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In message , John Rowland
writes "Ian Jelf" wrote in message ... 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 |
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