The power of the squire emerged from the dispersal of property following the dissolution of the monasteries and accelerated in the new century so that they were able to press parliament's case against the orthodox aristocracy.  Looking for...

We discuss the work of local historian Richard Carew, who produced an early Survey of Cornwall.  As usual, we recommend a Book, a Podcast and a Website, and we test our knowledge by considering four questions from a 1953 History A Level pa...

This episode of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands suggests how to get the most out of this source for medieval genealogy.  

Here is the monthly podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. This month is the first of three episode which draw out the benefit for family tree hunters from the financial comings and goings of some troubled years in medieval...

Episode 49 of the monthly podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. The story of three Australian brothers whose grandmother emigrated from West Wratting in Cambridgeshire not only pays tribute to these young men (only one of ...