David T Gardner Escaetorum Post Mortem, Gardner Familia Fiducia, XXIV OCT MMXXVI
There is a lesson in here even for the seasoned Oxford trained researcher. Sometimes all it takes to solve a problem, is just a matter of changing our perspective. Sir William Gardiner's final plea to Henry VII was for Wimbish and so he could be close to his brother John Gardiner of Bury. A wish that may have ended up being a little to close to home for our future chancellor of England and Bishop of Winchester Stephen Gardiner.
The Kings of Cotswool had until now successfully pulled the wool over the worlds eyes for more than 540 years. In my humble opinion King Richard IIIrd's fate was sealed with the attainments of the london merchants all the way back in the 1460s. It was an industrial land grab that gutted England's wool production. When Richard became king England's wool export was down an estimated 50% by 1485. What that really means? 50% of England is starving and maybe not feeling as much love for the Plantagenets the we may have all been led to believe.
King Richards fate was sealed long before he was crowned, his navigation act the catalyst that forced the lancastrians to open the war chest and make their move. King Richard IIIrd was led to slaughter on a field chosen months before the battle by Gilbert Talbot and Jasper Tudor. (see Talbot Papers) Thomas Gardiner Esq and agent provocateur stageing riots on the commons at market bosworth forcing Richard's Army into position to spring the marsh trap.
So now that we've settled the whole all these people are unrelated business, It's time to move forward and tell the real story. Besides the real version of this history is 10X more interesting then anything the Tudor chroniclers could ever imagined. ~David
Feet of Fines and Chancery Pleadings for Wimbish (Essex) and Horseheath (Cambridgeshire): Southern Road Corridor Linking Exning to LondonItem Type | Manuscript |
Author | William Gardyner |
Abstract | Land conveyances and pleadings along the Saffron Walden-Wimbish (Essex) and Horseheath (Cambridgeshire) road corridor connecting Exning, Landwade, and Newmarket directly to London, documenting the territorial corridor shared by the Allingtons of Horseheath (heirs of Alderman Richard Gardyner) and the Essex/Suffolk Gardyner landholders. |
Date | 1460/1510/// |
Language | Latin; English |
Archive | Court of Common Pleas: Feet of Fines (CP 25/1) & Chancery Pleadings (C 1) |
Loc. in Archive | TNA CP 25/1 (Essex & Cambridgeshire) / C 1 |
Library Catalog | The National Archives, Kew |
URL | https://british-history.ac.uk |
Place | Westminster |
Citation Key | gardynerFeetFinesChancery1460/1510// |
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The History and Topography of the County of Essex, Vol. 2: Widdington Hall and Gosfield Manors (John Greene, Speaker, d. 1473)
Item Type | Book |
Author | Thomas Wright |
Abstract | County manorial history documenting John Greene of Widdington Hall and Gosfield, Essex (d. 1 May 1473, buried at Gosfield Church with monumental brass), his marriage to Editha Rolfe (widow of John Helyon, inheriting Bellowes and Liston Hall in Gosfield), and the descent of his Essex estates through his daughters Agnes (m. Sir William Fynderne) and Margery (m. Sir Henry Tey). |
Date | 1836 |
Language | English |
Archive | County History of Essex |
Library Catalog | Internet Archive |
URL | https://archive.org/stream/historytopograph02wrig/historytopograph02wrig_djvu.txt |
Place | London |
Publisher | George Virtue |
Citation Key | wrightHistoryTopographyCounty1836 |
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| Reference: Thomas Wright, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, Vol. 2 (1836) | Geographic Note: Widdington borders Wimbish and Saffron Walden along the direct London-Horseheath-Exning highway |
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