{"id":15814,"date":"2020-01-21T12:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=15814"},"modified":"2020-01-21T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:32:23","slug":"keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer-the-grey-hastings-rivalry-talk-by-melita-thomas-at-bradgate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=15814","title":{"rendered":"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: The Grey\/Hastings rivalry &#8211; Talk by Melita Thomas at Bradgate Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15292\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/614F7WZnaGL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15292\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/614F7WZnaGL-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/614F7WZnaGL-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/614F7WZnaGL.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center> (c) Amberley Publishing<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p><b>Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: The Grey\/Hastings rivalry<\/b><br \/>\nTalk by Melita Thomas<\/p>\n<p>25th February 2020<br \/>\n18:30-21:00<br \/>\nConservatory Tea Room<br \/>\nBradgate Park<br \/>\nTickets \u00a320 (evening includes book signing and cheese and wine)<\/p>\n<p><i> &#8216;The Grey family was one of medieval England&#8217;s most important dynasties. They were on intimate terms with the monarchs and interwoven with royalty by marriage. They served the kings of England as sheriffs, barons and military leaders.<\/p>\n<p>However, most important to the people of Leicestershire is the bitter rivalry between the Hastings and Grey families which spanned generations.&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>Further details are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradgatepark.org\/Event\/melita-thomas-talk-book-signing-cheese-wine-included \"STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b>Bradgate Park<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>To buy tickets: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradgatepark.org\/Event\/melita-thomas-talk-book-signing-cheese-wine-included \"STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b>Bradgate Park &#8211; Tickets <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15368\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15368\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID-768x930.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID-846x1024.jpg 846w, https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pic-for-Student-ID.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center> (c) Melita Thomas<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>Melita&#8217;s previous book, &#8216;The King&#8217;s Pearl: Henry VIII and His Daughter Mary&#8217; was published by Amberley in September 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Melita is also the co-founder and editor of <A HREF=\"http:\/\/tudortimes.co.uk\/\" STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b>Tudor Times<\/a><\/b>, a repository of information about Tudors and Stewarts in the period 1485-1625.<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p><b>Follow Melita and the Tudor Times on Social Media<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Tudor Times: <A HREF=\" http:\/\/tudortimes.co.uk\/\" STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b>Tudor Times<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nFacebook: <A HREF=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TudorTimes\/\" STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b> Tudor Times<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nTwitter: <A HREF=\" https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetudortimes\" STYLE=\"text-decoration: none\"><b>@thetudortimes<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: The Grey\/Hastings rivalry Talk by Melita Thomas 25th February 2020 18:30-21:00 Conservatory Tea Room Bradgate Park Tickets \u00a320 (evening includes book signing and cheese and wine) &#8216;The Grey family was one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=15814\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[298],"tags":[105,550,127,705],"class_list":["post-15814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talks-2","tag-bradgate-park","tag-melita-thomas","tag-talks","tag-the-house-of-grey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15814"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15821,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814\/revisions\/15821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}