Edward IV (1442 – 1483)

[An Ard Ri]

It may or may not have belonged to king Edward IV but none the less a stunning find in Lincolnshire.


Metal detectorist unearths stunning £15,000 gold hat pin from 1485 which may have belonged to King Edward IV.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ught-1485.html

[LauraS3514]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

It may or may not have belonged to king Edward IV but none the less a stunning find in Lincolnshire.


Metal detectorist unearths stunning £15,000 gold hat pin from 1485 which may have belonged to King Edward IV.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ught-1485.html

Well, since Edward IV died in 1483 he couldn't possibly have lost an item made in 1485. The Fail article also had a lot of other errors: Edward IV was the brother of Richard III, not his father. Edward IV's last military campaign was in France in 1475 - he sent his brother Richard to do battle for him after that so he couldn't have lost this in battle in the 1480s. And the most egregious was that the picture they used was of Henry Tudor! If that beautiful Sunne in Splendor belonged to and was worn by Edward IV it was obviously made prior to 1483.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by LauraS3514

Well, since Edward IV died in 1483 he couldn't possibly have lost an item made in 1485. The Fail article also had a lot of other errors: Edward IV was the brother of Richard III, not his father. Edward IV's last military campaign was in France in 1475 - he sent his brother Richard to do battle for him after that so he couldn't have lost this in battle in the 1480s. And the most egregious was that the picture they used was of Henry Tudor! If that beautiful Sunne in Splendor belonged to and was worn by Edward IV it was obviously made prior to 1483.

Ah yes the DM never fails

Here are some interesting facts on Edward IV ,I for one never knew he was orn in Rouen in Normandy!

https://www.historyextra.com/period/...-illegitimate/

[CyrilVladisla]

Earl Rivers presented his book to King Edward IV.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ear...-32547021.html

[An Ard Ri]

Elizabeth Woodville died of the plague as per a long lost document! The queen dowager died at Bermondsey Abbey in London in 1492.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ional-archives

[Ista]

That was a very interesting article, thanks for posting that. Considering how endemic plague was, it would certainly explain a lot about Elizabeth Woodville's speedy and sparse funeral.

[CyrilVladisla]

Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, presented the first book printed in English to King Edward IV
http://www.alamy.com/anthony-woodvil...185799587.html

[An Ard Ri]

He was executed in 1483 and 8 years later the Earldom was extinct upon the death of the childless 3rd Earl in 1491.

[CyrilVladisla]

In 1463 King Edward IV signed a treaty with France in which both sides agreed not to assist each other's enemies.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

In 1463 King Edward IV signed a treaty with France in which both sides agreed not to assist each other's enemies.

The Treaty of Hesdin was signed on October 8th ,1463 whereby Edward IV and Louis XI ended the French-Lancastrian alliance.

[Blog Real]

Edward IV c.1520, posthumous portrait from original c. 1470–75; it shows signs of the corpulence that affected him in later life
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...lantagenet.jpg

[LauraS3514]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

Edward IV c.1520, posthumous portrait from original c. 1470–75; it shows signs of the corpulence that affected him in later life
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...lantagenet.jpg

His grandson Henry VIII inherited his physique from Edward IV. His paranoia came from his father.

[CyrilVladisla]

Lady Grey (Elizabeth Woodville) presented King Edward IV with a letter.
http://www.maryevans.com/history/10070182

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

Lady Grey (Elizabeth Woodville) presented King Edward IV with a letter.
http://www.maryevans.com/history/10070182

Its believed that Edward married the widowed Lady Grey on the 1st of May 1464 .
Her first husband had been killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461.

[CyrilVladisla]

Stained glass window in The Great Hall in Winchester, England depicting the coat of arms of King Edward IV
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sta...-24233743.html