Author and speaker who spends a lot of time in the sixteenth century. I make and wear historical clothing. Love old buildings , churches, needlework and Devon. Ever hopeful gardener #history #tudor #HistoricalFiction #devon #Books #needlework 🪡✍️🌱📚
Rosemary Griggs
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Iceburg brightening a dark corner of my Devon garden against a backdrop of Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'
#RoseWednesday #garden
Lots of people asking if these are Rainier cherries. We planted the tree more than ten years ago and I can’t remember the variety. They look pale because I pick early to beat the birds. Fully ripe they’re quite red, so maybe not Rainier?
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Medieval floor tiles on display at the Crypt Museum, All Hallows by the Tower, a church with a fascinating history and the venue for Wolf Hall Weekend.
#tilesontuesday
A pretty corner of my Devon garden welcomes me home.
#garden #devon
All Hallows by the Tower.
Italian merchant Hieronimus Benalius lived in nearby Seething Lane and died in 1583. Later Samuel Pepys, lived in the same street.
#MonumentsMonday
While in London I checked out the memorial plaques to those executed on Tower Hill. Thomas Cromwell, Henry Courtenay and Thomas Wyatt are among the select few named. Around 125 people were executed here between 1485 and 1603.
#Tower Hill
#Tudortuesday
#otd Whit Monday 1549, after the murder of William Hellions in Sampford Courtenay, Devon men joined those of Cornwall in the ‘prayer book rebellion’.
Katherine Astley’s cousin, uncle and brother were involved in suppressing the uprising.
#devonhistory
Today’s haul from the garden.
#strawberries #cherries #growyourown #fruit
