John, Lord Wenlock

I have been grappling with how to approach the organisation of my retinues, mostly who’s-who and their alliances, which were often fluid and self-seeking. I decided to take a top-down view of the project; I ordered a few more personality figures from Perry Miniatures, in order to gather the principal characters together.

When my order arrived it included a rather fine casting of John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock, a character I knew nothing about. As I read anything I could find online, I began to form an impression of an interesting, complex, and skilful player of the era.

Last week I stumbled on Dr Alexander R Brondarbit’s Soldier, Rebel, Traitor: John, Lord Wenlock and the Wars of the Roses and decided to buy it.

I am currently really enjoying the insights into character, lifestyles, and outlook of the era described in Desmond Sewerd’s The Wars of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century, and I think my new book will be similarly revealing.

Perry Miniatures’ John Wenlock and Dr Alexander R Brondarbit’s Soldier, Rebel, Traitor: John, Lord Wenlock and the Wars of the Roses.