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Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.

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29 Mar 609: d. Eustasius, 2nd abbot of Luxeuil after St Coumbanus

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Bouquet of flowers, anonymous, 1680 (Rijksmuseum) A combination of field flowers and cultivated exotics. I love getting flowers as a gift.

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24 Mar 1423: Date of the obit of Richard 'Dick' Whittington, Mayor of (BM: 17th Century, with his

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24 Mar 1381: d. St Catherine of Vadstena daughter of the St. Bridget of

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23 Mar 1623: Christopher Villiers or 'Kit', Buckingham's brother, is created Earl of and Baron Villiers of Daventry (Here's the whole clan, from the NPG)

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23 Mar 1587: William Fitch of Little Canfield takes the Capuchin habit as Benet of Canfield. A mystic who was an important & very influential writer, he died in on 21 Nov 1610 (BM/eebo)

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23 Mar 1638: Jeremy Taylor, theologian & popular spiritual writer is instituted to the rectory of Uppingham, He would go on to be Bishop of Down & Connor in the Restoration (BM)

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23 Mar 1708: James Francis Edward Stuart, James VIII & III, attempts to land at Firth of Forth (NPG)

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22 Mar 1644: Newark surrenders to Prince Rupert (BM) He takes 11 brass cannon, 50 barrels of gunpowder & 4,000 muskets

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22 Mar 1556: Cardinal Reginald Pole is consecrated Archbishop of in succession to Thomas Cranmer who had been burnt the previous day (NPG)

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