Mark Hailwood
@markhailwood.bsky.social
Historian of everyday life in England, c.1500-1700 | Bristol Uni | First Gen | Devon & Somerset
A missed opportunity on the headline here @wsc.co.uk. ‘Rewilding’, surely?
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A missed opportunity on the headline here @wsc.co.uk. ‘Rewilding’, surely?
I believe you kids call this an ‘unboxing’…
October 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I believe you kids call this an ‘unboxing’…
Proper snow! In Exeter! In November!
Thoughts and prayers are with the hydrangea at this time...
Thoughts and prayers are with the hydrangea at this time...
November 21, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Proper snow! In Exeter! In November!
Thoughts and prayers are with the hydrangea at this time...
Thoughts and prayers are with the hydrangea at this time...
Away from my desk I play village cricket in the summer, and visit non-league football grounds in the winter, so you might get some snaps of those too... (5/5)
November 12, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Away from my desk I play village cricket in the summer, and visit non-league football grounds in the winter, so you might get some snaps of those too... (5/5)
Thanks for the help folks; it is either mittemus or mittence (I think its the former, but appears again later in the document looking more like the latter). Either way, the meaning of a warrant issued by a justice committing a person to custody makes sense.
November 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Thanks for the help folks; it is either mittemus or mittence (I think its the former, but appears again later in the document looking more like the latter). Either way, the meaning of a warrant issued by a justice committing a person to custody makes sense.
Folks do paleography here right? I think this says 'made her mittence'. But what does it mean? The full sentence is:
she being brought before [a JP] upon examination of her found just cause to send her to the house of correction, and made her mittens and delivered [her to the tithingman]
she being brought before [a JP] upon examination of her found just cause to send her to the house of correction, and made her mittens and delivered [her to the tithingman]
November 17, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Folks do paleography here right? I think this says 'made her mittence'. But what does it mean? The full sentence is:
she being brought before [a JP] upon examination of her found just cause to send her to the house of correction, and made her mittens and delivered [her to the tithingman]
she being brought before [a JP] upon examination of her found just cause to send her to the house of correction, and made her mittens and delivered [her to the tithingman]
Ah, I know... cat pic!
November 17, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Ah, I know... cat pic!