#towerhill

[theirishaesthete]

State-Sponsored Neglect

Above are the front and rear elevations of Towerhill, County Mayo, a house believed to date from the close of the 18th century when built for Isidore Blake, whose descendants continued to own the property until 1948 when the building’s contents were auctioned and the place itself subsequently stripped of everything that might be removed, slates from the roof, floorboards and doorcases,…

[coffeenuts]

[arqteturas]

As aventuras agora são em Londres e já estão nos destaques, chegamos do dia 24 dezembro. . 1 - Catedral St Paul 2 - Estação São Pancreas 3 - Pub Crown & Anchor 4 - Elizabeth Tower, Big Bang 5 - Visão da Tower of London da estação de Tower Hill 6 - Banco as margens Tamisa perto da London Eye 7 - Ponte Tower Bridge 8 - Escultura na Tower Bridge Piazza 9 - Luminária do edifício The Lord Mayor's Appeal 10 - luzes na New Bond Street . #arqteturastrip #arqteturaslondres #englandtravel #londoncity #stpaulscathedral #stpancreas #elizabethtower #toweroflondon #towerhill #newbondstreet #christmaslight (em London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuQ94eN8Z7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[damonkowarsky]

The @thefprojectarts members’ show returns after a three year hiatus. Featuring over 90 works by more than 50 artists, the Small Works show promises a wide variety of works in a number of different media from fresh and familiar local names. 14 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 Opening Saturday 17 December from 2 to 4 Get in quick to view this show, as works are removed once sold! Artists include Julie Poi, Kate Melican Rollo, Kathryn Ryan, Kayleigh Walmsley-Sims, Kelsy Landwehr, Kirsten McLean, Kristy Roche, Leon Melis, Liz Rodriguez, Mandy O’Neill, Marion Matthews, Maryann Owen, Matthew Stewart, Megan Cullum, Merran Koren, Michelle Caithness, Nathan Stebbins, Oliver Vizon (3 y.o), Paul Burman, Rebecca Hill, Richard Walter, Ricky Schembri, Rosina Gannon, Shari Nye, Sian Burman, Tamara Sharp, Alexandra Davis, Alison Withers, Ann Krause, Anthea Rafferty, Bob Emeny, Brendan Kelly, Caroline Healey, Clive Murray-White, Colleen Campbell, Damon Kowarsky, David Higgins, Des Bunyon, Ellen Moloney, Harley Manifold, Helen Bunyon, Helen Fitzhardinge, Hyunju Kim, Irene Crusca, Jan Allan, Jane Curtis, Jane Downing, Jeffrey Vizon, Jo Brian, Jo Merriman, Joanne Russell, and John Coxon (Jay Cee). #thefproject #warrnambool #artexhibition #art #smallworks #cashandcarry #southwestvictoria #christmasshow #thisweekend #whatsonwarrnambool #towerhill #koroitj #etching #intaglio (at The F Project) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNVsIgh3IQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[happywitch416]

My music shuffle decided to tell me a three song story that's stuck in my head.

My Mother Told Me by Alina Gingertail

My mother told me/ Someday I will buy/ Galleys with good oars/ Sail to distant shores

Jolly Sailor Bold by Ginny Di

From Towerhill to Blackwall/ I have wandered, wept, and moaned/ All for my jolly sailor/ Who never will come home

O' Death by Bobby Bass, Lauren Paley, Colm R. McGuinness

Now what is this that I can't see?/ With ice-cold hands taking hold of me/ When God is gone and the Devil takes hold/ Who will have mercy on your soul?

[scotianostra]

February 24th 1716 saw the execution of two leading Jacobites, William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure and James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, but not William Maxwell! 

If you remember yesterdays post William had escaped the day before, with the help of his wife  Lady Winifred.

The 1715 Uprising Jacobites threw themselves upon the mercy of Westminster, and were sentenced to death by the Lord Chancellor William Cowper. Only half managed to wrangle mercy from the crown.

Derwent spent part of his youth in exile as the companion of the young James VIII at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He received permission to return to England in 1709 and quickly established himself as the leader of the Jacobites in Northumberland.

Following his capture at Preston and execution in London he became a tragic hero of songs and ballads. He may have been an Englishman but if the Corries thought him worthy of a song that’s good enough for me.

His partner at the chop, Lord Kenmure, was a Scottish Jacobite. William Gordon was the only son of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure of Kenmure Castle and succeeded his father on his death in 1698. He had received a commission from the earl of Mar to raise the Jacobites in the south of Scotland, and first appeared in arms, at the head of 150 horse, on the 11th October, at Moffat, where he proclaimed King James VIII as King. With a Jacobite force he marched into England, and was present at the battle of Preston in Lancashire, on 13th November of the same year.

On the defeat of the rebels and their surrender at discretion, he was conveyed a prisoner to the Tower of London. His trial for high treason took place before the House of Lords on 19th January 1716, when he pleaded guilty, and on 9th February, with the other rebel lords he received sentence of death, and his estates and titles were forfeited to the crown.

On the morning of the 24th February, he was beheaded on Towerhill shortly after Derwent. He expressed his regret for pleading guilty to the charge of high treason, and prayed for “King James.” He presented the executioner with eight guineas, and on laying his head on the block, that “functionary struck it off at two blows.” Not to be outdone by Derwent he also made the folk playlist in O Kenmure’s On And Awa , Willie.

The Corries, tell the story in the song Derwentwater’s Farewell 

Farewell to pleasant Dilston My father's ancient seat A stranger must now call thee his Which gars my heart to greet; Farewell each friendly well known face My heart has held so dear My tenants now must leave their lands Or hold their lives in fear No more along the banks of Tyne I'll rove in autumn grey No more I'll hear at early dawn The lav'rocks wake the day; And who shall deck the hawthorn bower Where my fond children strayed? And who, when spring shall bid it flower Shall sit beneath the shade? And fare thee well, George Collingwood Since fate has put us down If thou and I have lost our lives Our King has lost his crown; But when the head that wears the crown Shall be laid low like mine Some honest hearts may then lament For Radcliffe's fallen line Farewell, farewell, my lady dear Ill, ill, thou councell'dst me I never more may see the babe That smiles at your knee; Then fare ye well brave Widdrington And Foster ever true; Dear Shaftsbury and Errington Receive my last adieu And fare thee well my bonny grey steed That carried me aye so free I wish I'd been asleep in my bed Last time I mounted thee; The warning bell now bids me cease My trouble's nearly oer Yon sun that rises from the sea Shall rise on me no more

And when the head that wears a crown Shall be laid low like mine Some honest hearts may then lament For Radcliffe's fallen line Farewell to pleasant Dilston hall My father's ancient seat A stranger now must call thee his Which gars my heart to greet

[teejaystumbles]

I can perfectly picture siren Dream to this, floating in a grotto like Arielle, missing Hob fiercely <3 the sound is perfect, like sung underwater <3<3<3

From Towerhill to Blackwall I will wander, weep, and moan All for my jolly sailor Until he comes back home

… His hair does hang in ringlets His eyes as black as sloes My happiness is with him Wherever he may go

… My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold

@moorishflower

[thenixkat]

Image descriptions: series of screencaps from Twitter capturing a multiparagraph thread by user DrIbram.

“This #PrideMonth, it is important to recognize non-binary and gender nonconforming people have been here from the beginning of the US. Here is a thread on one of the most influential such persons in early America. An abolitionist minister known as The Public Universal Friend. 1/”

(painted portrait of Public Universal Friend. The Friend is wearing black minister’s robes, a white 18th century neck stock, with a white fringed kerchief also tied around their neck)

“The Friend was a Christian preacher who lived from 1752 to 1819. Assigned female at birth and given the name Jemima Wilkinson, later in life this person eschewed gendered pronouns, preferring to be addressed as ‘the Friend’ 2/”

(black and white bookplate illustrated portrait of The Friend dressed in ministers robes, labeled “Jemima Wilkinson”)

“The Friend was born in to a big White family of Rhode Island Quakers, the eighth of twelve children. In October 1776, they became ill with ‘Columbus fever’, likely typhus. Captured British soldiers on a Navy vessel docked in Providence had brought disease to the area. 3/”

(painting of a Quaker meeting. Inside a large farmhouse room, a crowd dressed in mostly plain black with wide-brimmed hats black is gathered around a woman in the center, who is standing on an overturned washtub to speak)

“On October 11, 1776, the 23-year-old suddenly recovered. They believed they had died, and God had miraculously revived their body and imbued them with a Holy Spirit that was neither male nor female. They began their ministry to ‘a lost and guilty perishing dying world’. 4/”

(photograph of a button featuring a cartoon-style portrait of The Friend)

“For the rest of their life, the Friend refused to conform to the gender norms of the day. Their clothing blended what men and women were expected to wear. They donned the long robe of a minister and the broad hat common for Quaker men, instead of the bonnet women wore. 5/”

(black and white print of a painting of early 19th century men and women sitting in church pews. The men are wearing broad-brimmed hats; the women are wearing plain poke bonnets)

“Although their genderless presentation caused controversy, the Friend amassed female and male followers. This group founded their own sect, the Society of Universal Friends. The Society founded its own town about an hour drive south of Rochester, New York. Named it Jerusalem. 6/”

(photo of outdoor sign reading “Town of Jerusalem Memorial Building: Town Offices)

“Reflective of their roots in the Quaker faith, the Friend espoused a conception of God and humankind that rejected the predestination of the old Puritans. These believers promoted the idea that God had bestowed an “inner light” on all humans regardless of their gender or race. 7/”

(engraved color illustration of a Quaker meeting hall filled with attendants)

“Notably, the Friend was no friend of slavery. They preached against slavery. They denounced enslavement as contrary to God’s principle of all humans as inherently equal Though the vast majority of Universal Friends were White, the sect had Black members. 8/”

(engraved black and white illustration of a cabin, titled “Friend’s Log Meeting House”)

“The Friend urged followers to free enslaved people. In 1782, a follower freed a teenager named Chloe Towerhill in Connecticut. The enslaver had become ‘convinced by the spirit of truth that it is unjust for us to hold any of our fellow creatures in bondage’ 9/”

(scanned page from a book, containing the following text with a highlighted passage: “…love of his dear Son and in obedience to the Holy and Blessed Spirit release, set at liberty, yield up and surrender all our rights, title, claim, or demand that ourselves our heirs, executors or administrators have or can have, of, in and unto a certain Negro Girl named Cloe aged about eighteen years, which according to the laws of man doth belong to us as our own estate, unto her the said Cloe, meaning hereby that she should be a free person in the eye of the laws of the land to all intents, construction and purposes as fully and completely as if she had been free born, or that any white person belonging to this country can have, and for the causes aforesaid to hereby utterly revoke and disannul all pretentions to any right or title to the aforesaid Cloe that we have or any other person or persons have or can have from, by or under us as fully and completely as if she had never been born in bondage to us.” “In witness whereof we, the said Benjamin and Sarah, have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentyeth day of the eleventh month in the year of our Lord 1782.”)

“The Friend ministered until their death in 1819 at the age of 66. As we celebrate this #PrideMonth and every month, let us remember the Public Universal Friend who refused to conform to rigid gender and proslavery norms in the early United States. 10/10”

(painting of the Friend in black minister’s robes, seated in a rocking chair with a halo around their head in the colors yellow, purple, white, and black. Next to them are a cross, an eight-pointed star, and The Seal of The Public Universal Friend: the initials U. and F. with a cross between them and a six-pointed star above)

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[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

EDWARD STAFFORD, 3RD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

EDWARD STAFFORD, 3RD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

1478-1521

COUSIN OF HENRY VIII WHO HAD HIM EXECUTED

            Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was an English nobleman and cousin of Henry VIII. Stafford was born at Brecon Castle, Wales and was the son of Henry Stafford and Katherine Woodville, and was the nephew of Elizabeth Woodville and King Edward IV. His father was involved in the rebellion against Richard III and was beheaded without a trial, and Stafford himself had to hide in numerous houses for the remainder of Richard III’s reign.

            When Henry VII succeeded Richard III in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth, he made Stafford a Knight of the Order of the Bath. He attended Henry VII’s coronation and was educated in Margaret Beaufort’s household. He attended the wedding of Arthur Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon in 1501, where he wore an expensive gown.

            When Henry VIII became king, he became a member of the King’s Privy Council and attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 with his wife, Eleanor. Stafford was married to Eleanor (daughter of Henry Percy) and the couple had four legit children and he had more children outside his marriage.

            Stafford wasn’t close friends to Henry, as he had Plantagenet blood and kept in contact with his extended family. In 1520, Stafford became a suspect of treason and Henry VIII had him investigated. Stafford was summoned to court in 1521 and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was tried and accused of listening to prophecies of the Kings death and intending to kill the king.

            Stafford was convicted of treason and was executed on 17 May 1521 on Tower Hill. Many believed Stafford to be innocent, Sir Thomas More said that Stafford’s servants were threatened and tortured to get a false confession against Stafford.

#edwardstafford #edwardstafford3rddukeofbuckingham #stevenwaddington #thetudors #towerhill

[joearf]

2023.10.22: Tower Hill - London

#peoplewatching #peoplephotography #streetphotography #exploringlondon #london #towerhill

[bandnameserver]

Towerhill

[completeofficesearch]

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[antnich]

THE QUEEN'S LAST WALK...

It was a relatively short walk. Out of the Queen's Lodgings, past the Great Hall, and then on out through the Cole Harbour Gate, thence slowly along the west side of the White Tower.

The freshly built scaffold was no more than three or four feet high. It was draped in black, and covered in straw.

Anne Boleyn walked her last mile with Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London. Four ladies in waiting followed her. As she passed, Anne distributed the £20 in alms from her purse to the poor. The money was a last bequest to Anne from her ever thoughtful husband.

Another thoughtful bequest raised its head- so to speak- in the manner of Anne's death. Technically, she could have been burned alive on the trumped up charges she was framed on.

Instead, Henry graciously extended to her the final 'mercy' of instant decapitation by an expert, specially imported French swordsman. Indeed, so keen had Henry been to impart this mercy to Anne that he had sent for the swordsman before her trial had even begun, and before the members of the jury had even been selected.

This kind of execution required the victim to kneel upright, more or less ramrod straight. There was no block. The sword itself was concealed under the straw. Not until Anne had said her final prayers, submitted to the blindfold and then knelt upon a cushion on the straw, would it suddenly appear to strike with one scything, whirling swoop...

#Netflix #bloodsexandroyalty #miniseries #docudrama #televisionseries #britishroyalty #tudorhistory #henrytheeighth #anneboleyn #sirwilliamkingston #judicialexecution #scaffold #toweroflondon whitetower #towergreen #timetravel #artoftravel #travelswithanthony #medievalhistory #medievallondon #thomascromwell #thomascranmer #georgeboleyn #thomasboleyn #henrynorris #francisweston #williambrereton #marksmeaton #swordsman #towerhill

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[thebritishmonarchycouk]

Tower of London . 3. The zenith of the castle’s use as a prison was the 16th & 17th centuries, when many figures who had fallen into disgrace, such as Elizabeth I before she became queen, Sir Walter Raleigh, & Elizabeth Throckmorton, were held within its walls. This use has led to the phrase “sent to the Tower”. Despite its enduring reputation as a place of torture & death, popularised by 16th-century religious propagandists & 19th-century writers, only seven people were executed within the Tower before the World Wars of the 20th century. Executions were more commonly held on the notorious Tower Hill to the north of the castle, with 112 occurring there over a 400-year period. In the latter half of the 19th century, institutions such as the Royal Mint moved out of the castle to other locations, leaving many buildings empty. Anthony Salvin & John Taylor took the opportunity to restore the Tower to what was felt to be its medieval appearance, clearing out many of the vacant post-medieval structures. . In the First & Second World Wars, the Tower was again used as a prison & witnessed the executions of 12 men for espionage. After the Second World War, damage caused during the Blitz was repaired, & the castle reopened to the public. Today, the Tower of London is one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. Under the ceremonial charge of the Constable of the Tower, & operated by the Resident Governor of the Tower of London & Keeper of the Jewel House, the property is cared for by the charity Historic Royal Palaces & is protected as a World Heritage Site. . . . #TowerofLondon #London #Thetower #thewhitetower #Heritage #History #HistoryofEngland #historyinpictures #England #Londonhistory #Historiclondon #Riverthames #Tower #WilliamtheConqueror #towerhill #Cityoflondon #Placestovisit, #Castle #palaces #hermajesty #thequeen #Crownjewels #towerhamlets #RoyalHistory #Britishhistory #historyofbritain #VisitLondon (at Tower of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR_gDuWsCyT/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fromme20]

- I am addicted to this filter and the view 😍 Tower Hill to Westminster and then, back... What a walk! 👣 I just wonder: Is it me or my thoughts/mind that are wandering more? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who knows... #TowerHill #Westminster #London #Wandering #WanderingAround (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-zxsWlAgG/?igshid=lhhndu7o2k4l

[amadeuslong]

#thisislondon #london_gurus #metropolis_london #towerhill #london_enthusiast #gramslayers #shotzdelight #visualambassadors #timeoutlondon #visitlondon #londonvisionaries #humlondon #uk_shooters #traverseengland #theimaged #mydarlinglondon #fatalframes #its_so_london #meistershots #ldnblog #secretlondon #blackandwhiteisworththefight #tv_pointofview #urbanromantix #unlimitedlondon #bnw_planet #citybestpics #loves_united_london #streetlife_award (at Tower Hill) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4xaXeDhpx6/?igshid=lwh6siea5o2l