Grantham

I and 5 other people went to Grantham today. I didn't buy much-mostly stuff I needed. Laundry soap, microwave popcorn...you get the picture...

I don't have anything to report today, other than give you a look at my memory list of the monarchs of England. This is the part I need to remember:

Norman Line
William I the Conqueror (1066-87) BATTLE OF HASTINGS
William II Rufus (1087-1100) SAVAGE, CHURCH HATED HIM, KILLED HUNTING
Henry I Beauclerc (1100-35) CRUEL, EXCHEQUER FORMED HERE
Stephen (1135-54) NICE BUT DIDN’T PUNISH ANYONE, BARONS REVOLTED AGAINST HIM
Empress Matilda (1141) ARROGANT, WAS IN POWER 7 MONTHS THEN DIED

Plantagenet, Angevin Line
Henry II Curtmantle (1154-89) SON OF MATILDA, BECKET
Richard I the Lionheart (1189-99) CHILDLESS, LIONHEART, KILLED IN JOUST
John Lackland (1199-1216) MAGNA CARTA, STUPID KING
Henry III (1216-72) ARROGANT KING, PARLIAMENT BEGINNING HERE
Edward I Longshanks (1272-1307) ELEANOR CROSSES
Edward II (1307-27) FIRST PRINCE OF WALES, FATE UNKNOWN
Edward III (1327-77) BLACK PRINCE
Richard II (1377-99) TRIED TAKING IRELAND, PEASANT REVOLT, BLACK DEATH

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line
Henry IV Bolingbroke (1399-1413) SICK, REBELLIONS DURING REIGN
Henry V (1413-22) TOOK FRANCE, DIED OF DYSENTERY
Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1) IDIOT, CATATONIC, DEPOSED TWICE, MURDERED

Plantagenet, Yorkist Line
Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83) MADE THINGS GOOD AGAIN FOR ENGLAND
Edward V (1483) KILLED ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, BY SUCCESSOR UNCLE
Richard III Crookback (1483-5) DIED AT BOSWORTH FIELD, LAURENCE OLIVIER PLAYED HIM IN A MOVIE

House of Tudor
Henry VII Tudor (1485-1509) CENTER OF REGAL POWER NOW BASED IN COUNCIL
Henry VIII (1509-47) 8 WIVES
Edward VI (1547-53) HENRY’S ONLY SURVIVING AND SICK SON
Lady Jane Grey (1553) ONE OF HENRY’S WIVES
Mary I Tudor (1553-58) CATHOLIC, LOCKED IN TOWER OF LONDON
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) AH, YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS…

I have to remember all these people for the quiz on Wednesday. Yipe.

Gotta get to bed- I still have several hours of studying to do tomorrow, despite my three hours spent today reading Shakespeare's story on Henry #4...

Cheers,
Bec