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Two fonts at St Andrew’s Buckland Monachorum, Devon. The second, a Saxon or Norman, tub font, was found during repairs in 1857, and used in two other local churches before returning to Buckland in 1936. #fontsonfriday

New sleeves! #historicalcostume #tudor

Come on in — the door is open . The chapel at Buckland Abbey. The former chancel of the Abbey church was remodelled as a chapel in the 1920s. The font dates from 1855 #AdoorableThursday A day early for #FontsonFriday

A spider’s web, part of the intricate carving of the pulpit at St Peter’s, Stoke Fleming . The pulpit was designed by Edmund H Sedding and created by one of the Pinwill sisters and installed in 1890/91. #woodcarvingwednesday #woodensday #spiders

Medieval floor tiles on display at Buckland Abbey. Central tile could be arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall and Poitou, or Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devon, and husband of Amicia de Clare the founder of the Abbey. #tilesontuesday #medieval

It’s been a good year for apples! The cider press in the barn at Buckland Abbey. #apples

Another for my costume collection. monument to Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso (d.1615) in St Michael's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. 📷 from my visit in June #MonumentsMonday #historicalcostume

The peasant David couldn’t resist singing for souls cakes with the Tudor cooks at Buckland Abbey today. #soulcakes #tudor

Westminster Abbey. Henry V in one of a series of eight stained glass windows designed in the early 20th century by Sir J. Ninian Comper showing kings associated with the Abbey with an abbot of Westminster from the same era. #StainedGlassSunday

Forget Halloween — it’s already Christmas at my local garden centre. 📷taken yesterday Believe it or not, our first Tudor Christmas performance is next week! Happy 1 November! #Christmas #november

All Hallows Church, Broadwoodkelly, Devon. 13th century, rebuilt 15th and early 16th, restored 1867-8. Katherine Champernowne’s first husband, Otho Gilbert, was born at Broadwoodkelly in 1513. #SteepleSaturday

Tub font at St Mary’s, Deerhurst Gloucestershire with carved spiral decoration. It’s one of the oldest in England, dated to the 9th century. #FontsonFriday #saxon

Welcome to Day 9 of our blog tour for ༻*·Mistress of Dartington Hall·*༺ by Rosemary Griggs! Check out our stops today, with an article on the historical background and a fabulous new review! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... #HistoricalFiction #Devon @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social

Leicester Cathedral. Door with chalk markings. #AdoorableThursday

A fiery autumn sky in Devon this morning #sky #autumn

#OTD 29 October 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was executed. Visit my website to read more rosemarygriggs.co.uk/blog/41/ #history #sirwalterraleigh #bessthrockmorten #onthisday

Welcome to Day 8 of our blog tour for ༻*·Mistress of Dartington Hall·*༺ by Rosemary Griggs! Check out today's stops, sharing a fab author chat, intriguing guest posts, and tempting extracts! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... #HistoricalFiction #Devon @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social

Another misericord from Great Malvern Priory. Installed in the 15th century they represent the labours of the months of the year. This one shows a man with many buttons carrying a basket. #woodcarvingwednesday #misericords #medieval

Welcome to Day 7 of our blog tour for ༻*·Mistress of Dartington Hall·*༺ by Rosemary Griggs! Check out our latest tour stops, sharing an enticing extract and fascinating article on research! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... #HistoricalFiction #Devon @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social

Autumn colours in Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot yesterday. 🍁🍂🍁 #Autumn

Historical Fiction Spotlight: Mistress of Dartington Hall (Daughters of Devon Book 3) by Rosemary Griggs tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/blog... @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

Part of a medieval floor tile from Kirkstall Abbey, on display in Leeds City Museum when we visited in the summer. #tilesontuesday #medieval

Bridget Fulford on the well-preserved monument to her father Thomas Fulford, (d,1610) St. Mary’s Church, Fulford. You’ll meet Bridget at the end of my latest book. #MonumentsMonday #elizabethan #HistoricalFiction

#nationalpumpkinday Head over to Instagram (griggs6176) for more. And no, he didn’t ! #pumpkins #sirwalterraleigh #historicalcostume

#sundayyellow In my Devon garden In autumn 🍂 #Dahlias #garden

Wheat sheaf, signature symbol of designer and manufacturer of stained glass Charles Eamer Kempe (1837–1907). St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon. #stainedglasssunday

Church of St. James, in the grounds of Arlington Court, Devon, with its late 15th early 16th century tower. Rebuilt 19th century 📷 September 2023 #SteepleSaturday

The medieval church near Dartington Hall was taken down in the 1880s with many items incorporated in new St Mary’s. The octagonal granite font is probably 15th century on a later base. #fontsonfriday

Elaborate ironwork and hinges on this door at St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester #AdoorableThursday #ironworkthursday

The pulpit at St Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, carved by one of the Pinwill sisters, deserves another look #woodcarvingwednesday #woodensday

Afternoon light through a window, St Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon #WindowsOnWednesday #light

Welcome to Day 2 of our blog tour for ༻*·Mistress of Dartington Hall·*༺ by Rosemary Griggs! Check out today's stops, with a bright spotlight & great article on the main characters! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... #HistoricalFiction #Elizabethan @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social

For #TextileTuesday it’s #wool and Tudor hats. More over on Instagram #tudortuesday

Welcome to our exciting new #blogtour for ༻*·Mistress of Dartington Hall·*༺ by Rosemary Griggs! Check out our first stops, with an excerpt & fascinating post on the women of Dartington Hall! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... #HistoricalFiction #Devon @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social

My #TheCoffeePotBookClub guest @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social via @cathiedunn.bsky.social 1587 England is at war with Spain The people of #Devon wait in terror for Spain’s armada #HistoricalFiction #SpanishArmada #BlogTour #Tudor #DartingtonHall ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2025/10/my-c...

Memorial to George Newton, Leicester cathedral, d. 1746, aged 18. His father, Gabriel , a wealthy alderman and Mayor of Leicester, founded the Greencoat School. #memorialsmonday #churchmonuments

Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535) in stained glass at Harvington Hall.@Harvington #stainedglasssunday #tudor #stainedglass

Look up! The 13th century tower , St Peter’s Stoke Fleming, Devon . I’m not sure what’s going on with the space where presumably a door used to be. #SteepleSaturday

Nerines in my Devon garden this week. #FlowersonFriday

One of my favourites — the striking square Norman font at St Nonna’s, Altarnum, Cornwall. There are still a few traces of paint. Imagine what it looked like when the paint was fresh! #FontsonFriday #norman

Substantial pillars frame the gates at St Peter’s Stoke Fleming. 📷 from a very brief visit last week. #Thursgate

A slimline door at the foot of the tower, St Peter’s, Stoke Fleming, Devon. #AdoorableThursday

A Whiter Shade of Pale — yes, I know, it’s pink. The leaves are beginning to fall in my Devon garden, but this rose doesn’t seem to think summer has gone. #RoseWednesday #flowersinautumn

Beautiful Pinwill carving — the pulpit at St Peter’s Stoke Fleming. Installed 1891. #woodensday #woodcarvingwednesday

Black and white tiles always work well. Seen here at Great Fulford Manor #TilesOnTuesday

A delightful needlework collage mapping the parish of Stoke Fleming in 2000 on a wall in St Peter’s Church. #textiletuesday #collage #needlework

Elyenore balances on a high pedestal beside (probably) her grandfather, John Corp. St Peter’s Stoke Fleming — the earliest brass memorial in Devon. The inscription in French says he died 1361, she 1391. #devon #memorialbrass #medievalmonday #memorialmonday

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I’m thrilled to reveal the stunning jacket the clever people at Pen and Sword Books have designed for my forthcoming book about the woman known to fans of Tudor history as ‘Kat Ashley’. #history #elizabethan #womeninhistory #katashley