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David Grummitt

@davidgrummitt.bsky.social
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Historian of the late Middle Ages (and of the history of warfare more generally), academic and magazine editor. Very good with children and cats, not too shabby in the kitchen.

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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I’m delighted to announce this, a free-to-attend event in Wakefield on 21 March to discuss the Palm Sunday Campaign 1461 , new interpretations and old. www.battlefieldstrust.com/event.asp?Ev...
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The Battlefields Trust - Events - The Battlefields Trust
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
565th anniversary of the Battle’ of Wakefield tomorrow… open.substack.com/pub/grummitt...
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The 'Battle' of Wakefield, 29 December 1460
How recent research has rewritten our understanding of a key moment of the Wars of the Roses.
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Today I gave a paper, which seemed well received, on the Franco-Burgundian accounts of the Battle of Towton at the Fifteenth Century Conference in Durham. The cathedral is looking magnificent in the late afternoon sunshine …
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Look what arrived today. Really pleased to see it in print (always a long road with academic presses) but Oxford University Press have done a fine job.
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Just written this blog piece for Historic England to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Battlefield Register. heritagecalling.com/2025/06/12/h...
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Exploring the Myths of the Wars of the Roses Battlefields
Discover the myths and realities of England's historic battlefields in the Wars of the Roses as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of their register.
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
To mark the upcoming issue of the Ricardian Bulletin, Alec Marsh, Philippa Langley and I discuss new evidence from the Missing Princes Project and how things may have been different if Richard III had won the Battle of Bosworth …. open.spotify.com/episode/6049...
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Philippa Langley on finding the Princes in the Tower, and Bosworth with David Grummitt
The Ricardian Podcast · Episode
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Finished the last chapter of my forthcoming book on the battles of the Wars of the Roses 1455-1461 ...
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Very pleased to be involved in this with the Battlefields Trust. We are pleased to announce that the Wars of the Roses Memorial Database is now live at www.battlefieldstrust.com/wotrmemorial/ to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of Towton (1461).
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How deeply depressing: another ‘popular’ book on the Wars of the Roses that merely repeats old myths and ignores any recent research on the subject. 1 star!
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Turned my attention to the Second Battle of St Albans, 17 February 1461. Colonel Alfred Burne’s ‘Inherent Military (Im)Probability’ at its very best (with a little bit of faux feminine wiles put in for good measure!)
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
One of those days at the TNA where you don’t find much that rolls back the frontiers of historical knowledge … oh well, there are worse things to be doing!
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Been writing about Mortimer’s Cross this week. We don’t know exactly where it was fought, but we can be pretty certain it was fought on 3 February and Edward saw the parhelion the day before at Hereford.
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Reading battle history of the Wars of the Roses is … interesting. There’s a lot of imagination presented as fact!
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New research blog on the ‘discovery’ of the chain that once belonged to Edward V in the 1522 will of Dame Margaret Capell. riiiresearch.blogspot.com?m=1
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Richard III Society Research
A blog run by the Richard III Society's Research Committee to share research into the life and times of Richard III
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I’m reminded today would have been Henry VI’s birthday. I wrote a book about him … www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0415...
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Henry Vi (Routledge Historical Biographies): Amazon.co.uk: Grummitt, David: 9780415639934: Books
Buy Henry Vi (Routledge Historical Biographies) 1 by Grummitt, David (ISBN: 9780415639934) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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J L Laynesmith @jllaynesmith.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I am delighted to share the fabulous line up of speakers for the Richard III Society's 2025 Schools' Conference - open to any secondary school teaching the Wars of the Roses at A Level.
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I will be watching the programme tonight but really this is the biggest historical non-story of recent years. It’s not even a new discovery!
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I have written a post for the Richard III Society’s research blog on Richard and Calais, England’s only remaining continental possession in the 15th century. It illustrates the type of challenge Richard faced in consolidating his rule. riiiresearch.blogspot.com?fbclid=IwZXh...
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Richard III Society Research
A blog run by the Richard III Society's Research Committee to share research into the life and times of Richard III
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David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I’ll be speaking this coming Friday (29 November) at the Institute of Historical Research’s Late Medieval Seminar on how the battles of the Wars of the Roses have been memorialized. It’s been ten years since I last spoke there! www.history.ac.uk/events/sites...
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Sites of Memory and Acts of Remembrance: Memorializing the Wars of the Roses
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