Is this the HEAD OF A TUDOR DUKE?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @TheWeslej
    @TheWeslej 5 месяцев назад +94

    Your work is head and shoulders above the rest, Allan!
    I'll get my coat. And head off.

    • @nix1059
      @nix1059 5 месяцев назад +4

      Very good

    • @erickent3557
      @erickent3557 5 месяцев назад +3

      What's that up in the road, a head?

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +3

      😂😂 I missed this until now!

    • @jeffreyyoung4104
      @jeffreyyoung4104 4 месяца назад

      Get a move on! Chop Chop!

  • @TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods
    @TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods 5 месяцев назад +36

    The disposition of the case of Mr. Smallcoal is a splendid example of the Victorian approach to dealing with any unpleasantness: Let's pretend it didn't happen, and carry on. Another wonderful journey, Allan!

  • @elizabethdibble5159
    @elizabethdibble5159 5 месяцев назад +35

    Wow, this tale of Mr. Smallcoal demonstrates that people who engage in such macabre acts is nothing new. Thank you Alan. A very well researched and presented video.

  • @heatherjones6647
    @heatherjones6647 5 месяцев назад +42

    Biscuit tins have so many uses! I just keep buttons in mine.

    • @Mrs.Karen_Walker
      @Mrs.Karen_Walker 5 месяцев назад

      I keep a forgery of ze painting of ze follin Madonna wif ze beeg boobees in mine.

    • @ginac895
      @ginac895 5 месяцев назад +1

      I have some of my grannies tins ❤

  • @thibaudduhamel2581
    @thibaudduhamel2581 5 месяцев назад +7

    This reminds me of the story of King Henry IV of France's head being rediscovered in 2010 after a french pensionner informed historians about his owning a mumified head. Quite a fascinating story.

  • @danielkarmy4893
    @danielkarmy4893 5 месяцев назад +28

    The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula I think would be well worth a video! As Thomas Babington Macaulay wrote in his History of England, in 1848:
    'In truth there is no sadder spot on the earth than that little cemetery. Death is there associated, not, as in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's, with genius and virtue, with public veneration and with imperishable renown; not, as in our humblest churches and churchyards, with everything that is most endearing in social and domestic charities; but with whatever is darkest in human nature and in human destiny, with the savage triumph of implacable enemies, with the inconstancy, the ingratitude, the cowardice of friends, with all the miseries of fallen greatness and of blighted fame. Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.'

  • @christinewells-leddon9287
    @christinewells-leddon9287 5 месяцев назад +26

    This is why I appreciate your lectures (and support your channel): your videos are always detailed, informative and engagingly presented.

  • @spicencens7725
    @spicencens7725 5 месяцев назад +13

    Oddly, delightfully grotesque!
    Great job once again!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you appreciated it!

  • @andrewwaldron3667
    @andrewwaldron3667 5 месяцев назад +4

    When I was growing up in Leicester Allan, we would often visit Bradgate Park in Leicestershire. The birthplace of Lady Jane Grey is in the park, semi ruined, but open to the public sometimes. Apparently it's one of the earliest brick built houses in England.
    Bradgate Park is a beautiful place to visit, deer herds roaming around, shallow river running through it, and a folly called Old John that resembles an upturned mug on top of a hill. Old John can be seen from Leicester, about seven miles away.
    I remember being told that when Queen Jane was executed her father had the tops of the trees in the park removed.

  • @MsCynet
    @MsCynet 5 месяцев назад +10

    I thought I was the only one who read Bell’s Unknown London. And this of course was my favorite essay in it, along with the Oranges and Lemons essay. I’m so glad Mr. Bell is not forgotten.

  • @pixbychris3182
    @pixbychris3182 5 месяцев назад +18

    Fascinating especially him not being sacked.. if burying heads in biscuit tins had been the thing would Louis 14th ? been in a used bourbon tin???

    • @theastral1909
      @theastral1909 5 месяцев назад +1

      Boom tish! 😆🤣

    • @chrisball3778
      @chrisball3778 5 месяцев назад +1

      A mummified head allegedly belonging to Louis XIV's grandfather Henri IV turned up in a box in an attic belonging to a retired tax inspector about 15 years ago. The French royal tombs were ransacked by revolutionaries in the 1790's, but Henri had a reputation as a fair and decent ruler, so the argument was that someone had saved his head from being abused and hid it. One group of scientists that tested it claimed it was definitely Henri, but another group that tested it a few years later said it definitely wasn't. The disputed appendage was languishing in a Paris bank vault last thing I heard about it.

  • @marthavanbeek-putters
    @marthavanbeek-putters 5 месяцев назад +7

    Thank you for this interesting historical story! Martha

  • @rhiannonpoole6019
    @rhiannonpoole6019 5 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for another fascinating tiny slice of history. I love the contemporary illustrations like the one of Tower Hill, all those hundreds of people all exactly the same height and dressed all alike!

  • @DeclanWhite1453
    @DeclanWhite1453 5 месяцев назад +11

    Just sat down for tea and now I've got a cracking video to watch

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      Hope you enjoyed it!

  • @davidd6171
    @davidd6171 5 месяцев назад +5

    What an amazing recounting of history!! Thanks Allan!!

  • @TedBeyr
    @TedBeyr 5 месяцев назад +5

    A rather gruesome and interesting tale. Thank you!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      Glad you appreciated it!

  • @EarlyMusicDiva
    @EarlyMusicDiva 5 месяцев назад +12

    I don't suppose any samples were taken from it during its most recent relocation, that could possibly be carbon-dated and/or DNA tested...?

  • @stepps511
    @stepps511 5 месяцев назад +2

    One more fascinating video/story to add to a long list of such, Allan. Thank you! It is intriguing how these tales begin and then become elaborated upon. It takes someone with a keen sense of the history of a place to get to come up with a very plausible explanation for these tales. I very much appreciate your work, thank you!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @bessofhardwick9311
    @bessofhardwick9311 4 месяца назад +1

    You never expect that one day your head could end up in a biscuit tin.

  • @thomasdobbs4615
    @thomasdobbs4615 5 месяцев назад +1

    You had me laughing when he said his head was buried in the biscuit tin! Great job I enjoy your research. Keep up the great work!

  • @LarryGilmore12
    @LarryGilmore12 5 месяцев назад +3

    As with all of your videos, very interesting and informative. For some reason I enoy learning about the people and customs of the past.

  • @francescabelanger5525
    @francescabelanger5525 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @sirruadhri3316
    @sirruadhri3316 5 месяцев назад +3

    You should do a video on the curious case of the head of King Henri IV of France

  • @jasonward9429
    @jasonward9429 5 месяцев назад +9

    "Is this the head of a Tudor Duke?" I think if the head has been separated from the body then I think you can safely say it's Tudor🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +5

      Except it isn’t Tudor, but later - that’s the point of the video!

    • @Saffron-sugar
      @Saffron-sugar 5 месяцев назад +2

      Sadly, plenty of generations removed people’s heads. This video demonstrstedb

  • @dereks1264
    @dereks1264 5 месяцев назад +14

    I've always found Jane Grey's story one of the most poignant and tragic stories in British history.

  • @carolescutt2257
    @carolescutt2257 5 месяцев назад +3

    All hail Dr Allan 😊 i have heard this tale before, but not in such a way, as is expected of your channel 🎉🎉 thank you and how lucky we are, us subscribers ❤❤

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @LorrieBrady
    @LorrieBrady 5 месяцев назад +2

    Allan, thank you for taking me along for the ride. I learn so much more about English history i wish i was there to explore more of my roots 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      It’s a privilege to be able both to have access to and to share so widely some real historical and cultural gems!

  • @christina3521
    @christina3521 5 месяцев назад +4

    Halloween came early with this video! 😬

  • @christinesuccop1812
    @christinesuccop1812 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for another awesome video. That head sure did get around 😳

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

  • @elainethomson7146
    @elainethomson7146 5 месяцев назад +1

    Another wonderful offering, thanks so much.

  • @theastral1909
    @theastral1909 5 месяцев назад +2

    And when you think you've heard it all...I did know that coffins where being recycled for money but using them as floorboards? Let alone the dismembering of corpses?
    Really interesting video Allan. Thank you

  • @jilltagmorris
    @jilltagmorris 5 месяцев назад +1

    😮😮😮❤❤❤ thank you again!!!😊

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 5 месяцев назад +3

    7:07 the ear doesn’t look like the Dukes ear. I’m not sure what I would prefer. My head left in the biscuit tin or have my head in an iron box? 🗃️

  • @maryarigho5868
    @maryarigho5868 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great research. Incidentally, the area is pronounced 'Minnories', locally.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      A really interesting archaic pronunciation from before the great vowel shift in the 17th century.

  • @Dorgpoop
    @Dorgpoop 5 месяцев назад +3

    I was expecting clickbait but this was a very honest and engaging video, subbed.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  4 месяца назад

      Glad you appreciated this!

  • @ZiggySearchfieldCactus
    @ZiggySearchfieldCactus 5 месяцев назад

    I have that exact same book on my desk. I collect the Unknown County series from the 1920's.

  • @garycannon1247
    @garycannon1247 4 месяца назад

    Brilliant vid!

  • @theRhinsRanger
    @theRhinsRanger 4 месяца назад +2

    Reminds me of Ramesses

  • @deadiemeyers1661
    @deadiemeyers1661 5 месяцев назад +2

    I enjoy your content, and will continue to watch your interesting presentations. But I MUST stop watching them while I am eating breakfast...

  • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
    @elizabethmcglothlin5406 5 месяцев назад +2

    Oh my word.

  • @deborahmorgan6848
    @deborahmorgan6848 5 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      Glad you appreciated this!

  • @tomlindsay4629
    @tomlindsay4629 5 месяцев назад +1

    The movie title "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is apropos here.💀

  • @footshotstube
    @footshotstube 5 месяцев назад +1

    thanks for yr resaerch

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      Glad you’re enjoying my work!

  • @rosbif4960
    @rosbif4960 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Allan! Isn't the "min" from the word minories pronounced with a short vowel, as in tin?

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      I have no idea. The placename comes from the religious order the Poor Clares or Minoresses, the female version of the Friars Minor, the Franciscans. So, I was taking my cue from that. I haven't knowingly heard anyone, except myself, attempt to pronounce it in my 47 years, including a number of years living in London!

  • @educanassa100
    @educanassa100 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing vídeo

  • @ludovica8221
    @ludovica8221 5 месяцев назад +2

    I have a copy of Bells Unknown London myself

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +3

      It’s a great little book.

  • @carolinegreenwell9086
    @carolinegreenwell9086 5 месяцев назад

    thank heavens I'd finished my dinner before watching this - what a grisly tale

  • @diannehardwick950
    @diannehardwick950 5 месяцев назад

    You know times were hard when someone made a floor from coffin wood! Whatever next? I hope the poor head is left undisturbed now.

  • @160rpm
    @160rpm 5 месяцев назад +1

    Another mummified head??

  • @adriennewalker1715
    @adriennewalker1715 5 месяцев назад +1

    Is that Harry, Duke of Sussex?

  • @stefanwild326
    @stefanwild326 5 месяцев назад

  • @nicholashodgkinson2822
    @nicholashodgkinson2822 5 месяцев назад

    Allan at least it’s not my uncles head lol😂

  • @keithharrison1453
    @keithharrison1453 5 месяцев назад

    👍👈
    One in the I E for the Al Gore Ithm.
    [Oddly, spell that correctly and it doesn't like it]

  • @dougfraser77
    @dougfraser77 5 месяцев назад +1

    He doesn't look a day over 400.

  • @pheart2381
    @pheart2381 5 месяцев назад

    Looks like an Egyptian mummy. Maybe a college prank?

  • @jldisme
    @jldisme 5 месяцев назад +1

    💀

  • @joesullivan-y9r
    @joesullivan-y9r 5 месяцев назад

    No

  • @jldisme
    @jldisme 5 месяцев назад

    The first contestant chose as his specialist subject " medieval cathedrals of England." ruclips.net/video/EHTzz85yAAM/видео.html

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      How fabulous!

    • @jldisme
      @jldisme 5 месяцев назад

      @@allanbarton i knew none of the answers. How did you do?

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@jldisme 9 out of 12, not too bad. I confused Wastall with Yevele!

    • @jldisme
      @jldisme 5 месяцев назад

      @@allanbarton that's an amazing score considering that you hadn't done any revision. Ever considered going on Mastermind?

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 месяцев назад

      No, I would be utterly useless when it came to general knowledge. Esoteric knowledge before 1800 - but I would struggle with the rest!

  • @danielkarmy4893
    @danielkarmy4893 5 месяцев назад +3

    The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula I think would be well worth a video! As Thomas Babington Macaulay wrote in his History of England, in 1848:
    'In truth there is no sadder spot on the earth than that little cemetery. Death is there associated, not, as in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's, with genius and virtue, with public veneration and with imperishable renown; not, as in our humblest churches and churchyards, with everything that is most endearing in social and domestic charities; but with whatever is darkest in human nature and in human destiny, with the savage triumph of implacable enemies, with the inconstancy, the ingratitude, the cowardice of friends, with all the miseries of fallen greatness and of blighted fame. Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.'