archaeology
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As mentioned in this article, excavations have been afoot for some time at Skipsea on the coast of East Yorkshire, under the auspices of the renowned archaeologist Dr Jim Leary (see here https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/people/jim-leary/). The dig is close to the site of Skipsea Castle, an Iron Age fort that is also of archaeological interest. There is…
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As I write my failure to find anything online about a particular event, apart from someone’s FB page, leads me to hesitate. But let’s assume it IS what’s happening…. It ‘s said that art galleries are suddenly declining to display the above portrait of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and the boy Edward VI (who died…
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In July 1361 there was a rather bloody conflict….but it wasn’t one of ours, so to speak (Edward III was busy fighting the Hundred Years War with France). “….The Battle of Visby was a violent medieval battle near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, fought between the inhabitants of Gotland and…
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Here we have a Yahoo article about Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred who united England at the battle of Brunaburh, who was buried at Malmesbury Abbey. There will be a dig, by Cotswold Archeology, at the site on 6th and 7th of July, in the run-up to the 1100th anniversary of his accession later that…
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Yet again the amazing coast of Dorset yields a historic discovery. Not prehistoric this time, but 13th century, in the form of a large sunken vessel with an interesting cargo. Discovered in Poole Bay in 2020 and granted protected status in 2022, the wreck is well preserved and is giving up its intriguing contents of…
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This article seems to cite all the right sources in implying that there is a false paternity event in the short line between Edward III and Richard III. However, they haven’t examined Edward III’s Y-chromosome or the much longer paternal chain to the (Regency) 5th Duke of Beaufort, as we did here. Hilariously, even one…
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On 12 October 1216 King John and his great retinue set off across the Wash from King’s Lynn for Lincoln, over what was then part of an estuary and salt marsh. He was followed by cart after cart of his treasure, which included the crown jewels. But the treasure may not have been quite as…
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… ie dating from the era immediately after Richard III, in particular from Mary I and Philip to Charles I. These were found under the floorboards of a West Dorset house by Robert and Becky Fooks, having been hidden during the Civil War, to be auctioned shortly for about £20,000.
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… brought to you by Alex Marchant‘s The Order of the White Boar … Here, Wendy Johnson, one of the Finding Richard team discusses applying her accrued background knowledge to writing her first novel.
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