Mediaevel Crossword
Across
- 3. He once is said to have told Norfolk, “then … I shall die today, and you tomorrow”
- 4. A real man, named for a dragon.
- 5. Daughter of John Brunham
- 8. The right to fill a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
- 9. a castle in County Durham, connected to Richard III’s mother
- 10. Main body of the church, where the congregation sit or stand
- 12. an open weave ornamental hair net
- 13. One of the two Popes of Richard III’s reign
- 16. The earldom of Richard III’s paternal grandfather
- 19. A woman who withdrew from secular life to be walled up
- 22. Died with Richard III, called “gentle”
- 23. A queen who persuaded her husband to spare the Burghers of Calais in 1347.
- 25. A dish, mainly of wheat, with milk, eggs or broth
- 26. The more common name for Lady Godgyfu.
- 28. A mendicant order founded in the early 13th century in France
- 30. Part of a church, usually at the western end, where one enters
- 31. Originally a groom
- 33. The first Plantagenet’s home
- 34. A Welsh family, better at self-promotion than anything else.
Down
- 1. The successor to Longshanks
- 2. property, which, having caused a death, was forfeit to the Crown
- 6. The low segment of the high and low segments of a battlement
- 7. King’s evil
- 8. A corruption of the blood, resulting from a capital crime
- 11. Archbishop of Canterbury in 1169
- 14. King of Scotland when Bosworth was fought.
- 15. A battle fought on St Crispin’s Day 1415
- 17. King of France when Richard III born
- 18. On the Tweed, Richard III freed this town in 1482
- 20. A bishop’s cure
- 21. Itinerant seller
- 24. Medieval poached eggs with a custard and ginger sauce
- 26. An (in)famous inquisitor of the 14th century
- 27. The Danish name for York.
- 29. Jane Shore was the merriest ……
- 31. A King who died at Hastings
- 32. An art which led to modern chemistry