A compilation of unique photos, videos, and articles surrounding Richard III
1485-2015 - This timeline follows the death of Richard III, his first burial, his re-burial.
A timeline put together by Leicester University on Richard III from birth to death.
A map outlining the funeral route for the reburial of Richard III throughout Leicester and to the Bosworth Field.
A statement of a reading that took place with what was believed to be the spirit of Richard III revealing some interesting information. The responses are somehow unique in that they answer some open-ended questions lingering unanswered today.
From the original reconstruction created from the skull via computer technology, the three faces of Richard III begin at left with the most recent.
The first video shows the actual and original facial reconstruction of Richard III, while the second video shows the unveiling of the finished bust by Phillipa Langley at the Society of the Antiquares, 2013.
A sound byte using the language that would have been spoken by Richard III in his time: brummie. This was a dialect used during medieval times and is spoken here by Dr. Philip Shaw, a "lecturer in English" at the University of Leicester. Dr. Shaw is reading here from two actual letters of Richard III.
A graphic design by Barbara
Lee Rowe
"Lord Jesus Christ, deign to free my, your servant King Richard, from every tribulation, sorrow and trouble in which I am placed, hear me, in the name of all your goodness, for which I give thanks, and for all the gifts granted to me, because you made me from nothing and redeemed me out of your bounteous love and pity from eternal damnation to promising eternal life"
This Coronation Throne had been used by Plantagenet kings since Edward I who commissioned it in 1300. It would have been used by both Edward IV and Richard III at their coronations. Only three (3) monarchs did not use this chair for their coronations: Edward V, Edward VIII and Mary II. The chair, housed at Wesminster Abbey, is now over 700 years old and soon to undergo a much-needed makeover.
Written in response to Niclas von Popplau, a Silesian ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III: "I would like my kingdom and land to lie where the land and kingdom of the king of Hungary lies, on the Turkish frontier itself. Then I would certainly, with my own people alone, without the help of other kings, princes or lords, properly drive away not only the Turks, but all my enemies and opponents."
Written to his mother, Cecily Neville:" Madam, I recommend me to you as heartily as is to me possible, beseeching you in my most humble and effectual wise [manner] of your daily blessing to my singular comfort and defence in my need. And madam I heartily beseech you that I may often hear from you to my comfort And I pray God send you the accomplishment of your noble desires. Written at Pontefract the third day of June with the hand of your most humble son, Ricardus Rex."
In response to Louis of France Richard wrote: "My lord, my cousin, I have seen the letters you have sent me by Buckingham herald, whereby I understand that you wish to have my amity, of which I am very glad, in good form and manner; for I do not mean to break such truces as have hitherto been concluded between the late king of most noble memory, my brother deceased, and you, for the term of the same. Upon which matter, in order that my said subjects and merchants be not deceived under the shadow of the same, I pray you that by my servant, this bearer, one of the grooms of my stable, you will let me know by writing your full intention, and at the same time if you desire anything that I can do for you, that I may do it with good will. And farewell, my lord my cousin."
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