He could have a Ghanaian-style coffin
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How degenerativeDon’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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A nice White Boar coffin would look rather splendid
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Anyway (can't quite leave the topic alone!): it's quite strange that Richard III's father and brother (the 3rd Duke of York and his son) both died in battle, at the Battle of Wakefield, and were buried 'humbly' in Pontefract, only to be reburied by Edward IV in Fotheringhay church. Wonder what the reburial service was like!!! This must be one of the closest contemporary descriptions (I assume 'Chester Herald' refers to an officer of the College of Arms, rather than the local newspaper ...).
Richard III's great uncle, Edward the 2nd Duke, died at Agincourt and his remains were brought back to be buried at Fotheringhay, as he had wished.
The more one looks into it, the harder it is to see what reason there could possibly be for reburying the erstwhile Duke of Gloucester, Richard III, in York.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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That prompts a buried memory, ff. 40 years ago I visited "Fothers" ( as it was called by the slightly fey academic from Leicester University who led the visit) with the "Lit and Phil" and discovered a team in the process of scraping tiny fragments of paint off that pulpit and tester with a view to analysis and restoration of the colour scheme. Good to see it completed.Comment
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned King Alfred's bones - or rather the bones that proved not to be King Alfred
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Leicester Cathedral stakes claim as Richard III's rightful burial site, on this website:
Facts and Fiction, News Blog, register support etc etc
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Thanks for this JW. Certainly makes further claims for Leicester!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Predictable - even inevitable. Though I note Leicester cathedral authorities say a new design for the tomb is expected to be revealed in "three or four weeks", presumably taking note of the fact that the first design didn't meet with much enthusiasm.Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Is even him?
And has anyone DNA-tested Bbm?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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It seems to say a lot about the 21st c people so emotionally involved, more than about the historical Richard.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
"We believed that once the identity of the bones had been established, they would be handed over to Philippa and placed in a house of prayer."
indeed.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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A sensible decision. Pity the 'relatives' wasted so much of their & our money.Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostComment
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
"The king under the car park" - is this the toast supporters of the Plantagenet dynasty use, as the Stuart supporters used "The king across the water"?Comment
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