October 29, 2012
Ghostly remains: the Howard Chapel at Lambeth
While tracking the remains of the Howard tombs, one sometimes encounters nothing more than just a hint of the […]
Category: General, History
Tagged: brass, Howard, lambeth, tomb
September 13, 2012
Monumental Quirks – Healaugh
This is going to be the first in a series of posts looking at my favourite hidden gems and quirks […]
Category: History
Tagged: church, effigies, Healaugh, Lord Wharton, tomb, tombs
May 15, 2012
Maximising church visits
As part of my DPhil research I have been visiting churches around England in order to see surviving noble tombs […]
January 29, 2012
Visit to Sheffield Cathedral
I spend a lot of time reading books. Or in an archive looking at documents. Or at home looking at […]
January 17, 2012
Social display and political power in Tudor England
One of the aims of the history group is to think about what impact the Howard tombs and other symbols […]
Category: History
Tagged: hospitality, house, political power, social display, social status, tomb
January 9, 2012
Visit to British Museum
On 9 December 2011, I was able to visit the British Museum to see the two panels representing a (presumably […]
Category: Art History
Tagged: Framlingham, Howard, Thetford, tomb
December 22, 2011
Tea and Chat at Trinity Hospital
Following on my last post, many thanks are also due to the residents of Trinity Hospital, with whom I enjoyed […]
Category: History
Tagged: discussion, justice, statue, statues; northampton tomb; trinity hospital, tomb
December 11, 2011
The Northampton tomb at Trinity Hospital
In October I visited Trinity Hospital, a lovely almshouse managed by the Mercers’ Company, which provides housing with support for […]
Category: Art History, General, History
Tagged: effigy, fragment, northampton, tomb, Trinity Hospital
