Richard III Society

A pdf of his memoirs can be found on the @r3-society-usa.bsky.social website r3.org/document/com...

Ruby Anniversary Celebration at St George’s Chapel, Windsor The Trust On…Ruby Anniversary Celebration at St George’s Chapel, Windsor For the final event of the Trust’s Ruby Anniversary celebrations, we invited friends and supporters of the…

At the beginning of the month, the Trust celebrated its 40th #anniversary with an event at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, the spiritual home of the Yorkist dynasty! 🥳 🥂 You can read all about this very special evening in a blogpost by Dr Joshua Ravenhill: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/10/17/r...

Title slide of talk by Simon March about the database. It shows the partners involved: the Battlefields Trust, the Mortimer Society, Northamptonshire Battlefield Society, Tewkesbury Battlefield Society, Richard III Society & the Yorkist History Trust.

Slide explaining the various types of memorialisation. Text based only is not included in the database. Physical memorials are, including contemporary memorials (mainly funerary), later memorials and modern-day.

Image of the most recent memorial, of the Battle of Bosworth.

The Wars of the Roses Database is now live! A great deal of work by multiple associations including the Richard III Society, it is still accepting submissions. www.battlefieldstrust.com/wotrmemorial/

@ihr.bsky.social I am trying to track down a film that was made about the Schools History Project called History 13-16 by Nicholas Pronay learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen... which may have been digitised, but the links are no longer working. Any help would be much appreciated!

Medieval History job at DCU.

#MedievalSky
#Spéirghorm

Hmmm. The plaque seems rather sure about everything…..

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

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Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

YouTube video by SocAntiquaries Back in college: Daily life of students at European universities, 1200-1600 by Dr A. Willemsen FSA

Catch up on our lecture from today, all about medievial uni students from @amwillemsen.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0D...

Thank you to everyone who attended our 600th anniversary exhibition launch! We hope to see you again at our upcoming events.

Special thanks to Professor Caroline Barron for her fascinating talk on the original Guildhall Library in 1452.

And before that Toby Capwell and Dominic Smee shared stories of the making of the documentary on the likely impact of Richard III's scoliosis on his use of armour and ability to fight on horseback.

Caroline Wilkinson gave a fascinating talk on digital immortality (faces here include John Whetamstede and St Nicholas)

To all our members gathered in Leicester for our AGM and Members Day, we hope you are having a wonderful time! Send pictures!

Photograph of the tomb of Richard III. On a small table at the end of the tomb is a bowl of white roses.

White Roses were laid at the tomb of Richard III on 2nd October in celebration of his birth. Image courtesy of Leicester Cathedral.

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The top of a page of a medieval manuscript. It shows the month of October and in writing different from the scribe who wrote the book, is the mention of Richard's birth.

The sign at Fotheringhay which says King Richard III Youngest Son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevill was born in this castle October 2nd 1452. Richard III Society. For more details please visit www.Richardiii.net

2 October, 1452 the birth of Richard Plantagenet, later Richard III. His Book of Hours -LPL MS 474- records his birth. 'Hic die natus erat Ricardus Rex Anglie tertius apud Ffoderingay Anno domini mlccclii'

A full page from a medieval manuscript. On either side of the text are tall trees with people visibly picking fruit high up among the leaves. One woman is somehow pulling herself up the straight trunk. The fruit, apples perhaps, appear to be tossed down to the labourers below who are putting them in baskets. One woman has her hand in front of her face. Either she is eating or she has been hit on the nose with some fruit as it came down from the tree.

One of October's Labour of the Month was harvesting fruit. This lovely image deserves to be seen in full, especially for the woman shimmying up the tree.

NLW MS 15537C. f. 10 r. on theleft side of the image an man with a apron full of seed is scattering it in the ground. On the other side is the image of Scopio

October! In some climates it is time to lay a winter crop.

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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While we would love to claim that every boar is Richard III’s, it is also possible that it refers to St. Anthony.

Title slide of the talk. On the left is an image from a manuscript of a king enthroned with men around him. On the right, the title says 'He was an Earl, all Wales was his': William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke(c1423 - 1469) and the Yorkists in Wales. Katie Dungate

Our thanks to Katie Dungate for a very informative talk on William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and the Yorkists in Wales. The chat was absolutely buzzing the whole time and so many questions after!

Edgcote Battlefield - Richard III Society In 1995 Historic England introduced the Register of Historic Battlefields. Eight Wars of the Roses battlefields are included on the Register, including Edgcote fought on 24th July 1469.

A statement from the Richard III Society about Edgcote Battlefield. richardiii.net/edgcote-batt... #medievalsky

Photograph of a woman wearing a brownish top. She is smiling at the camera.

William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (c.1423-1469) is one of the forgotten men of the Wars of the Roses. This remarkable & ambitious man will be the subject of a talk this Saturday via Zoom by Katie Dungate for members of the Richard III Society. Due to cancellations, there are still places available.

An interesting post to read in conjunction with the article on medicinal plants in late medieval gardens that appeared in The Ricardian (just arriving with @richardiiisociety.bsky.social members).

The 15thC wall paintings at St Peter's, Raunds are wonderful and worth making arrangements to visit.
Here grinning Death confronts Lady Pride, piercing her with a lance and forcing the sins out of her, such an unusual image.
#WednesdayWallPaintings

Glasgow 850: The Blackadder Prayerbook at Glasgow Cathedral | National Library of Scotland For one day only, the Blackadder Prayerbook, considered 'Glasgow's Book of Kells' returns home to Glasgow Cathedral. Visit it on 29 September.

For one day only, the Blackadder Prayerbook – made for Glasgow’s first archbishop, Robert Blackadder, c. late 1400s – will be on display as part of Glasgow’s 850th birthday celebrations & @natlibscot.bsky.social’s centenary

29 Sept, Glasgow Cathedral. Free
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We will be interested to hear what you think. Nathen And Matt have debated this a lot. You can probably find one of the debates online somewhere.

Welcome IHR @tudorstuartseminar.bsky.social! You can find them and our other projects, seminars and people in our starter pack go.bsky.app/2AUxmcA Let me know if we've missed anyone.

In 1495 William was convicted of treason as he publicly stated that if Perkin Warbeck was indeed Edward’s IV’s son, he would not take up arms against him. He was a staunch supporter of Tudor. www.warsoftheroses.com/people/sir-w...

There are definitely 2 sides to this story. Matt Lewis’s book The Survival of the Princes in the Tower, offers another take.

Warbeck’s audacity gets me every time - imagine having the confidence to walk into European royal courts and pretend to be someone you’re not. I do find him annoying though.

I’m going to tie him in more closely to foreign policy this year; he affects a lot of Henry’s diplomacy #historyteacher