Samuel Pepys

The Bones in the Urn again!…a 17th Century Hoax?

Mar 24, 2018

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Science, sources

“Popish Plot”, “Princes”, Charles II, Cleopatra, diaries, Dr. Creighton, Exclusion Crisis, Fair Rosamund Clifford, Helen Maurer, Henry VII, James VII/II, Jane Shore, Mary II, More, Parliament, Peter Lely, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, Sir Thomas Critchley, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall

UPDATED POST @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/the-bones-in-the-urn-again-a-17th-century-hoax/ 19th century painting of the Henry VII Chapel by an unknown artist. The entrance to the area where the urn stands is to the left of the tomb of Henry VII Helen Maurer, in her wonderful article, Whodunnit: The Suspects in the Case mentioned in the notes ‘As for why…
Rei(g)ned in?

Jun 17, 2017

buildings, humour, Science

Channel Five, Charles II, Dan Jones, denialists, Edward II, Elizabeth I, engineering, Great Fire of London, Henry VIII, Lily Cole, Richard III, Rob Bell, Samuel Pepys, satire, Suzannah Lipscomb, television reviews

I don’t know how to tell you this but Dan Jones has made further appearances on our television screens this spring. Thankfully, both C5 three-part series have featured him as a sidekick to Suzannah Lipscomb, so his prejudices against various monarchs have had little exercise. The first of these was about Elizabeth I, featured Lily Cole…
Olde London Towne (2)

Dec 20, 2016

archaeology, buildings

Athelstan, burial sites, Clink Prison, Cross Bones Graveyard, Crow’s Nest, executions, Francis Walsingham, Jack Cade, James Paget, medieval buildings, prostitution, River Fleet, Samuel Pepys, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum, St. Olave Hart Street, Templars, Temple Church, Thames, The London Stone, Tower of London

Following our previous post, This tells us about some specific mediaeval buildings ands structures.

Samuel Pepys

The Bones in the Urn again!…a 17th Century Hoax?

Rei(g)ned in?

Olde London Towne (2)