Moyse’s Hall Museum

St Edmund, patron saint of pandemics….

Nov 20, 2020

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, religion, Science

Anglo-Saxons, Bury St. Edmunds, Charles Dickens, coaching inns, Greene King, King of East Anglia, Mary “Tudor”, Moyse’s Hall Museum, pandemics, Red Barn Murder, St. Edmund, St. Edmund’s cathedral, St. Mary’s Bury St. Edmunds, tennis court, The Angel, Vikings, William Corder

And now we have a search for St Edmund, one of England’s early patron saints. As pandemics were one of his concerns, I certainly trust they find him. We could do with his services at the moment! Here’s hoping he’s located. To read more, go here.
A Visit to Bury St Edmunds (Part One)

Sep 25, 2015

buildings

art, Bury St. Edmunds, clocks, crime, Mary “Tudor”, Moyse’s Hall Museum, St. Edmund, witchcraft

The Mid-Anglia branch of the Richard III Society descended on Bury St Edmunds on Saturday the 12th September. We were lucky enough to have another brilliantly sunny day with no sign of rain and met up in Starbuck’s just across from our first and main objective, the Moyse’s Hall Museum. This museum is housed in…
Hair today, gone tomorrow

Jun 11, 2015

archaeology, Science

“Princes”, DNA evidence, hair, John Ashdown-Hill, Mary “Tudor”, Moyse’s Hall Museum

Following our post on Sunday, (https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/a-lock-of-a-kings-hair/) you may have heard that there was a lock of hair in Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds, belonging to Edward’s granddaughter Mary “Tudor”, who became Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. This was investigated at the behest of John Ashdown-Hill, as she would share mtDNA with Edward’s…

Moyse’s Hall Museum

St Edmund, patron saint of pandemics….

A Visit to Bury St Edmunds (Part One)

Hair today, gone tomorrow