John Ashdown-Hill

| caption = John Ashdown-Hill in March 2015 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = London, United Kingdom | death_date = | occupation = Author, historian, speaker | language = English | nationality =British | education = | alma_mater = East Anglia Polytechnic, University of Essex | period = | genre = History | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Eleanor the Secret Queen'';
''Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks'';
''Richard III’s "Beloved Cousyn" – John Howard and the House of York'';
''The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of his DNA'';
''Royal Marriage Secrets'';
''The Third Plantagenet'' | spouse(s) = | children = 1 son | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Louis John Frederick Ashdown-Hill MBE FSA (5 April 1949 – 18 May 2018), commonly known as John Ashdown-Hill, was an independent historian and author of books on late medieval English history with a focus on the House of York and Richard III of England. Ashdown-Hill died on 18 May 2018; he had had motor neurone disease for some time. Provided by Wikipedia