![]() Historical novelists as well as historians owe a debt of gratitude to the people We have aĭetailed description of the wedding festivities and especially of theĬelebratory jousts, at the conclusion of which the king’s eldest daughter,Įlizabeth of York, presented the winners with golden initials studded with a Who at age five was even longer in the tooth than little Richard. When his four-year-old son, Richard, Duke of York, married little Anne Mowbray, When the long days of pleasure were over, Gruthuse was escorted to a splendidīed of "as good downe as coulde be thought."Įdward got another chance to demonstrate the magnificence of his court in 1478, That Edward presented his visitor with costly gifts, including a great gold cupĬontaining a unicorn’s horn, feasted with him, and hunted with him and that We know that Gruthuse was led to theĬhambers of Edward IV’s queen, where the ladies were dancing and playing games ![]() Take, for instance, the welcoming of Louis de Gruthuse to England in 1472, anĮvent recorded by Bluemantle Pursuivant. ![]() Into motion-he knew how to put on a show. ![]() Marriage to Elizabeth Woodville sets the events of my novel The Stolen Crown One thing that can be said for certain about Edward IV-the king whose secret ![]()
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