I had a cursory look to see which knights/barons may have fought for (or indeed against) Richard III at Bosworth - but found that such records have been very difficult to discover, and perhaps made deliberately so by Henry Tudor (Henry VII) ? #WarsoftheRoses #RichardII #HenryVII #medieval #Notts

Today's find - there was a Religious Census of 1851 - which looked to find out how well attended different churches were on a specific day in March that year & a general average for the preceding 12 months Here are Nottinghamshire's results: www.nottshistory.org.uk/resources/fi... #OnePlaceStudies

Landowners from all over England gathered at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, #OTD in 1086. They swore fealty to King William I, and in return he shared with them the draft results of the Domesday Survey. This provided the visitors security of tenure after years of tumult. 📸Visit Wiltshire

north Nottinghamshire has only a few manorial histories from what I've seen - I've been working on some and it'd be great to see some more in north Notts

Sam Riding@medievalpeasants.bsky.social · 6d ago

Do you study medieval manors? Do you want to speak at @imc-leeds.bsky.social? Then we have the Call for Papers for you! Medieval Manorial Research: Community in the Manor. We welcome researchers of all disciplines and career stages. Deadline 4th September 2026. #IMC2027 #Skystorians #Medievalsky

Our very own Emily revealing the secrets behind the parchmarks in the lawns at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire! @nationaltrust.org.uk BBC News - Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall

The lawn patterns were created when the garden was remodelled in the early 1800s.

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A follow-up to the earlier note on medieval brick buildings. Brick-making was happening at Beverley and Hull from at least the 1300s. Examinations of bricks at Tattershall seem to use Lincolnshire clay. As for Gainsborough Old Hall and Thornton Abbey Gatehouse, I wonder where the bricks came from ?

My musing today is on medieval brick buildings. I know of surviving ones of Hull Cathedral, Beverley gatehouse, Thornton Abbey gatehouse and Gainsborough Hall - each being within reasonable traveling from Hull - could Hull have produced their bricks in each case?

a very interesting perspective on a 17th/18th century mill that I've never seen before - the photos here and excellent and interesting to see a painting to imagine things

Mark Walters@mark-walters.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was struggling to interpret the timber structures adjacent to the 17th/18th c. mill being excavated at Pentreheylin, Powys as there are no UK comparisons but then I had a look at mills in European paintings of the time and it starts to make sense.

Sheriff Robert de Jorz plaque and lectern - a chance to make a small donation to help provide medieval information on an very-well-preserved medieval tomb www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sheriff-ro...

Sheriff Robert de Jorz plaque and lectern

Sir Robert de Jorz is a C14th Sheriff of Nottingham he lies in Burton Joyce church we want a proper plaque on a wood lectern 2 mark his tomb

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Queen's 'Innuendo' album seems quite an appropriate soundtrack for doing manorial research: Headlong I Can't Live With You Don't Try So Hard Ride the Wild Wind All God's People These Are the Days of Our Lives The Show Must Go On and the particularly apt- I'm Going Slightly Mad

this has been one of a number of my go-to medieval podcasts - I think it was looking for a podcast on Robert de Vere (1362-1392), 9th Earl of Oxford that helped me find this one - some excellent subjects throughout the many episodes

Danièle Cybulskie@5minmedievalist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello again, BlueSky! I had let this little app go quiet for a bit, not realizing how many wonderful people have now joined it. Hello! Thought I’d share a snippet from the latest Medieval Podcast episode - all about pubs! Enjoy 🙂

@oneplacestudies.bsky.social Do we know when the next video meeting for members will be? If there's a defined place on the website that this information is always/usually available at, please let me know :)

today I have set up some lists - hopefully this'll help me to read up on what people and organisations are doing in a more focused way now

@englishheritage.bsky.social I wonder if you can put up just one really nice picture if you can some time

Looking up the possibility of delayed livery of seisin of lands in the early 1200s, gave me a good excuse to dip back into @marcmorris.bsky.social 's book on King John - and whilst there took some notes on Roger de Montbegon who held, amongst other lands, the Wapentake of Oswaldbeck in north Notts.

Today I've been looking to better narrow down the birth and death dates of Matilda de Fournival née de Louvetot 'We' have known she lived for a long time, but without decently reliable birth and death dates, it's been tricky to work out her age. born: c. 1178, died: 1164-1165 - lived to about 86

I have a morning deep within the Pipe Rolls - this time looking to find some certainty, or closer to certainty, on the birth and death dates of members of the de Louvetot family of Sheffield (or Hallamshire) and Worksop.

@alangodfreymaps.bsky.social The 1884 Godfrey maps of East Retford and West Retford were really helpful in looking understanding the growth in housing that accomodated the large rise in Ordsall parish's population in the 1800s - and where quite a lot of their workplaces were

joys of north Lincolnshire - a visit to see multiple Edward Burne-Jones stained glass windows - Visit St Paul's church, Morton (near Gainsborough) between 9.30am and 12.30pm on most Tuesdays & if you can leave the church a donation, that's excellent #prerapahelite #lincolnshire #art #freegalleries

Just 5 days left to the paperback release of Heroines of the Tudor World in the UK #tudorsky Mybook.to/TudorHeroines

Dates for The Buildings Archaeologist book tour are now live! I shall be asking the question: why do we know so little about the ancient buildings which surround our everyday lives? Full details of each show and ticket links are available via: triskeleheritage.com/the-building...

lots of medieval books - great to see - and I count early Tudor in medieval myself as the fall of the church at the dissolution marked a big change in the way English society worked and thought

Sharon Bennett Connolly@thehistorybits.bsky.social · 4w ago

Popped into my favourite bookshop, Lindum Books on Bailgate in Lincoln. Signed all their shiny new copies of the paperback edition of Heroines of the Tudor World. Their copies of Heroines of the Medieval World, King John's Right Hand Lady and Ladies of Magna Carta are now signed too.

with some of the history projects I work on, I do sometimes ask myself: "is this genuinely useful or more insanity?" - is aiming to write out a manorial history of every north Nottinghamshire settlement an example of insanity is my latest question to myself ?

Today's mission involves looking for a meeting venue for a small group within the heart/centre of Nottinghamshire. Rainworth, Farnsfield and Oxton seem a good area but I have never yet visited any of these settlements.

We'll be announcing the first 30 dates of The Buildings Archaeologist book tour next week. Please remember: - All shows were booked DIY - If I'm not coming to your town its because no one local stepped up to organise a gig - These are the 2026 gigs, there are more shows in 2027

others who are interested in putting a 10-minute talk together about a place they have been studying ?

Society of Genealogists@sogorg.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 Calling all speakers: the deadline is approaching! Do you have a passion for local history, genealogy, archives, maps, communities or the stories hidden within a place? Submit your 10-minute talk proposal for #AATP 2026 before 30 June. 🔗 sog.org.uk/all-about-that-place-call-for-speakers

and ... whilst posting a lot about excellent historians' talks - I am continuing to prepare my talk on Medieval Hayton for January 2027 - the amount of detail I have uncovered about a small village has really come on in the last few months #OnePlaceStudies www.one-place-studies.org/europe/engla...

Hayton One-Place Study - Society for One-Place Studies

Country: England Region (County/State / Province): Nottinghamshire Website: None specified Contact: Benedict Jephcote Photo Credit: Member's own photograph Study Description  Hayton is in Bassetlaw in...

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on Wednesday I saw Lesley Smith as Anne Boleyn, and excellent she was - this was Retford and District's Historical and Archaeological Society's open lecture - I'll be very keen to catch more of Lesley's talks

Sharon's talks are excellent - I saw this one in Gainsborough and can heartily recommend

Sharon Bennett Connolly@thehistorybits.bsky.social · last mo.

My next talk is at Grantham Museum on 18 July 2026, at 2pm. It's going to be a talk - and celebration! serendipitously, I will be talking about Lincolnshire's Tudor Heroines AND celebrating the paperback release of Heroines of the Tudor World. Tickets are available now #TudorSky

I'll quote post this partly as a reminder to myself to look into these very soon - both talks sounds fascinating

James Wright@jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · last mo.

Really looking forward to returning to Buxton Festival Fringe in a couple of weeks and then making my debut at Bosworth Mediaeval Festival in August! Ticket links available via the Triskele Heritage website: triskeleheritage.com/in-person-ta...