Suffolk Wills

suffolkwills.bsky.social

07 August 2026 13:55

A woman in 1498 asks to be buried in the churchyard by her husband and says "I will have a gravestone bought, to be laid upon my husband John Cole & me, with scripture thereupon writing of our names." suffolkwills.org/wills/1490s/... Not sure how common such gravestones were at the time?

Libby 🎃Stink Gourd🎃

libbystigaard.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:15

This poor owl has anxiety. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

Pam Smith LHG

genejean.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:14

I first met Thomas Binks in a jury book after livestock destroyed his turnip crop That single entry led thru manorial rentals, deeds, poor relief records, census returns & parish registers, gradually reconstructing the life of an ag lab #OnePlaceLabourers 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/thomas-binks/

Evan

evansmithhist.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:13

Historians, archivists and digital humanities peeps! Looking for your recommendations of scholarship/readings on public-facing and text searchable historical databases, particularly of digitised records. Even better if they discuss petitions, censuses and the like. #history #archives 🗃️

Carin Ruff

carinr.bsky.social

02 August 2026 07:33

I'll reframe my earlier Kermit-flail over this ruling and ask instead: can people think of other examples of script being written right down the middle of the ruled line, as in the detail pic here, instead of sitting on it, floating above it, or hanging from it? #paleography #codicology #medievalsky