WELL here we go again—what’s up w/you? Yesterday was just getting things organized, but I will be listing more items today—so check after 5 pm as to what’s new https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonLaire?ref=hdr_shop_menu Oh the picture above is the deck at Pisces Rising http://www.piscesrisingdining.com/ in Mt. Dora http://www.whattodoinmtdora.com/ one of my favorite places in Florida. Check out this great Shop there: http://www.artisansonfifth.com/ Honorable mention today is Armando’s http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-02-03/entertainment/os-dining-armandos-orlando-restaurant-reviews-20120202_1_fresh-tomato-sauce-pasta-fagioli on Hannibal Square in Winter Park Florida. I just finished a review for it on Trip Advisor.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
King Richard II
“This hath not offended the king
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After his death in Normandy in December 1135, his body was brought to Reading sewn into a bull’s hide. He was laid to rest in January 1136. The abbey was partly destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII but there is no firm record of what happened to Henry I’s remains. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-19725972 It has been suggested that the king’s silver coffin may have been stolen and his remains “scattered to the four winds (or maybe thrown into the river?). Sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it? Oh and guess where they’re talking about looking first: yep the parking lot.
James V (of Scotland) 1512 – 1542
December 1542 – Of the crown of Scotland, on learning of the birth of Mary Queen of Scots:
“It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.”
Of all the Reigning houses of the Isle of Briton is there one that has had more publicity?
Henry VII: 1457-1509. The son of a valet and the widow of Henry V. He managed to push this to a throne and founded the Tudor line. He died of a wasting lung condition probably TB. He was buried in Westminster with his wife Elizabeth of York.
His first son Arthur proceeded him (Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Kingdom of England also probably from TB.
| Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.” | |
 Sir Thomas Malory |
HENRY VIII 1491 – 1547 MOST MARRIED KING
Henry planned a magnificent show for his own resting place. What he got was the picture above. He died from obesity with renal and hepatic failure. His face shape in later years is felt to be from “Cushing Syndrome, an endocrine abnormality. He did not have syphilis as many sensationalistic writers insist. Given his obesity and leg ulcer I have oft speculated he more likely might have a form of diabetes that further contributed to his demise. He requested to be buried with his 3rd wife and mother of his only son. This was at George’s Chapel at Winsor. When he died his wishes were only partially met as he was buried with Jane Seymour, but some how his young son–about 10 years old at the time of his father’s death–wasn’t in charge and those that were failed to honor the man with a reputation of ogre at his death—and the king’s final resting place was all but forgotten until the death of Charles I in 1649 (word is that one of the workmen who found the body took one of his finger bones to make a knife handle) when the body of he and his queen were found.
And a plaque was finally put in place in 1837.
Elizabeth I: 1588 – Speech to the troops at Tilbury on the approach of the Armada
“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”
EDWARD VI THE BOY WHO NEVER REALLY RULED
1537-1553. Edward became king in 1547 with a council that really governed during his minority. He died of Pulmonary TB aggravated by an attack of measles, and a misuse of an unknown stimulant. He was the first true Protestant king and that was to result in a non-sibling ruler–He was buried at Westminster Abbey.
| “Now order the ranks, and fling wide the banners, for our souls are God’s and our bodies the king’s, and our swords for Saint George and for England!” | |
 Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. |
LADY JANE GREY: THE INNOCENT TRATOR
1537- 1554
Mary the Catholic Princess of a Spanish mother should have been the next ruler but the Protestant powers that be instead set a granddaughter of Henry’s sister Mary on the throne. This didn’t last long (less than two weeks) till Mary and a hastily acquired army entered London and left the poor pawn of a girl (she was married to the son of the chief instigator Norththumberlin) was left to her fate, but the final straw was when her father enter rebellion against Mary when she married a Spanish (and of course Catholic) prince. His rebellion was the final mark against the girl. She was executed in the Tower:
It is said that eve at her death she received no assistance and was forced tie her own blindfold which left her in darkness and she was forced to try to find the block of her execution in total darkness. No one helped until finally a stranger took pity on a girl who had not received much for most of her ill-fated existence, who helped her to the block where she was dispatched with one blow (so sad that this is one of the few things that seemed to have turned out right in her entire life). As noted above she is buried somewhere under the floor of Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London.
Tomorrow we’ll deal with Henry’s other female relatives.
James I (VI of Scotland): March 21, 1610 – Speech to Parliament
“The king is truly parens patriae, the polite father of his people
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