Kentwell Hall
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
Moated historic Tudor manor house in south Suffolk with walled garden & rare breed farm.
Home of world famous historical recreations, Dickensian Christmas, Scaresville & Halloweenies.
This year it’s 1536!
https://www.kentwell.co.uk/
CO10 9BA
Home of world famous historical recreations, Dickensian Christmas, Scaresville & Halloweenies.
This year it’s 1536!
https://www.kentwell.co.uk/
CO10 9BA
Snow in Summer is one of our favourite dishes.
A baked #gingerbread base of almonds, sugar and breadcrumbs, with sweet creamy 'snow' on top.
See this and much more at our #Tudor Midsummer event
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
#nationalgingerbreadday #kentwell #kentwell1536 #tudors #reenactment
A baked #gingerbread base of almonds, sugar and breadcrumbs, with sweet creamy 'snow' on top.
See this and much more at our #Tudor Midsummer event
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
#nationalgingerbreadday #kentwell #kentwell1536 #tudors #reenactment
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Snow in Summer is one of our favourite dishes.
A baked #gingerbread base of almonds, sugar and breadcrumbs, with sweet creamy 'snow' on top.
See this and much more at our #Tudor Midsummer event
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
#nationalgingerbreadday #kentwell #kentwell1536 #tudors #reenactment
A baked #gingerbread base of almonds, sugar and breadcrumbs, with sweet creamy 'snow' on top.
See this and much more at our #Tudor Midsummer event
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
#nationalgingerbreadday #kentwell #kentwell1536 #tudors #reenactment
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#lisleletters #otd 1536
John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
the King thanks you heartily for the peasen ye sent to him, not only for the neweltye but also for your good remembrance.
#onthisday #tudor #earlymodern #peas #henryviii #tudors #historicalfood #kentwell1536
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John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
the King thanks you heartily for the peasen ye sent to him, not only for the neweltye but also for your good remembrance.
#onthisday #tudor #earlymodern #peas #henryviii #tudors #historicalfood #kentwell1536
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#lisleletters #otd 1536
John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
the King thanks you heartily for the peasen ye sent to him, not only for the neweltye but also for your good remembrance.
#onthisday #tudor #earlymodern #peas #henryviii #tudors #historicalfood #kentwell1536
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
the King thanks you heartily for the peasen ye sent to him, not only for the neweltye but also for your good remembrance.
#onthisday #tudor #earlymodern #peas #henryviii #tudors #historicalfood #kentwell1536
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
Fashion fan? Browse the latest styles at our Regency hat shop, meet the flamboyant Georgian dandyfops, and stop by an Edwardians picnic. Wear your best for a front row seat at the multi-period fashion show!
Be transported through time at our History Festival24-26 May
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
Be transported through time at our History Festival24-26 May
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
May 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Fashion fan? Browse the latest styles at our Regency hat shop, meet the flamboyant Georgian dandyfops, and stop by an Edwardians picnic. Wear your best for a front row seat at the multi-period fashion show!
Be transported through time at our History Festival24-26 May
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
Be transported through time at our History Festival24-26 May
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
Taking tea in the Regency era.
Our History Festival runs from 24-26 May, and spans history from neolithic times through to the 1970s
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
#internationalteaday #tea #regency #historyfestival #historicalreenactment #suffolk #greatdayout
Our History Festival runs from 24-26 May, and spans history from neolithic times through to the 1970s
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
#internationalteaday #tea #regency #historyfestival #historicalreenactment #suffolk #greatdayout
May 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Taking tea in the Regency era.
Our History Festival runs from 24-26 May, and spans history from neolithic times through to the 1970s
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
#internationalteaday #tea #regency #historyfestival #historicalreenactment #suffolk #greatdayout
Our History Festival runs from 24-26 May, and spans history from neolithic times through to the 1970s
www.kentwell.co.uk/thrutheages
#internationalteaday #tea #regency #historyfestival #historicalreenactment #suffolk #greatdayout
So much is happening in 1536...
Visit our Tudor Midsummer event to find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
Visit our Tudor Midsummer event to find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So much is happening in 1536...
Visit our Tudor Midsummer event to find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
Visit our Tudor Midsummer event to find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
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#lisleletters #otd 1536
Anthony Pickering writes to Lord Lisle:
this present day the Queen was put to death within the Tower in the presence of a thousand people.
#anneboleyn #tudor #tudors #kentwell1536 #onthisday
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Anthony Pickering writes to Lord Lisle:
this present day the Queen was put to death within the Tower in the presence of a thousand people.
#anneboleyn #tudor #tudors #kentwell1536 #onthisday
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#lisleletters #otd 1536
Anthony Pickering writes to Lord Lisle:
this present day the Queen was put to death within the Tower in the presence of a thousand people.
#anneboleyn #tudor #tudors #kentwell1536 #onthisday
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
Anthony Pickering writes to Lord Lisle:
this present day the Queen was put to death within the Tower in the presence of a thousand people.
#anneboleyn #tudor #tudors #kentwell1536 #onthisday
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
15 May is #NationalStrawHatDay, so here are some of our wonderful #Tudors wearing straw hats
#kentwell1536
#tudor
#earlymusic
#strawhatday
#strawhat
#kentwell1536
#tudor
#earlymusic
#strawhatday
#strawhat
May 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
15 May is #NationalStrawHatDay, so here are some of our wonderful #Tudors wearing straw hats
#kentwell1536
#tudor
#earlymusic
#strawhatday
#strawhat
#kentwell1536
#tudor
#earlymusic
#strawhatday
#strawhat
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"some do utterly abhorre cheese and hit is to them as poyson so some other do naturally love cheese and hit is to them a better foode in respecte nature doth deleighte in hitthen any other meate. And therefore Hippocrates in this place doth evidently declare that cheese is not to mankinde hurtefull"
Well done, cheese team!
Damned if we don't like a cheese related story!
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"some do utterly abhorre cheese and hit is to them as poyson so some other do naturally love cheese and hit is to them a better foode in respecte nature doth deleighte in hitthen any other meate. And therefore Hippocrates in this place doth evidently declare that cheese is not to mankinde hurtefull"
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‘he that will judge whether cheese be a convenyent foode for him, must consider the nature of the body, and the temperamente of the cheese and both considered he shalbe hable to judge whether he is like to take harme be cheese or not.’
Well done, cheese team!
Damned if we don't like a cheese related story!
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
May 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
‘he that will judge whether cheese be a convenyent foode for him, must consider the nature of the body, and the temperamente of the cheese and both considered he shalbe hable to judge whether he is like to take harme be cheese or not.’
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A quick 30 seconds of me sewing some quires before the day started at the recent Tudor May Day event at Kentwell Hall.
#tudor #tudortuesday #bookbinding #booksky #craft #kentwell #kentwellhall
#tudor #tudortuesday #bookbinding #booksky #craft #kentwell #kentwellhall
May 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A quick 30 seconds of me sewing some quires before the day started at the recent Tudor May Day event at Kentwell Hall.
#tudor #tudortuesday #bookbinding #booksky #craft #kentwell #kentwellhall
#tudor #tudortuesday #bookbinding #booksky #craft #kentwell #kentwellhall
Well done, cheese team!
Damned if we don't like a cheese related story!
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original Tudor Pamflyt
www.bajr.org/curd-your-en...
Curd Your Enthusiasm: Secrets of oldest book on cheese revealed - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese is revealing its fascinating and sometimes nauseating contents to the public for the first time. A...
www.bajr.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Well done, cheese team!
Love the magical way the light falls in our Red Dining Room.
#windowsonwednesday #diamondpanes #photography #shadows
#windowsonwednesday #diamondpanes #photography #shadows
May 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Love the magical way the light falls in our Red Dining Room.
#windowsonwednesday #diamondpanes #photography #shadows
#windowsonwednesday #diamondpanes #photography #shadows
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Entertaining Henry is performing 20-22 June at The Quay Theatre in Sudbury, Suffolk - three days, six plays, one king. There is a discount if you book for more than one day, and plenty else to do in the area - Kentwell Hall is down the road with Tudor re-enactments that weekend! #history #pilgrimage
May 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Entertaining Henry is performing 20-22 June at The Quay Theatre in Sudbury, Suffolk - three days, six plays, one king. There is a discount if you book for more than one day, and plenty else to do in the area - Kentwell Hall is down the road with Tudor re-enactments that weekend! #history #pilgrimage
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I had a great time last weekend portraying a Dane/Viking with Suffolk Viking chums at Kentwell Hall.
Fantastic site, company and weather!
Fantastic site, company and weather!
May 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I had a great time last weekend portraying a Dane/Viking with Suffolk Viking chums at Kentwell Hall.
Fantastic site, company and weather!
Fantastic site, company and weather!
It's all happening in 1536...
Come to our Midsummer #Tudor event and find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
Come to our Midsummer #Tudor event and find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
May 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
It's all happening in 1536...
Come to our Midsummer #Tudor event and find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
Come to our Midsummer #Tudor event and find out more
www.kentwell.co.uk/midsummer
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#lisleletters #otd 1536
John Husee writes to Lord Lisle:
This day Mr Norrys, Wester, Bryerton, and Markes hath been arraigned, and are judged to be drawn, hanged and quartered. I pray God have mercy on them.
#kentwell1536
#anneboleyn
#tudor #tudors
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
John Husee writes to Lord Lisle:
This day Mr Norrys, Wester, Bryerton, and Markes hath been arraigned, and are judged to be drawn, hanged and quartered. I pray God have mercy on them.
#kentwell1536
#anneboleyn
#tudor #tudors
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#lisleletters #otd 1536
John Husee writes to Lord Lisle:
This day Mr Norrys, Wester, Bryerton, and Markes hath been arraigned, and are judged to be drawn, hanged and quartered. I pray God have mercy on them.
#kentwell1536
#anneboleyn
#tudor #tudors
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
John Husee writes to Lord Lisle:
This day Mr Norrys, Wester, Bryerton, and Markes hath been arraigned, and are judged to be drawn, hanged and quartered. I pray God have mercy on them.
#kentwell1536
#anneboleyn
#tudor #tudors
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
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My writing a few months ago. Augustino De Siena’s writing book is a beautiful piece of handwriting history
Practice makes perfect!
In preparation for #Kentwell1536 one of our #Tudors has been working on his ‘English secretarie’ hand from Augustino de Siena’s 1560 book.
Goal is to be as neat as Cranmer (or Cranmer’s clerk.)
#medievalmonday #mondaymotivation #earlymodern #16thc #penmanship #palaeography
In preparation for #Kentwell1536 one of our #Tudors has been working on his ‘English secretarie’ hand from Augustino de Siena’s 1560 book.
Goal is to be as neat as Cranmer (or Cranmer’s clerk.)
#medievalmonday #mondaymotivation #earlymodern #16thc #penmanship #palaeography
May 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My writing a few months ago. Augustino De Siena’s writing book is a beautiful piece of handwriting history
#Vikings again today, 11-4.
If #warpweightedlooms and #beards are your thing I recommend it. If not, the #historichouse, #tearooms and beautiful #gardens are open as usual.
#suffolk #daysout #heritage
If #warpweightedlooms and #beards are your thing I recommend it. If not, the #historichouse, #tearooms and beautiful #gardens are open as usual.
#suffolk #daysout #heritage
May 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Vikings again today, 11-4.
If #warpweightedlooms and #beards are your thing I recommend it. If not, the #historichouse, #tearooms and beautiful #gardens are open as usual.
#suffolk #daysout #heritage
If #warpweightedlooms and #beards are your thing I recommend it. If not, the #historichouse, #tearooms and beautiful #gardens are open as usual.
#suffolk #daysout #heritage
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Nice to see a familiar face! Nick came to see thatching materials @themerl.bsky.social a few years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drIw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drIw...
Master Thatcher: 1951
YouTube video by The Museum of English Rural Life
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Nice to see a familiar face! Nick came to see thatching materials @themerl.bsky.social a few years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drIw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drIw...
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#lisleletters #otd 1536
Sir John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
And the Queen shall go to her judgement on Monday next.
#kentwell1536 #tudor #tudors #anneboleyn #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
Sir John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
And the Queen shall go to her judgement on Monday next.
#kentwell1536 #tudor #tudors #anneboleyn #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#lisleletters #otd 1536
Sir John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
And the Queen shall go to her judgement on Monday next.
#kentwell1536 #tudor #tudors #anneboleyn #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
Sir John Russell writes to Lord Lisle:
And the Queen shall go to her judgement on Monday next.
#kentwell1536 #tudor #tudors #anneboleyn #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory
@kentwellhall.bsky.social
So nice to hear we have had an impact.
‘The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford - a thatcher who is his colleague today.’
#thatching #historicbuildings #heritagecrafts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford - a thatcher who is his colleague today.’
#thatching #historicbuildings #heritagecrafts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Safeguard thatching or Suffolk areas risk losing character'
It is estimated there are about 25,000 buildings with thatched roofs that are listed.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So nice to hear we have had an impact.
‘The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford - a thatcher who is his colleague today.’
#thatching #historicbuildings #heritagecrafts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford - a thatcher who is his colleague today.’
#thatching #historicbuildings #heritagecrafts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We have #Vikings today.
It’s a lovely spring day for Vikings ❤️
(Photos by Mike Hill)
#daysout #suffolk #eastanglia #history #reenactment #earlymedieval #medieval
It’s a lovely spring day for Vikings ❤️
(Photos by Mike Hill)
#daysout #suffolk #eastanglia #history #reenactment #earlymedieval #medieval
May 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We have #Vikings today.
It’s a lovely spring day for Vikings ❤️
(Photos by Mike Hill)
#daysout #suffolk #eastanglia #history #reenactment #earlymedieval #medieval
It’s a lovely spring day for Vikings ❤️
(Photos by Mike Hill)
#daysout #suffolk #eastanglia #history #reenactment #earlymedieval #medieval
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And on Sunday and Monday, I shall be here being a Tudor bookbinder. So excited!
#bookbinding #booksky #tudor
#bookbinding #booksky #tudor
May Day coming up!
There will be a mummers’ play, May Queen, and dancing round a maypole. So much fun!
Also lovely food & cake in our tearoom. And house, gardens, crafts.
Mayday festivities 3-5th May, www.kentwell.co.uk
#mayday #maypole #mayqueen #spring #folklore #daysout #bankholiday
There will be a mummers’ play, May Queen, and dancing round a maypole. So much fun!
Also lovely food & cake in our tearoom. And house, gardens, crafts.
Mayday festivities 3-5th May, www.kentwell.co.uk
#mayday #maypole #mayqueen #spring #folklore #daysout #bankholiday
May 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And on Sunday and Monday, I shall be here being a Tudor bookbinder. So excited!
#bookbinding #booksky #tudor
#bookbinding #booksky #tudor
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Something for #MayDay
Bringing in the #May.
Illumination by #Simonbening from an early #16thC #bookofhours
BSB CLM 28346
#calendarcustoms #seasonalcustoms #otd #onthisday #earlymodern
Bringing in the #May.
Illumination by #Simonbening from an early #16thC #bookofhours
BSB CLM 28346
#calendarcustoms #seasonalcustoms #otd #onthisday #earlymodern
May 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Something for #MayDay
Bringing in the #May.
Illumination by #Simonbening from an early #16thC #bookofhours
BSB CLM 28346
#calendarcustoms #seasonalcustoms #otd #onthisday #earlymodern
Bringing in the #May.
Illumination by #Simonbening from an early #16thC #bookofhours
BSB CLM 28346
#calendarcustoms #seasonalcustoms #otd #onthisday #earlymodern