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Staffordshire history
books by
Dianne Mannering

Sylvia M Everitt's Staffordshire
Millennium
Embroideries
A history of
Staffordshire

A Crown
for Staffordshire
A history of medieval Staffordshire barons

visit the Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries website
see all 11 panels and read the history of Staffordshire that inspired their creation

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John Ashdown-Hill

Public Speaker

John Ashdown-Hill Public Speaker
About my talks:

All my talks are illustrated with Powerpoint slides (I can bring my own projector and laptop if necessary – though it’s easier if facilities are available at the venue) All talks last about 55 minutes and I am happy to answer questions during or after the talk. The length of talks can be modified, or new talks produced on request – if sufficient notice is given. I am happy to travel anywhere if travelling expenses are met.

A list of my talks currently available

The Real Richard III	Finding the DNA of Richard III

A talk which explores and explodes popular myths around Richard III.	What is DNA and what can it contribute to research relating to Richard III and the ‘princes in the Tower’?

Eleanor Talbot in fact, fiction and 'history'	The Death of Edward V – new evidence from Colchester.

This talk is linked to my book Eleanor, the Secret Queen and explore the story of Edward IV’s real wife, and how this has been treated by historians and historical novelists.	Was the elder ‘prince in the Tower' dead by September 1483? Newly discovered medieval Colchester documents imply that he was.
'My Late Lamented Uncle’ – Henry VII and the Burial of Richard III	The Shrine of the Holy Rood of Dovercourt

What did Henry VII do with Richard III’s body after the battle of Bosworth – and why?	The rediscovery of a lost medieval Essex pilgrimage centre

Walsingham in 1469

Lost Churches of Mediaeval Colchester.

A survey of the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham at the time of the pilgrimage of Edward IV and Richard, Duke of Gloucester

A talk linked to my book Lost Landmarks of Mediaeval Colchester.

Coins of the Yorkist kings and pretenders.	St John’s Abbey, Colchester .

Are there really coins issued by “Lambert Simnel” and “Perkin Warbeck” – or have historians made a mistake!	The story of Colchester’s great medieval abbey

Greyfriars - Colchester's Franciscan Priory	St Botolph's Priory Colchester.

The story of one of Colchester’s greatest medieval landmarks.	The story of England's earliest house of Augustinian Canons

Bear-baiting and Brothels	Edward IV's marriage and the fall of the House of York.

The medieval inhabitants of Colchester and their leisure activities.	Edward IV’s disasterous and little known love stories – and how they brought down the Royal house of York.

Sir John Howard and Sir John Marney	'Beloved Cousyn'

Essex gentry during the "Wars of the Roses".	the relationship between John Howard, Duke of Norfolk and the royal house of York. This talk is linked to my book 'Beloved Cousyn'.