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bureaucracy

The humble beginning of Sheriff Hutton….

Apr 26, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, sources

bureaucracy, Calendar of Patent Rolls, John de Neville, licence to crenellate, marriages, Nevilles, Richard II, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire

Below is an interesting little snippet from the Calendar of Patent Rolls for 1382: You’ll find the original record here. And so Sheriff Hutton was born! Who would have thought that from such beginnings would rise one of the most important castles in Yorkshire? A plot on which to enclose a wall of stone and…
Shrewsbury refused entry to Henry Tudor….in 1985….

Apr 13, 2019

battles, buildings

Battle of Bosworth, bureaucracy, Henry VII, Pembrokeshire, Richard III, Rowley’s House, Shrewsbury

Here’s a little smile—well, smirk, actually—at Henry Tudor’s expense. It’s a snip from a new book by local (to Shrewsbury) historian, David Trumper, and released in November 2018, called ‘Now That’s What I Call Shrewsbury’. “. . .One of the photos recalls a brutal snub given by Shrewsbury to Henry Tudor – or rather, volunteers…