Medieval Steward

@MatthewHarffy Thanks Matthew! Love your books 👍

Nice to get a mention on @TheMedievalAge website. :-) Lots of useful info on there too! discovermiddleages.co.uk/bookshop/matth…

Enjoyed a great show by @TracyBorman this evening @theemorecambec covering how to be a good monarch, spanning 1000 years of kings and queens. 👑 Really well presented with plenty of humour too! Highly recommended. #HowToBeAGoodMonarch

#otd in 1066 William the Conqueror defeats Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, ending #AngloSaxon rule #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1066 King Harold II dies at the Battle of Hastings #medieval #history #onthisday #arrowinhiseyeisdisputed

#otd in 1399 Henry Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV of England in Westminster, succeeding the deposed Richard II #medieval #history

#otd on 1459 King Henry VI defeats the Yorkist forces of York, Salisbury and Warwick at the Battle of Ludford Bridge. The three Yorkist leaders flee into exile #medieval #history #warsoftheroses

#otd in 1470 Henry VI is restored as king of England (second time) by Warwick Kingmaker, succeeding Edward IV #medieval #history #onthisday

In early October 937 Æthelstan defeats Olaf of Dublin, Constantine of Scotland and Owen of Strathclyde at the Battle of Brunanburh #medieval

#otd in 1399 King Richard II was formally deposed, after Parliament unanimously agreed he was unfit to rule #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 959 Edgar I the Peaceful becomes King of England, succeeding his brother Eadwig #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 959 King Eadwig the Fair dies in Gloucester, and is then buried in Winchester Cathedral #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1399 King Richard II is deposed, and Henry Bolingbroke is proclaimed king of England #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1087 King William II of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1066 King Harold II defeats his brother Tostig & King Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1459 the Yorkist forces, led by the Earl of Salisbury, defeat the Lancastrians, who attempted to intercept the smaller Yorkist army, at the Battle of Blore Heath #medieval #warsoftheroses

#otd in 1327 deposed Edward II dies in Berkeley Castle and later buried in Gloucester Cathedral #medieval #history #onthisday #noredhotpoker

#otd in 1297 William Wallace defeats the Earl of Surrey, John de Warenne at the Battle of Stirling Bridge #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1087 William II Rufus becomes king of England, succeeding his father William I the Conqueror #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 1087 King William I the Conqueror dies, possibly injured by the pommel on his horse, in Rouen Normandy #medieval #history #onthisday

#otd in 925 King Æthelstan is crowned in Kingston Upon Thames #medieval #history #onthisday