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Oh dear, Geoffrey Richardson. The closest one can get to Conspiracy Theorist among historical writers, and of course, entirely unobjective. Methinks that if he could have got away with saying the Beauforts had fangs and horns, he may well have done so.
Hi, I love the image in your Medieval Gardens article of the amorous couple sitting on a turf seat. Can you give me a reference for it as I would love to get a copy from its source. It makes me smile every time I look at it (the turf seat doesn’t look that comfortable for courting…!)
Many thanks for a very interesting article.