#OTD 1352 The Tragic Death of Alice Plantagenet of Norfolk

Remains of Bungay Castle, Suffolk, Alice's ancestral home and place of her attack by her husband and eventual death. Image courtesy of Ashley Dace at geograph.co.uk 672 years ago (or thereabouts, given the Julian calendar was in use in 14th century England) on Monday 30 January 1352 it was stated in the Calendar of Fine …

New Book Coming! Edward I’s Granddaughters

Well, this is exciting. My new book on Alice of Norfolk, attacked by her husband at Bungay Castle in June 1351, explores why this might have happened. And who was she?! With hardly any information on Alice Plantagenet, Lady Montagu - either in contemporary or antiquary records - the book also features a literary dive …