Sometime in the early C19 clergyman Armine Wodehouse decided he needed to widen the adjacent Tudor corridor by a foot. The evidence is in the ceiling.

Hey, my lovelies! I have started a new venture @myhistoricaltable.bsky.social where I feature my favourite recipes that love from my ongoing research in food. I would love you to join me across over there. My recipes can be found at www.myhistoricaltable.com Join me at my table (pretty, please)! ✌️🫶

Electric blanket season is back 🥶

#Turkeywork (also Norwich-work) is a hand-knotted and cut wool pile furnishing textile popular from the C16 - mid C18 in England. Elizabethan Turkeywork was commercially produced in 1583 in Norwich but also in Windsor and York. Original designs imitated Middle Eastern imported carpets.

@tudorplaces.bsky.social issue 20 is out! As autumn fades into winter, come and walk with me into our orchard where we grow fruit known and appreciated in Tudor times.

Christmas talk- this year, 'Fragments'- how cultural artifacts survive, emerge and how to identify them. Sun 14 December, 7.30 GMT, Zoom app.tickettailor.com/events/jonat...

Looking for solutions. Too many questions but few answers. Insomnia. Welcome to my Sunday.

And there she is, a firm regular at TORM by now. ☺️ #eatingwiththetudors can also be purchased at ARM through The Copper Pot who has the most amazing range of historically inspired chocolates, spice mixes and much more! 😋

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The #yew is believed to being the only tree found in England that survived from before the last ice age. It is the only conifer to produce ‘berries’ which are highly developed cones. The seeds are laden with a poison that causes paralysis. The berries’ skin is the only non toxic part of the plant.

Braved the rain to step back in time and was rewarded with the most compelling, enjoyable and creative immersion experience to absorb and appreciate the #PastonLetters as part of the “Past & Present Norwich walking tour" which will (sadly) end tomorrow. Brilliant way to bring history to life.

Most atmospheric coffee shop as far as I am concerned. Where am I?

Last glimpse at the lovely blue sky before the grey front moves in …

C17 carved door pediment depicting #Prudence holding a mirror and a snake. While the snake represents wisdom, caution, and the need to be vigilant against deceit, the mirror signifies self-reflection and the ability to see oneself clearly.

Introducing the new alarm clock which will help welcoming a new day during those cold, dark winter months. At least, that is the plan.

New talk in person @norfolkro.bsky.social or online. Get your free ticket at eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reconstruc...

A #peacock from a #17thcentury verdure #tapestry Verdure tapestries, particularly popular in the C17, depict lush green landscapes, forests, fauna & flora and often create a sense of perspective inviting the viewer deep into the scene. Most were produced in France and Flanders.

Of #medlars #EatingWithTheTudors

Final touch to the interior: mounted the chandelier. Not quite as ostentatious as Mr Arnolfini's light fixture in his bedchamber in Bruges and so perfectly captured by Jan van Eyck in 1434, but mine can be switched on and off effortlessly which would have seen Mr Arnolfini turn green with envy. 😉

Today, it is four recipes for fresh (i.e. not preserved) #sausages from 1547. Liver, lungs, blood, but also cream, fine meat, and spices. www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/06/s... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #medievalsky

On #Medlars (1526): Theyr propyete is to comforte the stomake …… and be more behoufull for medycyn then for meate. For they nouryshe but lytell and be better afore meate then after / and be not grevous to the substance of the stomake and senewy sydes thereof' #Recipe from 1594 #EatingWithTheTudors

On 18th of November 1531, the gardener at Hampton Court was paid 7s 6d for bringing 'medelers to the king grace’. #medlar #EatingWithTheTudors

Got damson, sugar, wine, cream, cinnamon and ginger (plus pastry)? Here is one I made earlier #damson #Tudor #treats #eatingwiththetudors

Encapsulating last hues of autumnal colours

Anyone hungry for #Tudor #food #history? 😋

This coloured engraving by Johannes Kip was taken from a Leonard Knyff original. It depicts Madingley Hall’s highly formal Dutch gardens in circa 1705, before Lancelot Brown not only completely remodelled the gardens but also had the village beyond demolished & relocated so to not offend the view.

I had a most thought provoking, mind expanding educational weekend led by @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social and organised by the University of Cambridge in the wonderful setting of Madingley Hall. Best way to spend a spooky weekend. #MaterialCulture #Fakes #Forgeries

A plethora of autumnal copper colours, courtesy of the #swamp #cypress. My daily spark of warmth at the moment before it will shed its needles.

Another spooky post for you on this Halloween. This was a very popular talk from earlier this year by Marion Gibson on The Secret Lives of East Anglian Witches. youtu.be/SuvyLNYGwTU?... #halloween #witchesofeastanglia

Another talk you might be interested in this Halloween - The MP and the Astrologer: Rival Cultures of Witchcraft in the East Anglian Witch Hunts by Danny Buck. youtu.be/KbIijfPS2qw?... #halloween #norfolkrecordoffice #eastanglianwitches #witchcraft

This Halloween, we delve into the tales of people who were considered 'real-life' witches. Grace Warren, alias Grace Wright faced accusations of sorcery and witchcraft for meeting with evil spirits. She was found guilty. #kingslynn #halloween #witchcraft

#Halloween in a #Tudor setting #Spiders

This tranquil looking stream at the bottom of the garden turns into an angry violent river during prolonged winter storms, flooding the orchard and sometimes even the moat. The house itself always remains dry because people in the past knew better than to build on a floodplain.

Perfect #Tudor #Dinner for two: Easy to follow Elizabethan recipe: To rost a Pullet “When thou hast rosted him well, take the iuice of an Oringe, or else Vergice, with Rosewater, Suger, and Sinamon, and lay the Pullet in a dish with this sauce, and send it to the table.”

Here is a gentle reminder that for #Christmas you can support this author by making a Tudor history enthusiast very happy. Please ask for a #SIGNED copy of #EatingWithTheTudors directly from me. Both #Hardback and #Paperback formats are available. 🙏

As a known bibliophile I was very excited about finally visiting @chethamslibrary.bsky.social in Manchester which is housed in a late C15 building and has been in continuous use as a public library since 1653. @chethamslibrary.bsky.social

The spiral #Tudor #mount in the orchard is finally coming together. Planted it with periwinkle and thrift which will help to suppress weeds and erosion.

It’s #pippin #pie #Sunday season. Here is a remarkably detailed Elizabethan recipe for you!

Calville Blanc d'Hiver was first mentioned in 1598 by Swiss botanist Johann Bauhin as 'Weiss Zürich Äpffel' in his Historiæ fontis et balnei admirabilis bollensis. #HeritageOrchard #HeirloomFruit This year’s crop has produced some enormous specimens!

That time of year again when the warmest place is not indoors but the greenhouse.

#Benjamin has not stripped our ancient black #poplar trees of all their leaves, giving us a few more days of golden autumnal hues.

@mrssbilton.bsky.social’s ‘Much ado about cooking’ publication is taking centre stage in my collection of #Shakespeare related #cookery and #food #books! Love it!

In #Tudor England eating fresh #grapes was believed to 'trouble the belly and fill the stomack with winde'. Ripe grapes had a reputation of making the body fat, something vineyard owners apparently showed clearly. Some regiments advised to consume grapes after a meal, others challenged this take.

Kritisches Denken: Was bedeutet das im KI-Zeitalter? Dazu ein paar Gedanken von mir für den Philosophieblog praefaktisch: praefaktisch.de/ki/was-heiss... #KI #LLM

We are proud to share that Dr @mattwjones.bsky.social from our @ueaenv.bsky.social has won the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize for Geography from the @leverhulme.ac.uk 🥳 Read more on our website 👉 https://bit.ly/4nhJOrs #AwardWin #Research #Prize

Mission complete. All done before #Benjamin’s arrival. I most likely would have lost the lot.

The calm before disruptive #Benjamin

All set for my lunchtime talk here at @norfolkro.bsky.social #EatingWithTheTudors

Caught up with the latest developments on one of the most exciting historical Tudor beds in the UK and George Shaw’s later copies. Seeing them taken apart, side by side really was an eye opener. Great day organised by ICON & Ian Coulson

🍗 Eating with the Tudors: Dietary Changes in Tudor England 👑 Join us for our next free talk by food historian Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social 📅 Wed 22 Oct 2025 ⏲️ 13:00-14:00 🎫 Free, booking essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/norfolk-re... #tudorhistory #foodhistory #worldfoodday