Laura Burningham BA (Hons), MA

University of Chichester @chiuni PhD student - 15th century native English Queens consort, their networks and power. Views my own.

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Dr. John Martin Robinson, Librarian to the Duke of Norfolk is celebrating his 45th year at Arundel!
An architectural historian & author of over 30 books, he is seen here (with his 4 legged assistant Galba) in one of his many other roles, as Maltravers Herald Extraordinary.

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Although the use of lances by mounted knights was originally for battle, jousting developed into a sport in the 14thC. Froissart’s Chronicles detail numerous tournaments incl. one held by King Edward III 'through his affection for the Countess of Salisbury'. #archives #jousting

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Our #jousting tournament begins tomorrow so we thought it would be a good idea to go over some of the rules from ‘Ordinances, statutes & rules of jousts made & enacted at Windsor, 29 May 1466’ by John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord High Constable of England. #archives

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We cannot wait for next week’s annual Medieval Jousting Tournament held here at Arundel Castle! Stay tuned for our joust related archive posts each day during the joust next week! Tickets are available online at https://t.co/5iV2sN518Q
#archive #medieval #jousting

[Laura Burningham BA (Hons), MA @LauraBurningham]

Delighted to have been elected as a Postgraduate Member of the @RoyalHistSoc and join such a fantastic community of scholars that champion the study of history ☺️🥳

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Polling Day is here! Have you read through the pamphlets that have come through your door? Here we have a selection of parliamentary election ephemera from Sussex dating between 1894 - 1922.
#archive #Election2024 #History #politics

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#OTD 533 years ago, King Henry VIII was born.
Many members of the Howard family were prominent features at Henry's court incl. Thomas, 2nd Duke, Thomas, 3rd Duke, Henry Earl of Surrey & of course Anne Boleyn & Katherine Howard, Henry's 2nd & 5th wives. #HappyBirthday #Archives

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Our 2nd B'day post today
#OTD 467 years ago, St. Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was born.
Philip is best known for his conversion to Catholicism & his subsequent imprisonment in the Tower of London for the remainder of his life for refusing to denounce his faith. #archives

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We hold many documents relating to our home county of Sussex here in the archive, including visual material such as maps, photographs and sketches.
As it is #SussexDay today, we thought we'd share some of our favourites. #Archives #History #Sussex #Arundel

[Emmanuel Tsekleves @PhDtoProf]

I once believed crafting a PhD Literature Review was just about showcasing a sea of existing knowledge.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

A PhD Literature Review is:

[Renaissance SRS @SRSRenSoc]

The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present.

Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies: https://t.co/rIUZm4x92U

[The British Academy @BritishAcademy_]

President of the British Academy, Professor Julia Black, has delivered an urgent intervention on the power and value of the humanities during a speech at the University of Birmingham. Read in full here:
https://t.co/rDu5I2wjQN

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For over 140 years Arundel Cathedral has celebrated #CorpusChristi, with Arundel Castle often included. The procession of the Blessed Sacrament begins at the Cathedral before moving to the Castle quadrangle where Benediction is given at a temporary altar. #archives #history

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We get through thousands of paperclips each year, especially when replacing old, rusty, horrible paperclips, pins or staples from documents😨. Thankfully, we have these lovely brass paperclips that are rust resistant & safe to use on our collections! 🥰#Paperclipday #archives

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#OTD exactly 500 years ago Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk died. He was a renowned courtier, diplomat & warrior who served 5 kings during a very turbulent time in English history. ⚔️
This year's archive exhibition (part of the castle visitor route) explores his life & legacy.

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Can you spot the feature of today's post?
This account of bills to be paid by the Arundel Estate in June 1729 includes a George Lucas!
Though this George Lucas is an 18thC Whitesmith so likely not the droids you are looking for on #StarWarsDay 🫢 👾#May4thBeWithYou #Archives

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Unfortunately throughout history sometimes errors are made & repeated forever more. As was the case with this error... an 18thC copy of a MS concerning the life of Anne Dacre mistakenly put her date of death as the 19th of April 1630... 🧵2/4

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However, thanks to a member of our team noticing a discrepancy between the dates & conducting further research into both the 18thC manuscript and the 17thC manuscript it was created from, we can now mark Anne's date of death correctly each year on the 13th of April. 🧵4/4

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...A date that was then repeated when the 14th Duke of Norfolk edited and published a version of the manuscript in the mid 19thC (Title: The Lives of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and of Anne Dacres, his wife). 🧵3/4

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A little discrepancy correction for a Friday afternoon.
While many sources state that Anne Dacres, Countess of Arundel & Surrey died on the 19th of April 1630, we can confirm that she died on the 13th of April 1630, thanks to research by a member of our archive team! 🧵1/4