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

The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com 14th century monument to Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley (1289-d.1365) and his wife Joan Lady de Berkeley nee Archer d. 1369.  The small monument besides the Berkeley monument is that commemorating a heart burial belonging to an unknown female.   St Giles’ Church, Coberley, Gloucestershire.  Photo C B Newham Church  Monuments… Continue reading The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley