Twitter

A Norfolk mystery solved

Jan 9, 2022

archaeology, art, religion

decryption, Latin inscriptions, Norfolk, Portable Antiquities Scheme, psalms, silver, Twitter

This BBC article explains how a Californian follower on Twitter solved the case of an inscription on a mediaeval silver seal matrix. The wording on the rim is almost certainly Declina a Malo et fac bonum (“decline from evil and do good”) from Psalm 36:27 (ie 37 nowadays).
More Secret Marriages!

Nov 27, 2021

anniversaries, battles, humour, law, religion

Anne Boleyn, Barnet, Bishop of Liverpool, cartoons, Catherine of Aragon, Charles Brandon, Dan Snow, denialists, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, George IV, Henry VIII, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon, Maria Fitzherbert, Mary “Tudor”, pre-contract, Richard of Warwick, Royal Marriage Secrets, secret marriage, Twitter

Back in 2010, historian Dan Snow was married in secret to Lady Edwina Grosvenor, daughter of the Duke of Westminster. I’ve looked but I can’t see that Dan mentions Edward IV‘s probable ‘secret marriage’ to Eleanor Talbot in any of his Twitter or other postings on history. (He did once post a very entertaining picture…
The Ravenmaster at the Tower of London

Apr 3, 2016

buildings

“Tudors”, Facebook, humour, Ravenmaster, Tower of London, Twitter

The Ravenmaster at HM Tower of London has a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Below is his latest Tweet. It mentions Tydders and pretty much speaks for itself. The comments mention Plantagenets and pretty much speak for themselves, too. http://tinyurl.com/jtqjdbo

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A Norfolk mystery solved

More Secret Marriages!

The Ravenmaster at the Tower of London