G M Hilton: 4 books
The Deeds of King Henry V
Told by John Strecche
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
This little known biography of King Henry V is full of anecdotes of his French Wars, which John Strecche must have heard from the Knights returning from the battle grounds to Kenilworth Castle. John Strecche was a Canon of Kenilworth Priory and would have met the King: his Life of the King is...
King Henry V's Delectable Castle of Kenilworth
Its Romantic Appeal through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
After his marriage King Henry V went on a Royal Progress with his Queen Katherine. It is recorded that he visited 'his delightful (dilectum) Castle of Kenilworth and his Manor of Plesantmaris which he himself constructed in Marshland'.
This book examines the Romance of Kenilworth Castle...
by Geoffrey Hilton
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The inside story of how monks and canons were treated and behaved - or sometimes misbehaved. Told by extracts from a manuscript of 1295. A rare manuscript of 1425 written in Kenilworth Priory adds special relevance.
A visit to any ruined monastery is enlivened and given extra meaning...
by Geoffrey Hilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
John Strecche was a Canon of Kenilworth Priory and would have met King Henry V there and in the King's favorite Castle of Kenilworth. Strecche would have heard first hand accounts of the King's Deeds from his Nobles, and Knights returning from the Battlefields of France. These he recorded...