- Welcum ter ar ken!- Ar blood royal. -
It is now time to focus on the loyal brother, the brave soldier, the highly competent administrator of the north of England, the pounder of the Scots; time to remember the man who brought in special courts to hear the complaints of the poor, who abolished "benevolences" (taxes, unvoted by Parliament, disguised as gifts to the king), and who banned any curbs on the new art of printing." - 'The Economist: Richard III' | Feb. 9, 2013; ¶ 3
There were many secrets in the wind, blowing hither and yon for centuries, secrets surrounding those scheming to end Plantagenet rule. Secrecy abounds as to who murdered the two princes? Or if they were murdered at all. Secrets continue to swirl around on the winds of time.
Kings, queens, and nobles of the Roman Catholic faith defied God with endless adulterous affairs and countless illegitimate children, their murderous plots, their greed and pompousness, and the strong will of some to believe they were mightier than God. All carefully guarded secrets...for a time. Yes; they were miserable sinners who kept dark secrets, and yes; they are our ancestors. We love them, not for what they had done or failed to do, but for playing a role in helping to create us, their grateful descendants. More compelling was the might and perseverance of many in the defense of God, Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church, fighting wars to protect the faith.
Richard III Plantagenet, as were many of his forebears, was a great defender of the faith, going so far as to ponder one more Crusade for Christianity. Pious to the end, it was Richard III who was responsible for the first translation of the Bible into English. He held a special devotion for Our Lady and was a dutiful king who regarded his subjects, and who was killed as he prayed God's name unto the last breath of life.
The persecutions of Christians has never ceased. Jesus warned that because of Him, His followers would be hated. Thus, like our noble ancestors, don the Armor of God and stand to defend God, the Christian faith, God's Church, and all that is good and noble.
† 'King Richard is a high-born prince, three fingers taller than I, but a bit slimmer and not as thickset as I am, and much more lightly built; he has quite slender arms and thighs, and also a great heart' - Niclas von Popplau "An itinerant knight of great strength from Silesia, who visited England in 1484..."
Found among Richard's belongings was this magnificent, well-preserved Roman Catholic Chausible worn here by the Rt. Rev. Malcolm McMahon, Bishop of Nottingham, during the Roman Catholic portion of the funeral Mass held for King Richard III on March 22, 2015. The third photo is of the inside of Leicester Cathedral.
From the discovery of King Richard III's remains to the magnificent funeral for the last Catholic King of England to die in battle, these two videos are reminders of that exciting time in history when a king was discovered beneath a car park!
"Lord Jesus Christ, deign to free me, your servant King Richard, from every tribulation, sorrow, and trouble in which I am placed...hear me, in the name of all your goodness, for which I give thanks, and for all the gifts granted to me, because you made me from nothing and redeemed me out of your bouneous love and pity from eternal damnation to promising eternal life."
Philippa Langley, discoverer of Richard III's remains in the Leicester car park, is now taking on the case of the missing princes.
Good luck to you, Philippa, for we do so want to see this centuries-old mystery resolved and both Richard's name, and his legacy, at peace.
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