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26 de may. de 2024 · May 26, 2024. Nestled in the picturesque Northamptonshire countryside, the grassy mounds and earthworks along the River Nene are all that remain of Fotheringhay Castle. Once a formidable Norman stronghold and the birthplace of a king, it played host to two pivotal events in British royal history before fading into ruin.
25 de may. de 2024 · The major monument is Fotheringhay Castle (34), the scene of many momentous events in English history; it is now reduced to little more than an earthen motte and bailey. The remains of the late medieval college, attached to the church, are of some interest.
Hace 6 días · The college was founded in 1411, 6 acres of land between the castle and the rectory house being allotted for the purpose. This was the site on which the Cluniac nunnery had formerly stood. Edward, however, fell in the vanguard of the fight at Agincourt in 1415.
Hace 3 días · The authors also turn their attention to the texts and objects that left Fotheringhay Castle covertly, despite the best efforts of the jailers of Mary, Queen of Scots. One such, a miniature gold and enamel triptych, is the pride of my college’s collection (you can see it in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, where it is on loan).
17 de may. de 2024 · 1. Fotheringhay Castle. All that remains of Fotheringhay Castle today is a mound of earth on which the keep once stood and a lump of stone at its foot. In the late 11th or early 12th century, a castle loomed over the gentle bend in the River Nene. Rebuilt by Edmund, Duke of York, the fifth son of Edward III, it became the seat of the House of York.
25 de may. de 2024 · 1554 – Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, was moved from the Tower of London to Fotheringhay Castle. He had been implicated in Wyatt’s Rebellion. 1607 – Funeral of John Rainolds (Reynolds), theologian and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was buried in the college chapel.
Hace 4 días · A drawing of the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, 14–15 October 1586, in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, where she was later beheaded. On 11 August 1586, after being implicated in the Babington Plot, Mary was arrested while out riding and taken to Tixall Hall in Staffordshire.
