tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post7548842257225201867..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: The Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham Pay Homage to the Prince of WalesSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-12798723995189026762009-04-30T17:31:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:31:00.000-04:00It would have been quite strange if they weren't f...It would have been quite strange if they weren't fairly well acquainted--aside from the two men's recorded joint attendance at various court events, Buckingham's paternal grandmother, Anne, was an older sister of Richard's mother. Indeed, young Buckingham might well have been living with his grandparents when Cecily of York and three of her children, including Richard, were put in Anne's custody in 1459--Buckingham's father was dead by then.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-51045016239700272202009-04-30T17:29:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:29:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-27678080980871733352009-04-30T17:18:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:18:00.000-04:00Possibly this is rnight. No, probably, this is (m...Possibly this is rnight. No, probably, this is (mostly) right. Richard probably "knew" Buckingham; if the court really was fairly small, everybody probably would have known each other well enough to carry on a decent conversation. However, knowing somebody in that sense, is a bit different from knowing somebody "well". This is the "iffy" part of all of this, and there's no way of knowing, in that sense, how "well" Richard knew Buckingham.Anne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-57628941181123433812009-04-30T13:18:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:18:00.000-04:00It's very unlikely that they didn't have opportuni...It's very unlikely that they didn't have opportunity to get to know each other well, although no one can say how well. Almost everyone at court would probably have been acquainted because it wasn't THAT big. I just read a paper about how well-acquainted people at Edward IV's court may have been and found it fairly convincing, so I'm sure they had opportunity even if they didn't seize it.<br /><br />I'm not surprised by the homage - I don't personally think Richard could have plotted his seizure of the throne at such a stage and would have assumed reliable succession. It is a little ironic from an outside perspective though!Meghanhttp://chikune.com/blognoreply@blogger.com