Dear Ms Stanley
I came across your website whilst searching for information on Philanthic
Lodge, a Freemasons Lodge meeting in London where I am presently Secretary.
The reason for the search is that the Lodge celebrates its 100th year of
existence on 13th April this year and I have the task of writing up the
Lodge history.
The first Master of the Lodge was T W Sanders who, with a few other
Freemasons, formed Philanthic Lodge in 1904 for members of the National
Amateur Gardeners Association and amateur members of kindred societies.
The web page giving details of Thomas Sanders is of great interest and I
would welcome your permission to use extracts from the page
http://www.martley.org.uk/people/thomasan.htm in the Lodge history booklet.
If acceptable, is it possible to receive a higher resolution portrait of T W
Sanders as shown on the page which might be include in the booklet in larger
format? Due acknowledgement will, of course, be accorded to the source of
the information.
I hope you will not take offence in writing to you and appreciate your time
in reading this. If you have knowledge any Brother who may have a
connection with T W Sanders, or indeed any Mason who lives in Martley, would
be interested in attending the Centenary Meeting, then I would be only too
pleased to communicate with them via email.
Thanking you in advance
David Medley
Secretary
Philanthic Lodge No. 3032
Dear Ms Stanley,
I've just found your excellent web page on the Mortimers, via Google, searching for further information on Sir Hugh Mortimer of Martley and Kyre Wyard. (My interest was sparked by copy-editing the three parts of Shakespeare's 'Henry VI' over the last few years, and trying to explain who John and Hugh Mortimer were.) When working on the plays, I was delighted to find the recent book on Martley church, which shows such love of the church as well as extensive research and vast amounts of hard work. Another researcher pointed out to me, however, that VCH Worcs's entry for Kyre Wyard refers to an Inquisitio Post Mortem for Hugh. This shows that he was dead by the end of May 1460, and therefore could not have been present at Wakefield. The legend of his return, repeated in the history of Martley church, can be no more than that.
I'm told that the sources for Wars of the Roses history are at best roughly neutral, otherwise Lancastrian - no record survives giving the Yorkist view of things. Holinshed's comment that John and Hugh were bastard uncles of Richard, Duke of York, is clearly wrong, as is the confusion between two Edmund Mortimers. OK, it's a small slip, but it seems a pity that the Net should perpetuate Hugh's presence at Wakefield. I wonder if it would be possible to do a bit of rewriting next time you plan revisions.
I don't suppose you know of any further sources for the story of Hugh's son John, groom of the body to Richard III, who was granted Upton Snodsbury by Henry VII? I think I've found all that Google can offer. I suspect I'll have to wait for New DNB, due in September.
With best wishes,
Christine Buckley
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