Ricardian Bulletin Magazine of the Richard III Society ISSN 0308 4337 June 2011 Ricardian June 2011 Bulletin Contents 2 From the Chairman 3 Society News and Notices 7 Introducing our new Business Manager 9 The Ricardian Chronicle 11 Bosworth in 2011 13 Study weekend at York on the de la Pole family, by David and Wendy Johnson 16 Celebrating Paul Murray Kendall 22 News and Reviews (conference on the second battle of St Albans; Blood and Roses weekend at Oxford; Tower of London seminar on Society at War in the 15th century; Fatal Colours and Blood Red Roses at the Mansion House, York; Richard III by The Propeller Company) 34 Crazy Christmas Query, by Phil Stone 35 Sometimes two wrongs do make a right, by Heather Falvey 36 Richard III and Anna Dixie, by John Saunders 38 Media Retrospective 40 The Man Himself: Some ‗Servants and Lovers‘ of Richard III in his youth, by Charles Ross 42 Apple Juice fit for a Duchess, by Tig Lang 43 Papers from the York Study Weekend The Chaucer network of cousins, by Lesley Boatwright (p.44) Chaucer and de la Pole heraldry, by Peter Hammond (p.48) 51 Correspondence 53 The Barton Library 55 From the Visits Team 59 Branches and Groups 62 New Members and Recently Deceased Members 63 Obituaries 64 Calendar Contributions Contributions are welcomed from all members. All contributions should be sent to Lesley Boatwright. Bulletin Press Dates 15 January for March issue; 15 April for June issue; 15 July for September issue; 15 October for December issue. Articles should be sent well in advance. Bulletin & 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 are interested. For contact details see back inside cover of the Bulletin The Ricardian Bulletin is produced by the Bulletin Editorial Committee, Printed by Micropress Printers Ltd. © Richard III Society, 2011 From the Chairman n March, I referred to the tragic flooding in Australia, since when we have had the equally I tragic earthquake in New Zealand and the tsunami in Japan. We have members in both countries and thankfully, as far as we know, all are safe. (I know that one member in Christchurch NZ was actually rescued from one of the buildings that collapsed.) Here in the United Kingdom, of course, we have just had a splendid Royal Wedding, with all the pageantry and celebrations to enjoy, and this edition includes another recipe from Tig Lang, this time for ‗Apple Juice fit for a Duchess‘, which somehow seems very topical. In April, we had another successful study weekend in York, this time looking at the de la Pole family. In this issue, we give details of two of the talks given, with others to follow in the future. As well as Tig‘s recipe, this edition also comes with the usual comprehensive range of news and reviews to make for great reading. We continue our commemoration of the centenary of Paul Murray Kendall‘s birth with a report on the visit to Bosworth by his daughters Callie and Gillian, who also provide some fascinating responses to the questions we asked them. The importance of Kendall‘s biography of King Richard can never be overstated. With its heavy reliance on primary sources, it made a significant contribution to the arguments for a favorable view of Richard. It is a pleasure, therefore, to announce that the Society will be providing a memorial bench at Bosworth in Kendall‘s memory. This will be in place for the battle‘s anniversary in August and we are hopeful that Callie and Gillian will be able to come over for its unveiling. It is with much sadness that we record the deaths of Brian Moorhen and Peter Lee. Brian was our Membership Manager for a number of years and Peter was a former Chairman of the London Branch. Our sympathies go to Wendy Moorhen and Diana Lee and all their families. Diana stepped down from her role as Business Manager recently and we are grateful for her work over the past two years. We advertised the post in the last Bulletin and I am very pleased to welcome Stephen York who answered the call and has now taken it on. I am also pleased to note that the Ricardian Chronicle Project is making good progress with Toni Mount and Helen Challinor joining its management team. Let me encourage members who want to get involved in research to sign up for the project. It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have a new edition of Ricardian Britain (see page 4). The first edition came out as long ago as 1968, and we acknowledge the pioneering contribution of Carolyn Hammond and Val Alliez, the founding editors. This edition is on-line as part of the website, which will give it much greater flexibility and enable us to make changes as they become necessary. The bi-annual Australasian Convention meets in Melbourne this August and we wish our members down under well and look forward to hearing all about it in December‘s Bulletin. There will, of course, be many Society events over the coming months, including the annual Bosworth memorial service at Sutton Cheney. It will be the five hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle, and I hope to meet many of you there on Bosworth Sunday, 21 August. 2 Society News and Notices Richard III Society Members’ Day and Annual General Meeting Saturday 1 October 2011 Notice is hereby given that the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Richard III Society will be held on Saturday 1 October 2011 at the School or Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Malet Street (off Russell Square), London WC1H 0XG. The formal business of the meeting will include reports from the Society‘s officers, the presentation of the annual accounts of the Society to 31 March 2011 and the election of the Executive Committee for the coming year. Exact timings for the day will be notified in the September Bulletin. Nominations for the Executive Committee should be sent to the Joint Secretaries, Susan and David Wells, by post to 23 Ash Rise, Halstead, Essex CO9 1RD, to be received not later than Friday 16 September 2011. All nominations must be proposed and seconded and accepted in writing by the nominee. A pro-forma for this purpose can be downloaded from the Society‘s website. Resolutions for the Agenda, also proposed and seconded, should reach the Joint Secretaries at the address and by the same date as set out above. Alternatively, these can be sent by email to: [email protected] by no later than Friday 16 September. If you intend to come to the event, please register your place by email to the Secretaries at the email address above or by completing and returning the booking form in this Bulletin by post. Call to Branches and Groups If your branch/group wishes to make a report at the AGM, please let the Joint Secretaries know in writing or via email by Friday 16 September, so that it can be included on the AGM agenda. Reports can be made in person by a Branch/Group representative or, for overseas branches/ groups or if no local representative is able to attend the AGM in person, a printed report may be supplied to be read out at the AGM. Reports should not exceed three minutes, and should consist of new material not previously reported verbally or in print. Refreshments Light refreshments will be provided by SOAS during the informal part of the day. The Society will be charged for this, but refreshment sales to individual attendees are not permitted. Therefore attendees will be asked to make a contribution towards the cost on arrival. Lunch will be by own arrangements and various local facilities are available within a very short walk of the venue. Please note that SOAS will not permit the bringing in of food for consumption on the premises. Inaugural Isolde Wigram Memorial Lecture This year the speaker will be the historian Dr David Starkey, who will be speaking on ‘A Wave of Pretenders? Yorkist sentiment in the reign of Henry VII’. 3 Registration of Attendance In view of our speaker this year, we are anticipating a higher than usual number of people wishing to attend. Our venue will hold in excess of 200 people, but there is a finite limit. Therefore it is vital that we know how many members are proposing to be there. For this reason, we are introducing the following system for registration: Everyone wishing to attend must register in advance, either by using the pro-forma in the centre pages of this Bulletin or by writing or emailing to the Joint Secretaries at the postal or email address shown on the inside back cover of the Bulletin. All registrations will be acknowledged. If you do not hear within two weeks, please contact Sue and Dave Wells to confirm that your place is reserved. If you have not registered and received a response, we regret that you will not be able to attend. Requests to attend will be dealt with on a ‗first come first served‘ basis. If the maximum limit is reached, a waiting list will be maintained. Full details and logistics for the Members’ Day and AGM will be published in the September Bulletin but, in the meantime, if you have any queries please get in touch with the Joint Secretaries: contact details as set out on the inside back cover of the Bulletin.