Tag Archives: Tudor Norfolk

Running Tudor England’s Second City

Posted on November 27, 2019 by elizabethjayne2015

The Accounts of the Chamberlains of Norwich, 1539-45 Accounts are an important source of evidence for students of late medieval and early modern history. The requirement that officials should produce minutely detailed lists of all the individual sums that they … Continue reading →

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An Elizabethan Beguinage in Hempstead cum Eccles, Norfolk?

Posted on November 19, 2019 by elizabethjayne2015

Evidence of a Beguinage? Agnes Vincent, of the east Norfolk village of Hempstead cum Eccles clearly states in the text of her will that three of her kinswomen, Catherine, Audrey and Elizabeth Derham were all ‘dwelling in my house’; with … Continue reading →

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