Here's the full entry in the document (Glos. Archives, P76/CH/1/1). It was very common for churchwardens and overseers to make payments to itinerant travellers as they passed through the country. If I had to speculate, I wonder if he was a mariner, making his way over land between ports.

Out in the field taking final illustrations for the book on Herriard, and the late evening sun is picking out the mass dials on the parish church perfectly.

Oh... oh my. So, @vchlondon.bsky.social... history of the post office??

Really enjoying reading this with my 7yo, and I can thoroughly recommend this excellent time for anyone with a budding historian of place in the household. Currently very reasonably priced at Postscript. I don’t suppose anyone has already found the time traveller on the Viking page??

Yum! My Christmas presents to myself just arrived!

It's a project I've been working on - intermittently! - for a couple of decades, so it's pleasing finally to bring it to this stage, although there's still a lot to do. The extant surveys cover 38 counties of England and Wales, varying from just a few parishes to complete counties.

Tracking the ownership of an advowson has led me to the most wonderful inventory of a Sherborne inn-keeper, where the rooms were given the names of hart, George, lion, bear, sun, half-moon, maidenhead, and cross keys - for a picture on the door or in the room? #earlymodern 🗃️