And tell sad stories of the death of kings
At one time I was a member of the Richard III society, I let my membership lapse not for any idiomatic reason but because I had other things to devote my time to.
I have followed the latest events in his sorry saga at something of a distance. It's all very undignified and theme parkish but I suppose that Leicester needs the tourist cash and I can't blame them for that in the present financial climate.
One thing it did prompt me to do was look up (nice internets) the burial places of the English Kings, only to discover that Richard is not the only monarch to have been reburied (leaving aside his nephews - assuming that the Tower staircase bones were theirs), or even the only one whose burial place is now beneath a car park (or similar). It's all Henry VIIIs fault. If he'd not dissolved the monasteries none of this would have happened.
Most of our monarchs are buried in Winchester, Westminster or Windsor (what is it about the letter W?), with a handful in France.
But a handful are buried elsewhere. For example:
This somewhat boring lump of stone is the grave marker for a King of England who died on the field of battle and whose body was variously reported to have been buried where it fell or transported to an abbey for burial beneath the High Altar. The original church has long since been demolished (along with two of its successors) and the position of the former High Altar (and therefore of the possible burial) is a matter of some dispute but for the purposes of paying respect this is where one would go to pay tribute to the last English King (before his place was taken by a usurper).
It’s King Harold’s memorial at Waltham Abbey.
Somehow I think our local authority is missing a trick here.
In other news I have attempted to book a haircut online before Eastercon, but have no confidence that I have succeeded ( should really have popped down and called in in person, but their online booking is doing a discount offer so worth trying.
And I have made a trial batch of tiffin to take to agility class on Thursday. I hadn't realised until looking it up just how many tiffin recipes there are (Wikipedia does not even mention melted chocolate as an ingredient - in this case The Internet Is Wrong!.)
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I have followed the latest events in his sorry saga at something of a distance. It's all very undignified and theme parkish but I suppose that Leicester needs the tourist cash and I can't blame them for that in the present financial climate.
One thing it did prompt me to do was look up (nice internets) the burial places of the English Kings, only to discover that Richard is not the only monarch to have been reburied (leaving aside his nephews - assuming that the Tower staircase bones were theirs), or even the only one whose burial place is now beneath a car park (or similar). It's all Henry VIIIs fault. If he'd not dissolved the monasteries none of this would have happened.
Most of our monarchs are buried in Winchester, Westminster or Windsor (what is it about the letter W?), with a handful in France.
But a handful are buried elsewhere. For example:
This somewhat boring lump of stone is the grave marker for a King of England who died on the field of battle and whose body was variously reported to have been buried where it fell or transported to an abbey for burial beneath the High Altar. The original church has long since been demolished (along with two of its successors) and the position of the former High Altar (and therefore of the possible burial) is a matter of some dispute but for the purposes of paying respect this is where one would go to pay tribute to the last English King (before his place was taken by a usurper).
It’s King Harold’s memorial at Waltham Abbey.
Somehow I think our local authority is missing a trick here.
In other news I have attempted to book a haircut online before Eastercon, but have no confidence that I have succeeded ( should really have popped down and called in in person, but their online booking is doing a discount offer so worth trying.
And I have made a trial batch of tiffin to take to agility class on Thursday. I hadn't realised until looking it up just how many tiffin recipes there are (Wikipedia does not even mention melted chocolate as an ingredient - in this case The Internet Is Wrong!.)
This entry was originally posted at http://inamac.dreamwidth.org/95377.html. You may comment here or there (or not).