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....... s Richard III Society, Inc. Volume XXXVI No. 1&2 Spring & Summer, 2006 An August Encounter An unlikely meeting, (more symbolic than historically factual) is the subject for this appropriate “Bosworth” month window display of a pair of intricately-painted heraldic jousting model figures, depicting Henry Tudor and Richard III: “The Armoury of St. James’s,” 17 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1Y6NH (www.armoury.co.uk/home - these pewter mounted knights range from £800 - £1,000!) — Geoffrey Wheeler REGISTER STAFF EDITOR: Carole M. Rike 48299 Stafford Road • Tickfaw, LA 70466 985-350-6101 ° 504-952-4984 (cell) email: [email protected] ©2006 Richard III Society, Inc., American Branch. No part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means — mechanical, RICARDIAN READING EDITOR: Myrna Smith electrical or photocopying, recording or information storage retrieval — 2784 Avenue G • Ingleside, TX 78362 without written permission from the Society. 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Hancock Introduction n the heart of Leicestershire, in the heart of Eng- Iland, mere yards from the M1 Motorway, one of the busiest and most crucial transportation arteries in the whole of the country, stands Kirby Muxloe Cas- tle.Overlooked and largely unnoticed by the many thousands of travelers who pass by on a daily basis, the Castle sits today on the edge of a pleasant village, just four miles from the center of the city of Leicester. Like similar fifteenth century ruins, Kirby Muxloe Castle is strangely evocative and carries with it an air of under- stated ennui, representative of an edifice that never had thechancetoexperiencethefullgloryofwhatifonce could have been. In this pitiable state, it stands today as the quintessential embodiment of the ultimate disem- bodiment of William Lord Hastings, who was one of Figure 2: An aerial view of the Castle ruins shown in the central figures in the story of Edward IV, Edward V, map form in Figure 1. and Richard III, and key player in the events that led to theultimatedemiseoftheHouseofYork. the late ninth and early tenth century. The community was supposedly named after a Dane, one Caeri or Carbi, and it was this name that later evolved into the present appellation — Kirby.