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THE GREAT PLAGUE AND PLAGUE PITS OF LONDON 1665

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com ‘THE GREAT PLAGUE – SCENES FROM THE STREETS OF LONDON’.  FROM CASSELL’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL.III (1905) ‘May 29th 1666.  Spent on the City Marshall at ye shutting up of a visited house . . Is.0d.’ Plague had always stalked England throughout the centuries with regular outbreaks such as the… Continue reading THE GREAT PLAGUE AND PLAGUE PITS OF LONDON 1665

Thomas of Woodstock was an unpleasant, supposedly pious bully….

This article Thomas of Woodstock and Shakespeare’s Twisted History | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net) begins as follows:- “….William Shakespeare wrote ten history plays. Of these, one of the most famous is  Richard II . The play  Richard II , written around 1595, is based on the rule of King Richard II (reign 1377-1399), but one of the main characters in… Continue reading Thomas of Woodstock was an unpleasant, supposedly pious bully….