A
Message from the Chairman
of our parent Society
Interior,
Church of St. James, Sutton Cheney |
What does
Bosworth mean to us today? A time to remember a particular period
of history? A time to remember fellowship? A time just to remember?
As members of the Richard III Society, of course we remember Richard
III and all of those who died at the battle of Bosworth, whether
they were fighting for or against him. We remember the king who
did much for his people during his all too short reign. We remember
injustice and how we, as a Society, have fought against it for
many years.
We remember the fellowship formed by Richard III with the nobility,
church and commons of the land, and the fellowship that comes
from being in a Society dedicated to the remembrance of that earlier
community and to research into those times.
We take this as a time to remember friends past and present. We
remember the Society and we look forward to meeting the challenges
of the year to come.
Loyaulte me lie.
Dr.
Philip T. Stone
Chairman, Richard III Society
http://www.richardiii.net
The Richard
III Society commemorates the 517th anniversary of the Battle of
Bosworth.
As has happened
every year for well over a quarter of a century, the Society has
placed the following In Memoriam notices in the four quality daily
papers: the Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian and Independent:
PLANTAGENET,
RICHARD - Remember before God, Richard III, King of England, and
those who fell at Bosworth Field, having kept faith, 22nd August,
1485. 'Loyaulté me Lie'.
The Society
visits Bosworth in August in its annual commemoration of the Battle,
when a service is held in Sutton Cheney Church to commemorate
the fallen in the Battle. It is attended by Society members from
around the world, and wreaths are placed adjacent to the Society's
commemorative plaque, which carries the wording now used in the
annual 'In Memoriam' notices.
After the
service members visit the Battlefield.
The Society
has provided displays on the subject of Richard III and the Battle
in Sutton Cheney Church, and at the Bosworth Battlefield Centre.
In the
United States, the American Branch places an annual notice in
the New York TImes. Regional chapters and individual Ricardians
also place notices in their local papers.
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