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Well here’s something interesting. I confess that the Stuart period isn’t one of my strongpoints, and I know very little about Elizabeth Stuart, but the above portrait of her is very intriguing. Is she wearing the same crown that appears in the pictures beneath the main portrait? The crown in the little illustration on the…
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The Augustinian Priory of St Mary Merton and its Destruction.
A24, Bishop of Winchester, British Library, British Museum, burials, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Gilbert le Norman, Henry I, Henry III, Henry V, Henry VI, John, Magna Carta, Mary I, Matthew Parris, Merantun Way, Merton Priory, River Wandle, Runnymede, Society of Antiquaries, St. Thomas Becket, Stane Street, Surrey, Walter de Merton, Westminster Abbey, windowsReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com One of Merton Priory’s gates. Possibly entrance to the guest accommodation or hospitium thought to have been located to the west of the priory. Rebuilt and resited in 1935 outside St Mary’s Church, Merton. Photo thanks to Mr Joel’s Photography. Merton Abbey, Colliers Wood, London, SW19 does not exactly…
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I begin to think the only area in this country devoid of meaningful buried treasure is my back garden! The latest amazing discovery on a Bronze Age axe hoard by a detectorist is not only astonishing for itself, but made even more so because she’s only thirteen and this was only her third dig!…
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Here is a report from the Newark Advertiser about the baggage train lost near The Wash at the end of the king‘s life. Raymond Kosschuk has now isolated a small area of Sutton Bridge and thinks that he has already found some small pieces of the treasure, as shown above. Using bespoke equipment to read…
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While reading a paper (entitled Magic for the Dead? The Archaeology of Magic in Later Medieval Burials by Roberta Gilchrist) about medieval magic and graves, I came upon the following extract: “….Healing and protective charms. Later medieval charms were usually religious in nature and comprised mystical words (such as ANIZAPTA) or traditional Christian names, such…
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A nice little pre-Christmas break took me to two towns of interest, Buckingham and Grantham. I wanted to see Buckingham museum which is currently hosting a Richard III display featuring the gold Half Angel found in the fields nearby. It was a nice little collection and the info panels were mercifully free of too many…
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There must have been a brisk trade in illustrations of boating parties in the Merry Month of May…and Flemish painter Simon Bening (circa 1483-1561) stepped up to the mark! Mind you, I’m a little perturbed as to how the good Simon managed to paint the above in 1575 if he died in 1561. I suppose…
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