Carson at the editorial helm. A timely reminder, too, to and myself. Each of the talks was sold out, with 75+ acknowledge her contribution to the work of the visitors. The York weekend was another great success Society, not only as Bulletin editor, and as Secretary, but and I congratulate Lynda Pidgeon for organising it. All also as secretary of the London and Home Counties the speakers were excellent and we learnt much about Branch, a post she has held for many years. the medieval attitudes and responses to death, reburial The 2014 Ricardian will also be with members in June and commemoration. It was great to hear some choral and as ever, it’s full of original research‐based articles music, too, when Alexandra Buckley told us about her and reviews. Of particular note, is Christian Steer’s recent work on the Harley 6466 manuscript – see the piece on Katharine Plantagenet, Richard’s illegitimate previous issue of the Bulletin. daughter, in which he reveals the location of her likely Since the Greyfriars dig, we have seen a significant burial place. increase in membership; this has been reflected in the Interesting times indeed. Obviously, we cannot be growth of our branches and groups network and I am sure what the future holds for Ricardians and members delighted to see a first report from our newly founded of the Society, especially in the next few months, but, Ireland Group. I wish Hampshire and Mid‐Anglia all whatever happens, I would like to assure you that the the best in establishing new groups in their areas. Executive Committee and I will continue to act in the Whatever your views on the reburial, we should all best interests of Richard III, the Society and all its aims. welcome Leicester’s Richard III Visitor Centre and Phil Stone 2 REINTERMENT news The Judicial Review – Royal Courts of Justice, London, 13–14 March WENDY MOORHEN The Judicial Review, postponed from 26 November 2013, named as a defendant and had no duty whatsoever to was again heard before Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice consult. She allowed that if there was a duty to consult Ouseley and Mr Justice Haddon‐Cave. The proceedings it rested with the Secretary of State for Justice. were not about where King Richard III should be buried The final submission was made on Friday morning but whether the defendants, the Secretary of State for by Andrew Sharland QC, on behalf of Leicester City Justice and the University of Leicester, had a duty at Council. The Council had, as reported in the December common law to consult about where and how the king’s Bulletin, applied to be an interested party in the Judicial remains should be reinterred. The action had been Review and during the proceedings on 26 November brought by the Plantagenet Alliance (‘the claimant’), a they were made a third defendant and the Review was group of fifteen collateral descendants of the king, who subsequently adjourned to await the new submissions, believed they should have been consulted and in August but not before the City Council undertook to hold a 2013 Mr Justice Haddon‐Cave judged their case was consultation.
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