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GEOFFREY RICHARDSON 1929-2003 the Power of One Register Staff EDITOR: Carole M s Richard III Society, Inc. Volume XXVIII No. 2 Summer, 2003 All the battles of the Wars of the Roses Lays the blame for the deaths of the in one volume Princes in the Tower The History of the Neville Family The History of the Woodvilles The History of the Beauforts GEOFFREY RICHARDSON 1929-2003 The Power of One Register Staff EDITOR: Carole M. Rike 4702 Dryades St. • New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 897-9673 FAX (504) 897-0125 • email: [email protected] ©2003 Richard III Society, Inc., American Branch. No part may be RICARDIAN READING EDITOR: Myrna Smith reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means — mechanical, P. O. Box 69 • Arkansas Pass, TX 78335 electrical or photocopying, recording or information storage retrieval — (361) 758-4084 • email: [email protected] without written permission from the Society. Articles submitted by members remain the property of the author. The Ricardian Register is ARTIST: Susan Dexter published four times per year. Subscriptions are available at $18.00 1510 Delaware Avenue • New Castle, PA 16105-2674 annually. email: [email protected] In the belief that many features of the traditional accounts of the character and career of Richard III are neither supported by sufficient CROSSWORD: Charlie Jordan evidence nor reasonably tenable, the Society aims to promote in every [email protected] possible way research into the life and times of Richard III, and to secure a re-assessment of the material relating to the period, and of the role in English history of this monarch The Richard III Society is a nonprofit, educational corporation. In This Issue Dues, grants and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Dues are $30 annually for U.S. Addresses; $35 for international. Remembering Geoffrey Richardson . 4 Each additional family member is $5. Members of the American The Gullible Duke of Buckingham, Society are also members of the English Society. Members also Geoffrey Richardson . 14 receive the English publications. All Society publications and items Ricardian Puzzle, Charlie Jordan . 18 for sale may be purchased either direct at the U.K. Member’s price, or Battle of Shrewsbury, Brian Wainwright . 19 via the American Branch when available. Papers may be borrowed Battle of Bosworth Memorial Service from the English Librarian, but books are not sent overseas. When a Barbara Vassar-Gray, Eileen C. Prinsen, U.S. Member visits the U.K., all meetings, expeditions and other activities are open, including the AGM, where U.S. Members are & Dianne G. Batch . 21 welcome to cast a vote. Scattered Standards . 22 How I Met Bill Hogarth Advertise in The Ricardian Register Robert Vivian . 23 Your ad in the Register will reach an audience of demonstrated mail Non-Fiction Library Transfer, buyers and prime prospects for books on the late medieval era, as well Jean M. Kvam . 23 as for gift items and other merchandise relating to this period. They Fiction Library Transfer, are also prospects for lodging, tours and other services related to travel in England or on the continent. Classified advertising rates for Ananaia O’Leary. 24 one-time insertions: Full Page: $100; Half Page: $50; Quarter Page: Donations . 24 $25 Welcome to New Members. 24 Two Year Profiles, Eileen Prinsen . 25 Send copy with your remittance payable to Richard III Society, 4702 From the Membership Chairman Dryades Street, New Orleans, LA 70115-5532. E-mail inquiries or Eileen Prinsen . 25 digital files to [email protected]. Publicity Report, Pamela Butler . 26 Ricardian Reading, Myrna Smith . 27 Copy Deadlines: Listserv Report, Pamela Butler . 31 Spring March 15 Chapter Contacts. 32 Summer June 15 Membership Application . 32 Fall September 15 Winter December 15 Society Internet address: http://www.r3.org [email protected] Changes of address and dues payments to: Eileen Prinsen, Membership Chair 16151 Longmeadow, Dearborn, MI 48120 Address changes may be made on-line at http://www.r3.org/form/address.htm. Summer, 2003 - 2 - Ricardian Register EXECUTIVE BOARD 2003 Annual CHAIRMAN: Bonnie Battaglia 5191 Hanks Exchange Road • Placerville, CA 95667 General Meeting (530) 622-6470 • email: [email protected] VICE CHAIRMAN: Jacqueline Bloomquist 1829 Corleone Dr. • Sparks, NV 89434 (775) 355-1704 • email: [email protected] October 3-5, 2003 SECRETARY: Laura V. Blanchard 2041 Christian St. • Philadelphia, PA 19146 • (215) 985-1445 FAX (215) 985-1446 • email: [email protected] TREASURER: W. Wayne Ingalls 1106 Hetherington Loop • Fort Sill, OK 73503 Phoenix Airport Hilton (580) 353-6315 • email: [email protected] Phoenix, Arizona MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN: Eileen C. Prinsen 16151 Longmeadow Drive • Dearborn MI 48120 (313) 271-1224 • email: [email protected] Keynote Speaker & Featured Guest: IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN: Dr. Sharon D. Michalove Michael Jones 309 Gregory Hall • 810 Wright St. • Urbana, IL 61801 Richard III and the battle of (217) 333-4145 • email: [email protected] Bosworth: the untold story COMMITTEES The story of this famous battle has been told and re- CHAPTER CO-ORDINATOR: Pamela Mills told to great effect by the winners, the victorious Tudor 946 W Osborn Rd. • Phoenix, AZ 85037 dynasty. It is their version of events that has largely (623) 772-9295 • email: [email protected] pased into the history books. But suppose much of it is downright misleading or wrong . LIBRARIAN: Audio/Visual: Yvonne Saddler 719 Apple Brook Lane • Poulsbo, WA 98370 (360) 697-1278 • email: [email protected] What alternative story might Richard III have wished to tell? Drawing on the startling new discoveries LIBRARIAN: Fiction: Ananaia O’Leary 8029 Lieber Rd. • Indianapolis, IN 46260 in his book, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle,Mi- email: [email protected] chael K. Jones will offer a radical reappraisal of this clash of arms and the king who fought and died there. LIBRARIAN: Research & Non-Fiction: Jean M. Kvam He will argue for an alternative battle site and for the 805 Crain St. • Carson City NV 89703 first time give Richard a legitimate cause to fight for. (775) 885-7326 • email: [email protected] The battle will not be decided by God's moral judg- ON-LINE MEMBER SERVICES: Pamela J. Butler ment, or an inevitable betrayal, but by extraordinary 11000 Anaheim Ave. NE • Albuquerque, NM 87122-3102 chance. (505) 856-6186 (Leave Message) • email: [email protected] RESEARCH OFFICER: Dr. Sharon D. Michalove Mike taught medieval history at Glasgow University 309 Gregory Hall • 810 Wright St. • Urbana, IL 61801 and Winchester College and now works freelance as a (217) 333-4145 • email: [email protected] writer and presenter. He is the author of a biography of Lady Margaret Beaufort, The King's Mother (CUP, PUBLIC RELATIONS: Pamela J. Butler 11000 Anaheim Ave. NE • Albuquerque, NM 87122-3102 1992) and numerous articles on the Wars of the Roses. (505) 856-6186 (Leave Message) • email: [email protected] His most recent book, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, was published by Tempus/Arcadia last year. SALES OFFICER: www. r3. org / sales • email: sales @r3.org Activities will include the Friday evening Hospital- SCHALLEK MEMORIAL/GRAD: Laura V. Blanchard ity, Luncheon Meeting and Workshops on Saturday, a 2041 Christian St. • Philadelphia, PA 19146 • (215) 985-1445 Saturday evening Banquet and the Shallek Memorial FAX (215) 985-1446 • email: [email protected] Breakfast on Sunday. VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR: Peggy Allen 1421 Wisteria • Metairie, LA 70005 Plans are being made as we go to press, so look for a (504) 837-0974 • email: [email protected] mailing in mid-July with further details and registration WEBMASTER: Laura V. Blanchard forms. 2041 Christian St. • Philadelphia, PA 19146 • (215) 985-1445 FAX (215) 985-1446 • email: [email protected] Ricardian Register - 3 - Summer, 2003 Remembering Geoffrey Richardson Geoffrey Richardson came into my life via letter and that other “might” have done with something or other fax in Fall, 1996, in contrast to the e-mail virtuosity different, he would clear their plates Kowalski style. They which later become his signature communication. had such messy walls for awhile until the lasses learned He wrote to introduce his book on the War of the Roses, SENSE. Me, I was chicken from day one (and I liked his The Hollow Crowns, and expressed his regret he was un- cooking anyway) so every dish one said LOUDLY, “Oh able to join the American Branch in the City of Brotherly Willy, you did it again!” That way, you got to finish it and Love (for our AGM), envying us the opportunity to meet he would open another bottle of bourbon as well. I’m no and discuss Paul Murray Kendall, whom he greatly ad- fool. mired. (Who had not, “unfortunately for Richard and all Geoffrey retired in 1993 to care for his ailing wife, Ricardians, taken the final quantum leap towards which Betty. His retirement present, by his request, was as many all his arguments led and which, as luck would have it, I books on the Wars of the Roses and that era as possible. have felt able, or rather compelled to take for him.”) I As late as 1998, he was still filling in for his old com- thought at the time, here we go again... pany, producing statistical interpretation and composing When Geoffrey happily began writing for the Register detailed tables which he lamented he had never been able (see Bones of Towton, Fall to pound into them. As he gleefully noted, this effort kept 1998), our e-mails became him in pencils, paperclips and fax machines! more frequent and more per- Never one to fritter away his time and energy, he re- sonal. Engaging the modem to turned to an early love of the military history of England, find an e-mail from Geoffrey and determined to produce a book that had not ever been was to enjoy a warm light in written, a history of the battles of the Wars of the Roses.
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