In message , John Rowland
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"Ian Jelf" wrote in message
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Except that for once there *might* be a grain of
truth in the Infanta story.....

We were told last year at a local history lecture in
Southwark that the land south from the Thames
to well beyond and including the present day
the E&C *was* given to Catherine of Aragon
when she first came to England (landing near
the site of the present day "Globe", incidentally.

So, although it's *probably* an urban myth,
there is a slim chance, after debunking it all
these years, that it might have been true all along.

Slim indeed. Aragon and Castille are separate places.
0121-355 2849lthough she was a Princess of both.

Please not, I'm *not* trying to set up the "Infanta de Castille" story
as fact, merely pointing out that it's not *quite* as preposterous as
used to be said (not least by me!).
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk