injuries

A joust involving two Scottish lords who don’t seem to have existed….

Nov 16, 2022

buildings, sources

Agas map, Anthony Wydville, Antoine of Burgundy, banner-bearers, Earls Marshal, Earls of Mar, injuries, jousting, Kocborne, mystery jousters, Philip the Good, Richard II, Scotland, Sir Nicholas Hawberke, Sir Peter Courtenay, Sir William Darell, Smithfield, The Chronicles of England, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Nottingham

Excerpt from The Brut or The Chronicles of England, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie (London, 1906), pp. 343-4, 348. “….[1393]….And in the seventeenth year of his [Richard II‘s] reign, certain lords of Scotland came to England to win renown through deeds of arms. And these are the persons: The Earl of Mar, who challenged the Earl Marshal of…
Some familiar terminology

Feb 6, 2021

humour, law, religion

BBC Radio, Ben Davies, Edward IV, football, injuries, loan moves, pre-contract

This is Ben Davies who, at the time of writing, is a Preston North End centre-half in whom an injury-plagued Liverpool defence have expressed an interest. Radio Five’s reporter, among others, noted that Davies could have signed a “pre-contract” with Celtic, but may join Liverpool anyway. I wonder who could have…
Well, I had no idea the Ancient Egyptians were so ahead of their time….!

Dec 5, 2020

archaeology, humour, Science

Ancient Egypt, DNA analysis, extra terrestrias, funeral mask, illness, injuries, photograohy, pyramids, Tutankhamun, wi-fi, William Henry Fox Talbot

Well, the above reconstruction of Tutankhamun is a revelation, not only that he was so unlike his wonderful funeral mask, but also because….oh dear, you couldn’t make it up. Here’s an extract from this article :- “….What King Tut Really Looked Like….They conducted DNA studies and found out how frail the pharaoh was. He was…

injuries

A joust involving two Scottish lords who don’t seem to have existed….

Some familiar terminology

Well, I had no idea the Ancient Egyptians were so ahead of their time….!