A wider view of part of the c1490 funeral pall at the Commandery, Worcester, Fleurs-de-Lys and six-winged angels standing on wheels, with saints in the borders. By tradition it was used for Prince Arthur's funeral in 1502, though there's no documentary evidence to support this. #TextileTuesday

Featuring @jllaynesmith.bsky.social, @richardasquith.bsky.social, @ebenbow.bsky.social, @jjnewbury.bsky.social, @westgarthdes.bsky.social, and more!

The Yorkist History Trust is returning to @imc-leeds.bsky.social! We're running four sessions featuring new research on the 15th century, as well as having a bookstall in the Parkinson Court. See here for more info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2026/05/28/l... #Medieval #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Apply for a Dobson #Scholarship to attend this year’s Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium by Sunday! #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Apply for a Dobson #Scholarship to attend this year’s Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium by Sunday! #MedievalSky #Skystorians

For all PGRs - scholarship available for attendance at this year’s Harlaxton. Please apply or encourage those who are eligible to apply! #medieval #pgr

🚨We have extended the deadline for applications for the Dobson #Scholarships for the 2026 Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium! 🚨 Open to PGRs whose work relates to the theme of the Symposium, they cover all conference and accommodation fees. Apply by 31 May: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/scholarships...

🚨We have extended the deadline for applications for the Dobson #Scholarships for the 2026 Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium! 🚨 Open to PGRs whose work relates to the theme of the Symposium, they cover all conference and accommodation fees. Apply by 31 May: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/scholarships...

The Historic Towns Trust is delighted to announce the publication of new historical maps of Brecon and Hay-on-Wye. These beautifully detailed maps explore the development of two historic Welsh border towns. Get your copy now! shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist...

Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, 17-20 August 2026 The 2026 Symposium will take place at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with the theme The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England. The Pamela Tudor Craig Lecture will be given by Ian Forrest. For more: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

#OTD in 1517, rioters ran through the streets of London on Evil May Day, targeting immigrant workers. It’s a familiar story: nativist rioters felt that "strangers" (immigrants) were stealing their jobs. The riot itself was mild but the royal reaction was severe, resulting in many executions. 🧵 1/11

Here me talk next week at the Medieval and Tudor London Seminar at @ihr.bsky.social on the memory of Evil May Day riot through the 16th century! Online seminar -- sign up for Zoom link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📚 @richardasquith.bsky.social on Hugo Soly's Capital at Work in Antwerp’s Golden Age 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... 📚 @kgarner.bsky.social on Daniel Wortel-London's The Menace of Prosperity 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...

This year’s Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium will be visiting Chesterton and Cherry Hinton churches in August - here’s a preview of some of their treasures from @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social ⛪️ Join us! harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-medieval-symposium-2026/ #Skystorians #MedievalSky

I had a great time giving a public talk (followed by a mini-workshop on medieval documents) at Shropshire Archives this week. Is there anything better than talking to people about cool historic documents?! We are so lucky to have incredible county archives. #shropshire #archives #welshmarches 📚

More information, including about our Dobson #scholarships, the PGR/ECR presentation competition, and details on how to book can be found on the Symposium's website: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

Please see the images and alt text below for the provisional programme - we have an excellent line up of speakers (including myself and @latemedievalist.bsky.social!)

Registration for the 2026 Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium is now open! The theme is 'The Rural #Parish in Late Medieval England', and it will be held at Madingley Hall, #Cambridge, Monday 14th - Thursday 20th August ⛪ #MedievalSky #Skystorians

The first volume of ‘Tomb Monuments in Medieval Europe’, features twenty-one authors exploring diverse aspects of medieval tomb monuments across Europe, combining scholarly insights with visual richness, and sets the stage for two subsequent volumes.

Last night, friends of the Trust gathered in #WestminsterAbbey for a wonderful evening to celebrate the launch of our latest volume - many congratulations to Dr Claire Martin for producing a brilliant edition of the accounts of the executors of Thomas Charlton! 📚 #MedievalSky #Skystorians

We’re thrilled to announce that a new biography of Dr Anne F. Sutton (d.2022), one of our founding trustees and a rigorous scholar of the 15th century, has just been published by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1093/odnb... #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Registration for the 2026 Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium is now open! The theme is 'The Rural #Parish in Late Medieval England', and it will be held at Madingley Hall, #Cambridge, Monday 14th - Thursday 20th August ⛪ #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Today we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

One of the king's executors was this man, Dr John Yonge, Master of the Rolls, about whose stunning tomb by Torrigiani I am currently (frantically) trying to finish writing for an edited collection on #medieval tomb monuments 💀

Middlesex Sessions of the Peace, March 1632 👨‍⚖️ Edward Clarkson of Westminster, yeoman is charged 'for taking brasse from H 7 tomb' 👑 #earlymodern #truecrime

What ✨exciting✨ news! New approaches to the study of pre-modern wills are transforming how we conceptualise them, not least in terms of material culture and the documentary materiality of wills themselves - the data amassed by @materialwills.bsky.social will surely push this even further 📜

Our first new issue of 2026 has been published! A 🧵 on its contents...

We're pleased to be supporting the "Death and Bereavement in Early Modern Britain, 1520-1689" Conference @standrewshist.bsky.social on 26 - 27 June 2026 For programme and registration details please see below: pastandpresent.org.uk/programme-an...

After five extraordinary years, @latemedievalist.bsky.social and I are stepping down as secretaries of the Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium (now at the beautiful Madingley Hall)! If you are interested in taking over from us, please see here: tinyurl.com/3es36uzh #Skystorians #MedievalSky

24 Mar 1423: Date of the obit of Richard 'Dick' Whittington, Mayor of #London #otd (BM: 17th Century, with his #cat - which was added to his iconography later, replacing a memento mori skull)

#medievalsky - there is an excellent opportunity to become involved with the amazing Harlaxton Medieval Symposium. I’ve enjoyed holding this post and would thoroughly recommend it, especially for ECRs.

After five extraordinary years, @latemedievalist.bsky.social and I are stepping down as secretaries of the Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium (now at the beautiful Madingley Hall)! If you are interested in taking over from us, please see here: tinyurl.com/3es36uzh #Skystorians #MedievalSky

In the latest Trust #blog, read how a YHT research grant awarded to Rachael Harkes (@latemedievalist.bsky.social) helped produce detailed maps of recruitment to a #medieval guild and shape her fascinating research questions: tinyurl.com/cs5unwtm 🌍 @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

@yorkisthistory.bsky.social will have a stall in the Parkinson Court for #IMC2026 🎊 It's great to have them this July, and we cannot wait to see what Yorkist history themed works will be on display for us to see 👍 yorkisthistorytrust.org #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Laura, Can I ask a side question? Do you, or do you know anybody who researches the decoration of wills in the sixteenth century? One of the people I work on left one and it's an amazing piece.

Spotted in the searchroom this week was this 1510 probate with a very interesting seal! It appears to depict the murder of Thomas Becket and is in pretty good condition given its age! 📷 D/EBP/E33

We can just imagine how useful this will be for late 15th c researchers!

What better opportunity than #WorldBookDay to announce the publication of our latest volume!? 🎉📖 Claire Martin's 'The Post-Mortem Accounts of Sir Thomas Charlton, d. 1465', is an important edition of a fascinating collection of #medieval documents. More info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2026/03/05/n...

Has anyone come across this woodcut before? It may have belonged to Abel Jeffes at some point but not entirely sure. EBBA isn't working for me so any help would be much appreciated!

Book your ticket to our 2026 Maurice Bond lecture, 7th May at the Guildhall Library in London on "Sustainability and Resilience – the Future of Preventive Conservation" 📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maurice-bo...

Last week @mappingthemarch.bsky.social held a launch for my new book and a new book by the brilliant @mattlampitt.bsky.social in the atmospheric crypt of The Mount Without. It was so much fun to celebrate with friends, family, and colleagues who have supported us along the way! #medievalsky #newbook

#Historians, #ArtHistorians, and #Manuscript scholars - does anyone have a copy of J.G. Alexander, 'William Abell, Lymnour and fifteenth century English Illuminator’, in Kunstshistoriche Forschungen Otto Pacht Zu Seinem 70 Geburtstag (Salzburg, 1972), that they might be able to share with me? TIA! 📖

#Historians, #ArtHistorians, and #Manuscript scholars - does anyone have a copy of J.G. Alexander, 'William Abell, Lymnour and fifteenth century English Illuminator’, in Kunstshistoriche Forschungen Otto Pacht Zu Seinem 70 Geburtstag (Salzburg, 1972), that they might be able to share with me? TIA! 📖

The Banner of ‘St Martin and the Beggar’ is perhaps the earliest sizeable fragment of an English painted cloth in existence. Recent research suggests that it might have been the banner of the Worshipful Company of Drapers in London.

Join us next week to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched! This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

24 Jan 2026, the Anne Sutton Memorial Zoom Lecture will be given by Prof Caroline Barron speaking on 'The Precinct of St Bartholomew's Hospital in the 15th & 16th centuries' Members of the Richard III Society can register for this free talk by following the instructions in the new RIII Mailing 1/2

Less then two weeks left for this CFP!! Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history

The call for the @londontopsoc.bsky.social Ann Saunders prize is now open. londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...

Double book launch 📚 Celebrating new books by @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social, with introductions by Professor Christian Liddy & Professor Miranda Griffin. Food and drinks provided. 🗓 26 Jan 2026, 5–7pm 📍 The Mount Without, The Crypt, Bristol All welcome to attend!

Join us next month to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched! This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll