Calais bound Oct 23, 2009
The city has been caught up in war down the ages, from its subjection in 1347 by Edward III - who was dissuaded by the famous Burghers of Calais from carrying out a general massacre - to its destruction in 1940 at the outset of World War II.. Unfortunately, the museum was closed, and looked as if it had been for some time. (BBC News -- Europe)
How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play Oct 20, 2009
Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated whether the play was written by Shakespeare some bits are incredibly Bard-like, but others don't resemble his style at all ... Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, came to his conclusion after using plagiarism-detection software as well as his own expertise to compare... (Time.com)
Art.view: The smallest, most personal of jewels May 3, 2009
The auction house proposed that it might have been a gift from Edward III. The ring fetched 84,000; almost double its estimate. The 35 rings being offered at Wartski are priced from 14,000 to 85,000. (The Economist)
Books roundup: Non-fiction, in brief Mar 26, 2009
John of Gaunt, a younger son of King Edward III, shocked 14th-century England when he married his longtime mistress, making her Duchess of Lancaster. Weir brings alive the brilliant beauty whose descendants would sit on the British throne. (USA Today -- Life)
Ancestry of the British Royal Famil... Mar 5, 2009
According to genealogist Andrew Millard, over 99% of English people can trace ancestry back to King Edward III (1312-1377). According to Millard's , the odds of not one of an English person s thousands of ancestors being descended from Edward III are miniscule ... The number of descendants of Edward III must therefore include nearly all of the population of England, he writes, and probably much of the populations of the rest of the UK and Eire, as well as many millions in the USA, former British... (Suite101.com)
Holmes: Town history claims the forested Uplands Feb 14, 2009
According to materials compiled on the Hill family by the Belmont Historical Commission, they were from noble Norman extraction, entitled de la Montague, and became Hill under reign of Edward III in late 14th century. In late 18th century, a Hill ancestor became a Parliament member, a Viscount, an Earl, and later, Comptroller of the King s household and Treasurer of the Chamber. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
