's Deep Fact Friar. Historical Humour with a smile. He now runs The Coventry Stag
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A mischievous monk, kicked out of his monastery, he wonders the streets of Coventry sharing Deeply Historical Facts with a twist. Having discovered a lost section of Coventry's Medieval City Wall in 2017. I learned that my passion is to share with Tourists, Students, Schools & Citizens of Coventry about Coventry's rich, cultural historical past in a fun way. By creating the Deep Fact Friar, we are
able to bring history alive in a fun and engaging way for people of all ages. Although our primary focus is on and a little Saxon time periods. Our Primary method is guiding people around the buildings and historic locations that remain to this day in plain sight right next to 21st, 20th, 19th, 18th & 17th Century buildings. We regularly take tourists, schools, universities, community groups and citizens around presenting and speaking and we are regularly asked to speak and present in homes and buildings. Going into our 4th year we have had to adapt to delivering online Zoom sessions where we then share presentations and data we have gathered during our research with customers to continue their learning. We are also online retailers of Coventry's Medieval History Book & Coventry's St Marys's Guildhall Tudor History Book.
On 17th August 1565, Queen Elizabeth I made her way to the Coventry City Centre entering via . She rode to The Coventry Stag where she ordered a and was served by the Deep Fact Friar who had to take a job as an when performed the of the . It’s just but she did visit. and your friends who are will open next Bank Holiday Weekend on the Saturday. Follow the page to be kept aware of what’s on
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The sun is bringing the vibe, Main Stage is almost sound ready, just a few hours and we will be ready to welcome you back for our 25 Godiva! 🤩☀️🪩🎵🔥
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Come join us for a stroll through Coventry as we celebrate 35 years of 2-Tone Ska music with our "GANGSTERS" Guided Walking Tour!
Join us on a fun walking tour in Coventry to learn all about St Patrick and the reasons behind celebrating St Patrick's Day!
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On this day in History, September 7th
The Year is 1510, King Henry VIII rides into Coventry with wife Catherine of Aragon on honeymoon, within 30 years he had closed down four monasteries and our 1st cathedral was set to follow after standing for 437 years. Leaving a school in his name, King Henry VIII’s reign had devastating effects on Coventry’s prosperity.
On this walking guided tour through modern day Coventry, the UK City of Culture, we will take you to all the key places where 118 years of Tudor Rule happened in Coventry.
Join us this Saturday as we walk you through where King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots walked, rode & dined.
With prices from £9.99, we have just 1 single, 1 couples & 2 family tickets left for this Tudor Tour with the Town Crier Tour Guide. Book to avoid disappointment.
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Join our historic Tudor Coventry walking guided tour featuring King Henry VII, VII , Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I locations and events.
King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Edward VI, Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots all visited Coventry in Tudor Times.
Join us on this walking guided tour on Sat 14th August as we show you where, why, when & what impact they had on Coventry.
We have just 2 single, 2 couples & 1 Family Tickets left on this popular guided tour with our costumes tour guide. Click link below or picture to join us and walk through History in the UK City of Culture.
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Join our historic Tudor Coventry walking guided tour featuring King Henry VII, VII , Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I locations and events.
Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his younger brother Charles died on this day 1551 of the sweating sickness.
Henrys father had been married to Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII.
In 1541, Lord Henry Brandon and his younger brother Lord Charles Brandon had their miniatures painted by Hans Holbein the Younger, less than 10 years later they were both dead.
During an epidemic of the sweating sickness, the two youths aged 15, died. Suffolk first and his younger brother Charles about an hour later.
They died at the Bishop of Lincoln's Palace in the village of Buckden, near Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, where they had fled in an attempt to escape the epidemic ravaging the country.
Some people say that Arthur, Prince of Wales 🏴 older brother may have died of the Sweating Sickness in 1502 and it has been surmised that it started after the Battle of Bosworth and lasted until late 16th Century.
We know that Arthur visited Coventry as a young boy and was welcomed down Spon Street where he entered the city through the Spon Gate adjoining St Johns Church, Spon Street, Coventry.
If you’d like to discover and learn more about Tudor Coventry covering the reign of Henry Tudor, King Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary I, Elizabeth I & as a bonus Mary Queen of Scots why not join us on our of our guided Tudor Tours around the remains of Tudor Coventry http://paul-curtis-tours-Coventry-UK-City-of-Culture-guided-tours.eventbrite.com
04/07/1190 King Richard I of England 🏴 AKA Richard The LionHeart and King Philippe II of France 🇫🇷 set out on the Third Crusade to Jerusalem (The Holy Land).
Setting off from Vézelay in France 🇫🇷 they had agreed to divide the spoils of the Crusade between themselves.
They took different routes with Richard travelling via Marseilles and Philippe via Genoa.
Richard had a bit of business he needed to take care of in Italy 🇮🇹 first so travelled down the west coast of Italy.
William II, the King of Sicily was married to Richard's sister, Joan.
Tancred of Lecce claimed the throne of Sicily and imprisoned Richards sister Joan, refusing to pay the money left to her by her dead husband.
Richard arrived in Messina demanding his sister be freed and she be paid the money she was left.
In Coventry at the bottom of the Burges, Hales St, Bishop St, Corporations St stands St Johns Hospital founded in late 12th Century by Benedictine Monks.
The Knights Templar or Order of St Johns Hospitallers was established to provide hospitality for pilgrims making their way to or from The Holy Land.
Æthelred pronounced Ethelred died on this day 30 June 888AD as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Æthelred was consecrated as archbishop in 870. Most of Æthelred's time as archbishop was spent dealing with the effects of Viking raids, but he also had a conflict with King Alfred the Great over royal control of ecclesiastical affairs.
During Æthelred's archbishopric the Golden Gospels, a still-surviving 8th century gospel book, was ransomed from a raiding army and subsequently donated to Canterbury.
Pope John VIII urged Æthelred and Archbishop Wulfhere of York to reform the dress of the English clergy.
Around 877, Æthelred wrote to Pope John VIII to complain about King Alfred's conduct towards Canterbury, the reply from the pope to the archbishop still exists.
Pope John VIII told the archbishop that Canterbury had papal support and that the pope had written to the king urging the king to respect the rights of the archbishop.
Ethelred also reached an agreement with Ælfred, an ealdorman, where Ælfred was granted the life use of a Canterbury estate in return for bequeathing one of his estates to Canterbury after his death.
Short and simple today. Tomorrow we will
List all the events that happened in Tudor Times in July to support our Tudor Tours
On the 29th June 1929, Miss Muriel Mellerup from Gloucestershire is the first non actress to play the part of Lady Godiva in The Coventry Hospital Pageant on this day in history.
Whilst trying to find out who Muriel was, I came across the Godiva Procession Page on Wikipedia, it has its own page. I never knew that. Here is the link for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godiva_Procession?wprov=sfti1
Thanks go today to Rob Orland at Forum Historic Coventry site for sharing today’s on this day fact. https://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/articles/on_this_day.php
Pru Porretta has portrayed Lady Godiva over the last 39 years and celebrates her feast day each year through her Godiva Trust.
If you would like to know more about Lady Godiva, her lands and how she was connected to Gloucestershire we cover this in our weekend guided tours around Godiva’s Coventry http://paul-curtis-tours-Coventry-UK-City-of-Culture-guided-tours.eventbrite.com
28/06/1469 Richard Neville, The Earl of Warwick AKA The Kingmaker chooses Coventry as the place to publicly announce the forthcoming marriage of his daughter Isabel to George Plantagenet, The Duke of Clarence and asked for an armed guard to take him to the King.
With Brother in Laws as Edward IV and Richard III, Isabel would be married into one of the most important families in England during The Wars of The Roses. She was born into one of the most influential families in England 🏴.
Aged just 18 when the engagement was announced Isabel would go onto have 4 children after marrying in Calais on 11 July 1469, she was now the sister in law of Edward IV.
The marriage ceremony was performed by Isabel's uncle George Neville who was The Archbishop of York.
Following the marriage, Clarence joined forces with Warwick and allied with the Lancastrians led by Margaret of Anjou, queen consort to Henry VI.
Letters, from King Edward, were taken to Clarence by an unnamed lady who came to visit Isabel before Warwick and Clarence invaded England for the Lancastrians in September 1470.
Inside these letters were promises of reconciliation from the king if Clarence abandoned the cause of Warwick and the Lancastrians. Clarence replied that he would join King Edward as soon as was conveniently.
My thanks today go to Rob Orland at Forum Historic Coventry for pointing this fact out in what happened on this day in History in Coventry, The UK 🇬🇧 City of Culture.
If you aren’t already following Rob’s site or had a look, click here and scroll through to June https://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/articles/on_this_day.php
27/06/1450 Jack Cade leads a demonstration march from Kent to London protesting against laws introduced by King Henry VI of England 🏴 on this day in history 571 years ago today
You can read more about Jack Cade and the Kent Rebellion here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade's_Rebellion?wprov=sfti1
Pre Wars of The Roses, this Rebellion may have been funded or supported by people on both sides of The Wars of The Roses.
Jack features in a William Shakespeare Play Henry VI, Part 2
Short and sweet today, got the mother and father coming round for early Sunday Lunch at 1pm.
Check back in tomorrow for a Coventry marriage declaration in 1469.
Have a great Sunday
26/06/1460 The Earls of March (future Edward IV) and Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville - The Kingmaker) land in England 🏴 at Sandwich in Kent from Calais, France 🇫🇷 on this very day in History.
The Yorkist army held Sandwich and between them along with locals had amassed an army of circa 2000 men bolstered by local recruitment.
After securing Kent the Yorkists marched on London where they were welcomed. The reason behind this was the earlier pillaging of St Albans by Yorkists forces. The people of London didn’t want to suffer the same fate so they let them into the gated city.
The Lancastrians's Court were all in Coventry at the time of the Yorkist rebels entering London. When news reached them they moved south to Northampton to intercept the Yorkists.
The Yorkists, Earl of Warwick wanted to talk but the Lancastrian Duke of Buckingham wanted to fight.
The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at Northampton
The King and ordinary men were spared while knights and lords were killed.
Lancastrian leaders, Buckingham, Shrewsbury and Egremont were dead and the King was captured.
Queen Margaret escaped capture and fled to Wales where she plotted her revenge against the Yorkists.
We cover the Wars of The Roses in our guided medieval and Tudor tours from a neutral viewpoint. The 1st Battle of St Albans led to the 1459 Great Council being held in Coventry and the banishment and fleeing of Yorkist Leaders and the rest as they say is History.
Our Medieval and Tudor Tour Dates on the streets where these events happened and took place has multiple weekend dates throughout July and August http://paul-curtis-tours-Coventry-UK-City-of-Culture-guided-tours.eventbrite.com
25/06/1308 Gaveston banished to Ireland 🇮🇪
25/06/1483 Richard III nominated as King
25/06/1483 Earl Grey executed at Pontefract
25/06/1308 Parliament was not happy with Gaveston's actions as acting Regent while Edward II was away. Gaveston's friendship to Edward was also upsetting to Edward’s new bride. Parliament concluded that Edward should banish Gaveston and that he should banish him from England 🏴 by giving him the prestigious title role of Lieutenant of Ireland to remove him from England. Gaveston was told in no certain terms that he would be excommunicated if he didn’t leave or if he returned. Edward ride with him to Bristol Docks where he set sail to Ireland. History shows us he did return a d his fate was sealed by returning. ALSO ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
25/06/1483 Edward IV’s children were declared illegitimate, this cleared a path for Richard Duke of Gloucester to be nominated as the next King of England 🏴.He of course went onto become the much written about King Richard III.
25/06/1483 First thing you do when you are going to be made King is to secure your position, members of The Woodville's family were arrested, including brother Anthony Woodville and Richard Grey or Earl Grey. He was a son from Elizabeth Woodvilles previous marriage to Sir John Grey. Both men were taken to Pontefract Castle and there they met their fate.
Have you ever been to Pontefract Castle? What is it like as a visitor destination. Does it have good history stories?
Feel free to share any photos or opinions on Pontefract Castle. Please try and avoid any Richard did this Richard did that comments. I am neither Yorkist or Lancastrian but try and look at history as a whole especially the Wars of The Roses
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23/06/1951 70 years ago on this very day, The first Godiva pageant for 25 years takes place to celebrate the Festival of Britain, with actress Ann Wrigg playing the part of Lady Godiva
"The events were in celebration of the Festival of Britain and the Pagent Master, Leonard Turner, was welcoming the recreation of the Godiva ride back after an interval of 25 years.
"The procession was split into two parts, Historical and Industrial. There were 12 parts in the historical pageant, the programme list the nuns as Benedictine. with a Saxon guard of honour, she was accompanied by Leofric, their son Alfgar, Hereward the Wake and many others.
"It must have been a spectacular event."
Some may remember Ann Wrigg also playing Flora Swain, Emily Bishop's sister-in-law, in several episodes of Coronation Street in 1980.
Her other acting credits include Hadleigh, Within These Walls, Crossroads, Bless Me Father, Angels and Armchair Theatre.
Pru Porretta has portrayed Lady Godiva in Coventry for the last 39 years keeping the Lady Godiva story alive and we kicked off the City of Culture Coventry Moves event with 14 different Lady Godivas representing different cultures and diversity of Coventry.
If you’d like to find out more about Lady Godiva, who she was, how she became Coventrys heroine we cover her life, husband, son and grandchildren in our walking Guided Tours of Coventry http://paul-curtis-tours-Coventry-UK-City-of-Culture-guided-tours.eventbrite.com
Did Ye Know that on this very day in history
22/06/1402 Owain Glyndwr beat the English
22/06/1483 Edward V declared illegitimate
22/06/1527 Henry VIII marriage No 1 invalid &
22/06/1535 Henry VIII executes St John Fisher on this day his & St Thomas More Feast Day.
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On 22/06/1402 in a hillside in Wales one Owain Glyndwr battered the English in what was Know as the Battle of Pilleth as part of the Battle of Bryn Glas. Owain had had enough of the English giving it large so him and his mates gave it to the English and Owain became a cult hero/figure throughout Wales. What I didn’t know is that when we were having a Parliament in Coventry in 1404 Owain was having one in Wales.
On 22/06/1483 Richard III to be had a bit of a problem, he wanted to be the King. Sadly a young lad called Edward V was due to be King. Now young Edwards Dad, Edward IV was already married and when the bishop said The “does anyone know why he can’t be married” somebody should of said yes, they didn’t. Richard declared Ed V had been born out of wedlock and he was therefore illegitimate and not a right and for a proper person to be the King, he then moved Ed V’s brother into a tower and sadly neither of them was heard from again and the rest as they say is history.
But there’s more 22/06/1527 King Henry VIII declares his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid because she was previously married to his dead brother. Henry of course just wanted out of the marriage so he could get with Anne Boleyn who he was besotted with and had fallen in love with. I always give Henry a hard time because he destroyed our 1st cathedral in the dissolution of the monasteries but marrying your own brothers wife? , the whole nation wanted him to produce a son and Old Catherine God bless her was not quite up to it following multiple pregnancies and miscarriages.
As if he hadn’t caused enough trouble already Henry decided that John Fisher needed to accept him as supreme head of the Church of England and his authority was supreme over the Pope’s. John of course was having none of this and as a result he was executed by Henry. He then became revered by Catholics throughout the UK and became a Saint and then in Coventry years later they built a school and a church Named after him and it became the feast day of St. John Fisher and St Thomas More and the rest as they say is history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fisher?wprov=sfti1
Hope you enjoyed today’s did you knows
As John Fisher and Tommy Moore would say “Go in peace to Love and Serve the Lord” unless your names Henry VIII and we’ll see you for confession tomorrow old pal.
19/06/1312 The Earl of Pembroke was supposed the be guarding Piers Gaveston, he had some business to attend to and left him at at rectory at Deddington in Oxford.
The Earl of Warwick heard of his whereabouts and rode out to capture him, taking him back to Warwick Castle to decide his fate.
It was decided to move him to Kenilworth Castle a mere 8 mile away with two welshmen as his escorts.
As they approached Blacklow Hill we cannot be sure wether he tried to escape but he was ran through and fell at Blacklow Hill just outside of Kenilworth at Leek Wootton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Gaveston,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall?wprov=sfti1
His monument is on private land just off the A46 on the back route to Kenilworth.
If you know anything about Piers Gaveston or the Earl of Pembroke let us know in the comments.
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Today we are off to conduct our 1st Tudor Tour of Coventry covering King Henry VII, VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary, Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots 38 day holiday in Coventry courtesy of her cousin.
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Did you know On this day in history 9th April 09/04/1413 Henry V crowned King 👑 of 🏴 09/04/1483 Edward IV died on this day 09/04/2018 Coventry, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 featured on BBC - the One Show 09/04/1413 Son of Henry Bolingbroke and Grandson of John of Gaunt young Henry was one of the major reasons his father was so successful in putting down rebellions in the country. Victory at the Battle of Agincourt meant he would regarded as a military strategist. One thing I discovered was the day he was crowned King there was a terrible snow storm. Learn more about Henry V here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England 09/04/1483 Edward IV King of England died on this day 535 years ago today on this day. The 1st Yorkist King of England who reigned twice as King from 1461 to Oct 1470. He then had 6 months off and came back again to become the two reign King Apr 1471 to Apr 1483. Learn more about him here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England 09/04/2018 BBC One The BBC - the One Show featured as The Coventry Town Crier AKA Paul Curtis declared Coventry Choir Gospability would be performing before the Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s #wedding #happyanniversary #harry and #Meghan Don’t forget if you have any trivia, knowledge, comments or links on Henry V, Edward IV, Town Criers or the BBC One Show please share in comments below. If you’re not following or liking Deep Fact Friar press the name, like and follow and we’ll deliver historical facts that happened #OnThisDay in #historyfacts Happy Monday’s everyone
