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Cheapside cross
There’s an interesting post from Roy Booth over at Early Modern Whale, about the vandalism of Cheapside cross during the early 1640s before its eventual pulling down in 1643. Roy’s image of the cross...
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A Christmassy post
This is the title page to The Vindication of Christmas, or His twelve yeares observations upon the times (London, 1652). It’s George Thomason’s copy, so despite the poor quality of the image you can...
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How to irritate a puritan: an introductory reading list
I was re-reading the London Root and Branch petition last week for a class and noticed for the first time, amongst the list of religious and constitutional grievances, a very specific issue: 8. The...
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3s. for removinge a strompett
This is Derby Cathedral. In the seventeenth century, before it was a cathedral, it was known as All Saints, Derby. It is a beautiful building, but the only part of today’s structure contemporaries...
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The Hutton report
I’m currently doing some digging on parish politics in St Giles Cripplegate, London, during the 1630s. Irritatingly the vestry minutes for that period do not survive – it always seems to be the way...
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