Richard, The Northern King
Graham will talk for 60-70 minutes and take questions at the end. There will be no interval but there will be opportunity to look around the 14th Century Chantry Chapel following the event.
All that most people know about Richard are the twin allegations that he stole the Crown – which is untrue – and that he murdered his nephews, for which there is absolutely no evidence.
What they do not know is that King Edward IV trusted his younger brother Richard totally and repeatedly sent him, when still only a teenager, to uneasy regions as a troubleshooter for the Crown. When he was 20 – in 1472 – Edward appointed him ‘Lord President of the Council of the North’, a post Richard held for 11 years. Governing the north was not a soft job, not just because of the awkwardness of locals but because the region was at the mercy of the Percy Earls of Northumberland, always unreliable allies of the king.
Come and learn more about Richard III (1452-1485), son of Richard Duke of York who was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. There is more to his story than the Shakespearean characature offers!
All that most people know about Richard are the twin allegations that he stole the Crown – which is untrue – and that he murdered his nephews, for which there is absolutely no evidence.
What they do not know is that King Edward IV trusted his younger brother Richard totally and repeatedly sent him, when still only a teenager, to uneasy regions as a troubleshooter for the Crown. When he was 20 – in 1472 – Edward appointed him ‘Lord President of the Council of the North’, a post Richard held for 11 years. Governing the north was not a soft job, not just because of the awkwardness of locals but because the region was at the mercy of the Percy Earls of Northumberland, always unreliable allies of the king.
Come and learn more about Richard III (1452-1485), son of Richard Duke of York who was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. There is more to his story than the Shakespearean characature offers!
Date and time Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:30 - 18:30 BST
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