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Historical Footnote

Sir Thomas Lunsford: on the hunt for the ‘Cannibal Cavalier’

2018-03-08
By: ODOmatt
On: March 8, 2018
In: East Sussex, Historical Footnotes
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 A Historical Footnote – visited by ODOmatt on the 28th February 2018. A chip in the wall of an old country church marks the spot where, one Sunday afternoon in 1634, one of Britain’s most notorious soldiers tried to assassinate a rival. This is where historical footnotes get into the fine print, but if you stick with it, this nondescrpit indentation illuminates a whole world of scandal, war and adventure in the age of revolution.Read More →

The Rufus Stone

2017-12-03
By: ODOmatt
On: December 3, 2017
In: Hampshire, Historical Footnotes
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Celebrating the life of a tree caught up in the murder of an English king. Continuing on our theme of places where historical figures probably weren’t killed, we visit the Rufus Stone in the heart of the New Forest.Read More →

Portrait image of Jack Cade Monument

Jack Cade’s Monument

2017-11-14
By: ODOstefan
On: November 14, 2017
In: East Sussex, Historical Footnotes
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Whilst the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is the most well known of the popular uprisings in Medieval England, the Jack Cade rebellion of 1450, an important precursor the the War of the Roses, is worthy of much more attention.Read More →

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