TUDOR COURTIERS AND THEIR HOUSES

 Judith Cooper                     

1.  THE VYNE    BASINGSTOKE. HAMPSHIRE     (NT)

  The Vyne celebrates the success of, William, Lord Sandys  a veritable  Tudor flashman with a front row seat at all magnificent events in Henry V111 reign,     Sandys had served Henry V11 as a knight of the king, receiving Catherine of Aragon when she arrived in England to marry Henry V11’s son Arthur. He also accompanied  Henry V11’s  daughter Margaret to Scotland to marry James 1V of Scotland

Lord Sandys was Henry V11 Lord Chamberlain . He rebuilt and renovated  the Vyne sometime between 1515 and 1529 He knew how to surive at Court. A fan of Catherine of Aragon, but also faithfully attended Anne Boleyn’s coronation in 1533, and was one of the jurors at her trial three years later.

 

The Luttrell Psalter

Jenny Meader

 What is a Psalter?

The Psalms are 150 ancient songs, grouped together to form one of the Old Testament books of the Bible. In the Middle Ages (and down to the present day) they formed a fundamental part of Christian and Jewish worship, for ecclesiastics and lay-people alike; many people learnt to read by being taught the Psalms. The Psalms were often written out separately from the rest of the Bible, preceded by a calendar of the Church’s feast-days, and followed by various types of prayers. Such a volume is known as a Psalter.

Why is this called the 'Luttrell Psalter'?

The manuscript is named by modern scholars after its original patron, whose picture appears in the book. Geoffrey Luttrell was lord of the manor at Irnham, between Grantham and Spalding in Lincolnshire, but he owned estates across England, thanks to his great-great-grandfather, also called Geoffrey. His ancestor's loyal support and service to King John had been rewarded with grants of various properties, which were greatly added to by marriage to an heiress. The style of the illumination shows that Sir Geoffrey commissioned the Psalter at some point between 1320 and 1340.