Tag: Sir Gilbert Talbot

Parliamentary Life, 15th Century History, 16th Century history, Art, Fashion and Material Culture, Henry VII, The Commons in the Wars of the Roses, Tudor

Bosworth and other battles: the illustrious career of Sir Gilbert Talbot (d.1517) of Grafton, KG

Dr Simon Payling of our Commons 1461-1504 project explores the career of the early Tudor figure Sir Gilbert Talbot, who in service of Henry VII was rewarded with a commissioned painting from Raphael… When the Tudor antiquarian, John Leland, visited the Shropshire church of Whitchurch in the 1530s, he saw the tomb of Sir Gilbert Talbot, a ‘knight of fame’, and noted, with apparent approval, … Continue reading Bosworth and other battles: the illustrious career of Sir Gilbert Talbot (d.1517) of Grafton, KG

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The Commons in the Wars of the Roses, 15th Century History, Constituencies, Elections, Local History, Medieval, Tudor

A disputed election in the wake of the battle of Bosworth: the Shropshire election of 1485

Following the battle of Bosworth and Henry Tudor’s accession to the English throne, the country’s gentry who had sided with Henry seemed destined to be elected to Parliament uncontested. However, as Dr Simon Payling of our Commons 1461-1504 project explores, this was not always the case… Election disputes were rare in late-medieval England. Indeed, it was not until the early fifteenth-century that any legal framework … Continue reading A disputed election in the wake of the battle of Bosworth: the Shropshire election of 1485

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