Good Gentlewoman Blog posts – Friends of Lydiard Park

Published on: 27th May 2020

There's no denying the Woodville women were a fine-looking lot. Elizabeth Woodville was said to have used her beauty and...

Published on: 28th February 2016

The Lydiard Park estate came in to the possession of the St John family when Oliver St John married Margaret Beauchamp in...

Published on: 12th August 2013

So who did kill the Princes in the tower? Sunday's penultimate episode of The White Queen did a good job of considering all...

Published on: 29th July 2013

Joan Neville and I go back a long way. In fact, my love of history, stately homes and a predisposition to being nosey could...

Published on: 27th July 2013

Now more than half way through the ten part series and the success of The White Queen is no longer up for debate. You are...

Published on: 9th July 2013

This week's episode of The White Queen placed the scheming Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, centre stage with his daughters...

Published on: 2nd July 2013

Second Neville sister Cecily was named for the least attractive female character in The White Queen BBC1 series, excepting...

Published on: 1st July 2013

During the 15th century the Church banned sex on every Sunday during Lent, and for pretty much half the rest of the year as...

Published on: 30th June 2013

In this week's episode of the White Queen (BBC1 9pm Sunday) St John sister Margaret Beaufort joins Warwick's rebellion...

Published on: 24th June 2013

Are you captivated by the new BBC1 historical drama The White Queen - or are you busy looking for zips, down-pipes and...

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