Richard Cassidy
@rjcassidy.bsky.social
Potters around with pipe rolls, and sometimes memoranda rolls or even receipt and issue rolls. 13th century English government finance, in other words. Also does crosswords and dotes on grandchildren.
Good title. Try to get it finished in time for the 750th anniversary.
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good title. Try to get it finished in time for the 750th anniversary.
Unfortunately, as I now spend two days a week looking after grandson, and one day a week recovering, I will be unable to take up your ingenious suggestion. Have fun!
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Unfortunately, as I now spend two days a week looking after grandson, and one day a week recovering, I will be unable to take up your ingenious suggestion. Have fun!
Congratulations. As everyone has no doubt already told you, the first twenty years are the worst …
You then get a break before becoming a grandparent, and start changing nappies again.
You then get a break before becoming a grandparent, and start changing nappies again.
October 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Congratulations. As everyone has no doubt already told you, the first twenty years are the worst …
You then get a break before becoming a grandparent, and start changing nappies again.
You then get a break before becoming a grandparent, and start changing nappies again.
On the heavy tallages, I think the major source is Robert Stacey, ‘1240-60: a watershed in Anglo-Jewish relations’, in Historical Research vol LXI, 1988.
September 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
On the heavy tallages, I think the major source is Robert Stacey, ‘1240-60: a watershed in Anglo-Jewish relations’, in Historical Research vol LXI, 1988.
Attrib to Samuel Johnson (as is just about everything which isn’t attrib to Oscar Wilde):
“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”
“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”
May 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Attrib to Samuel Johnson (as is just about everything which isn’t attrib to Oscar Wilde):
“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”
“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”
Wow. Surely the last bag must contain the Lego Quasimodo.
May 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Wow. Surely the last bag must contain the Lego Quasimodo.
Ah yes, the old straight wire.
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ah yes, the old straight wire.
I only say it because I mean it. And I hope it helps to spread the word.
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I only say it because I mean it. And I hope it helps to spread the word.
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading it.
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading it.
Fortunately, not a problem I have to deal with in indexes concerning 13th century England.
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fortunately, not a problem I have to deal with in indexes concerning 13th century England.
Poor Berengaria - she had a hard time getting what she was owed.
March 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Poor Berengaria - she had a hard time getting what she was owed.
May I add H.M. Cam on the hundred rolls and the sheriffs. And first woman professor at Harvard, I believe.
March 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
May I add H.M. Cam on the hundred rolls and the sheriffs. And first woman professor at Harvard, I believe.
In Word preferences, go to AutoCorrect, then select Maths AutoCorrect. I think you will find that it should replace \thinsp with a thin space, if it is turned on. If you will be using this a lot, perhaps you could choose something shorter as the thing to be replaced.
March 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In Word preferences, go to AutoCorrect, then select Maths AutoCorrect. I think you will find that it should replace \thinsp with a thin space, if it is turned on. If you will be using this a lot, perhaps you could choose something shorter as the thing to be replaced.
Exciting times! Looking forward to reading it.
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Exciting times! Looking forward to reading it.
Just in time to ensure that you make the most of the week by having plenty of sleep.
February 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Just in time to ensure that you make the most of the week by having plenty of sleep.
When I worked in the press office at British Gas, I seemed to spend a lot of my time telling reporters that the chairman was Sir Denis with one n (which I found confusing, because my father was Dennis with two ns).
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When I worked in the press office at British Gas, I seemed to spend a lot of my time telling reporters that the chairman was Sir Denis with one n (which I found confusing, because my father was Dennis with two ns).
Maximum opus - had I but known how big it would turn out to be, and how long it would take, I don’t think I would have started it.
February 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Maximum opus - had I but known how big it would turn out to be, and how long it would take, I don’t think I would have started it.
It will probably be a while before it reaches you, but I hope you find something useful in it.
January 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It will probably be a while before it reaches you, but I hope you find something useful in it.
I hope you find useful material for your areas of interest - there seemed to be an awful lot of people paying for writs.
January 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I hope you find useful material for your areas of interest - there seemed to be an awful lot of people paying for writs.