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#OTD 1565, b. Bess Throckmorton. The Throckmortons were an influential gentry family from Coughton Court, Warks bit.ly/1BF1PZn They were divided between Catholics involved in serial plots against Elizabeth I & Protestants, inc. Bess, maid of honour to the queen, daughter of ambassador to Scotland.

#Sculpture, Relief plaque with quail chick, Ptolemaic Period, #Egypt (400–30 B.C.) #art

#OTD 1550 b. Edward 17th Earl of Oxford brought up as the ward of Lord Burghley, whose daughter he married (and ill-treated). bit.ly/1PYPoHU Oxford was a noted poet & literary figure at the court of Queen Elizabeth & has been put forward as a candidate for being the 'real' Shakespeare.

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Anne Boleyn’s crowned falcon emblems and initial ‘A’ still in situ at Hampton Court in the great hall and in the gateway next to the stairs leading up to the great hall. #hamptoncourt #anneboleyn #henryviii

'Written with the sensitivity and narrative elegance one might expect from a storyteller of Arnopp’s calibre, this novel offers a portrait of Marguerite of Anjou that is both vivid and compelling, steeped in atmosphere yet driven by character.' #Review http://mybook.to/mhhnf

Jane Austen noted in the margin of her father’s book The History of England that the Stuarts were “A family that were always ill-used, betrayed or neglected, whose virtues are seldom allowed, while their errors are never forgotten.” #StuartSunday

Happy Sunday! May your day be as bright and colourful as the tulips are in the garden. 😊

The simple and beautiful chancel of the wonderful little Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Knotting, Bedfordshire 🥰

Displaying arms taken from an enemy was common in Greece. This helmet has holes in its sides from which it was hung as a trophy. The poet Alcaeus (C7thBC) gives a sense: “Alcaeus is safe, but his fine armour and shield The Athenians have hung up in the shrine Of the pale-eyed goddess” 🏛️BM 📷mine

Who was the man Queen Elizabeth trusted… then betrayed? Explorer, soldier, poet—Sir Walter Raleigh lived a life of danger and ambition. Uncover his remarkable story in Raleigh – Tudor Adventurer mybook.to/Raleigh #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

Haven't posted a #StandingStoneSunday for a while so here's a couple of orthostats from the much denuded Nympsfield Long Barrow

I just found out that tiny little field mice climb into flowers like tulips and take little naps in them like hammocks and I feel like this information is too important for me not to share with anyone. 🥹

#RomanSiteSaturday The Roman Baths of Bath, seen from the roof of the nearby 15th century Bath Abbey The medieval Abbey and cloisters were built directly over the ancient Romano-Celtic city of Aquae Sulis! 📸 Mine #archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺

One of the figures from a Pictish cross-slab which was discovered at St. Vigeans in Angus. Now part of the collections at the St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #Picts #StVigeans #Angus

April 11, 1831: The 12th century Lewis chess pieces are exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, shortly after their rediscovery in a sand bank on the Scottish Isle of Lewis. Scotland was a land then ruled and influenced by the Kingdom of Norway.

Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile and Toledo thehistoryjar.com/2026/04/12/e... #Medieval #History

If your novel takes place at a location that exists in the real world then you need to visit that location early on in your novel writing. You need to get your details right and should take copious notes and images during your visit. Get it right, readers will know. #writingcommunity #booksky

Step into the world of Elizabeth I with The Elizabethan Series: Stories of intrigue, power, forbidden love and ruthless ambition… mybook.to/TheElizabeth... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Audiobooks

Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.

#ArtHerstory's Flowers and Fruit Note Card Artist: Anne Vallayer-Coster Artwork held at: The National Gallery of Art Via Etsy, www.etsy.com/listing/1859... #AnneVallayerCoster #womenartists

195 years ago, on the 11th of April 1831, the Lewis chessmen were first exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland shortly after being rediscovered. The pieces wee made between 1150 and 1200 and commonly believed to have been made in Norway. #otd #history 🗃️

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

First time inside Queen’s House Greenwich, which it turns out is free entry. Great to see the Armada portrait and tulip staircase. Most extraordinary painting for me was Henry VII from c.1506 - startling neck detail and strangely modern vibe

The Night Stair, Hexham Abbey. Before dawn each day, the Priory bell would summon the monks to matins, their first service of the day. They would descend from their dormitory, which no longer survives. #StaircaseSaturday

Catherine of Aragon’s pomegranates above a doorway off the great hall at Hampton Court. Carved during Cardinal Wolsey’s ownership of the palace #catherineofaragon #katherineofaragon #hamptoncourt #henryviii #cardinalwolsey

#OTD 1492 b. Marguerite d’Angoulême, sister and close companion of François I of France. A scholar & writer she shaped the cultural life of the French court & her book, The Mirror of a Sinful Soul, influenced the evangelical religious movement of the 1520s. Her grandson was Henri IV. bit.ly/1khlgPW

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#OTD 1512 b. James V bit.ly/1eGOFjT who inherited aged 18 months after his father's death at Flodden. James, after a troubled minority, during which his mother fought to retain the regency, became a capable monarch, balancing the ongoing struggle between France & England for influence in Scotland.

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A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment, discovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, reveals 30 previously unpublished verses by Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher of the 5th century BC.

Mid-13th century door from the undercroft at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #WellsCathedral

Today is our Charter Day - basically our AGM. However unlike normal AGM's this one has been happening once a year since 1581! As you can imagine it's a busy day so apologies for an old post but we are going to reshare this story about a ring and what it has to do with today. 👇

Hidden in plain sight: the polite facade of Richborough House in Sandwich, Kent, hides a late C16th timber framed house with brick nogging.

9th April 2004. A rather exquisite Iron Age Gold Stater of Dubnovellaunus in Essex 30BC - 1 BC 🥰 An unexpected find from that part of the field. The site of a demolished farm labourers cottage.

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

Gabrielle d’Estreés, Mistress of the French King Henri IV, died on this day in 1599 from complications of childbirth thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2016/05/27/g...

This rather special twelfth century arch seen when leaving the Victorian vestry at St Peter’s, Theberton, Suffolk is not where you’d expect to find it- but it’s a nice surprise when you do! #AdoorableThursday

Cathedral of St Kilian, Würzburg, Germany Nearly 750 years old! Detail from a baptismal font of 1279 CE by Master Eckard of Worms, #FontsOnFriday

Early modern 'pill stuff of minerals' was compounded with 'correctives' to reduce the risk of poisoning, and because the power of the correctives would decay, older medicines had to be made anew

The 2,000-year-old marble head of the Greek goddess Aphrodite discovered in the ancient city of Aizanoi in western Turkey.

... alternatively you can have my sweets that look like artefacts! 🤣 #Archaeology

If you want to know more about torcs, you can find all sorts on my (free to access!) website at www.bigbookoftorcs.com #Archaeology 🏺