Charles Earl Spencer

Also found in St. Albans …

Jun 5, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion

Charles Earl Spencer, JD Wetherspoon, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough, pubs, Sarah Jennings, secret marriage, Sir Henry Winston, Sir John Jennings, St. Albans, Water End Barn, Winston Churchill

… is the Water End Barn, now the city‘s JD Wetherspoon but originally the property of Sir John Jennings. Sarah Jennings, his granddaughter and later the favourite of Queen Anne, married John Churchill in secret (which nobody else ever did, of course) and they became the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. As you can…
A new film about Charles II….

Jun 23, 2022

anniversaries, art, buildings, films, genealogy, religion

beds, Catherine of Braganza, Charles Earl Spencer, Charles II, Diana Princess of Wales, Elizabeth I, hunting lodges, John, Richard III, royal marriages, Steve Coogan, Stuarts, trees

Well, if the above painting (left) really is “Charles Spencer….the younger brother to late Princess Diana” I’m impressed by his complete dedication to his subject, Charles II! Talk about entering into the spirit of things! 😁 I look forward to the ultimate film but am rather more enthusiastic about Steve Coogan’s earlier film about the…
Ancient Secrets of Althorp

May 20, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, sources, television reviews

Althorp, Cat Jarman, Channel Four, Charles Earl Spencer, Domesday Book, Gone Mediaeval, Iron Age, lost villages, Neolithic Era, Northamptonshire

This fascinating Channel Four documentary, featuring Earl Spencer at his family seat since 1508, included a team of archaelogists led by Gone Mediaeval‘s Cat Jarman. They set out to rediscover a lost mediaeval village that was mentioned in the Domesday Book, for which there was some evidence in the cellars of Althorp House. Investigations in…
The White Ship

Nov 25, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, Book Reviews, genealogy, Science, travel

Charles Earl Spencer, disasters, drunkenness, Henry I, Institute for Digital Archaeology, Matilda, Normandy, shipping, Stephen, The Anarchy, White Ship Disaster, William Adelin

Here is a Daily Telegraph review of Charles, Earl Spencer‘s book about the sinking of the White Ship in 1120. It includes a lot of hypotheses based upon the survival of William the Atheling, the tenager who was Henry I‘s only surviving legitimate son but was the most prominent casualty of this maritime incident, arguably…
Gone Medieval Podcast

Aug 5, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, Science, travel

Africa, Apple podcasts, barfleur, building, Cat Jarman, Charles Earl Spencer, diving, Gone Mediaeval, Henry I, History Hit, Indian Ocean, John of Gaunt, Lindisfarne, Matilda, Matthew Lewis, Normandy, Plantagenets, podcasts, The Anarchy, The White Ship, trade, Vikings, William Adelin, wreckage

I’ve Gone Mediaeval. That may not be a surprise to most, but now you can come with me. I am co-hosting a new podcast from History Hit called Gone Mediaeval. I present an episode every Saturday, mostly covering the high and late medieval period. The other host is Dr Cat Jarman, a bioarchaeologist, who specialises…

Charles Earl Spencer

Also found in St. Albans …

A new film about Charles II….

Ancient Secrets of Althorp

The White Ship

Gone Medieval Podcast