Dr Martin Roberts
@robertsmartino.bsky.social
Medieval & Early Modern Historian (PhD Nottingham 2020). Writes about C16 Church Courts. Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Lincoln. Once a lawyer. Still overweight. Increasingly bald. Never keen on Fascists. Philogynist.
Short piece by me in the latest Lincoln Record Society newsletter. It starts under the picture.
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Short piece by me in the latest Lincoln Record Society newsletter. It starts under the picture.
Well, this is special and an absolute must-see! #RSCScottishPlay #SamHeughan and the whole cast were awesome!!
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well, this is special and an absolute must-see! #RSCScottishPlay #SamHeughan and the whole cast were awesome!!
Can anyone decipher Robert's surname here, please? #PalaeographyPuzzle
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Can anyone decipher Robert's surname here, please? #PalaeographyPuzzle
#PalaeographyPuzzle! "Uice... what?" Any help much appreciated.
September 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#PalaeographyPuzzle! "Uice... what?" Any help much appreciated.
Hi @cathamclarke.bsky.social! Your fame, and perhaps the roots of your eventual fortune, have reached the very edge (some might say well beyond the edge) of civilisation! Book spotted in @waterstones.bsky.social Boston today!!! Any news on a paperback edition?
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hi @cathamclarke.bsky.social! Your fame, and perhaps the roots of your eventual fortune, have reached the very edge (some might say well beyond the edge) of civilisation! Book spotted in @waterstones.bsky.social Boston today!!! Any news on a paperback edition?
Thanks for your help, Jo. Much appreciated. I think I'd been filled by the inkstain or water damage over the middle "c". Here's an "I/J" for you.
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thanks for your help, Jo. Much appreciated. I think I'd been filled by the inkstain or water damage over the middle "c". Here's an "I/J" for you.
Today's #PalaeographyPuzzle. Can someone please help me identify this Saint's Day?
!["... post festo sancti [?] ?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsqy27gzvvi2bxpj6syuckkr/bafkreiamrp4uctutsl2l4rxzchxipch4qvfverosgkdrqdkhqhja7qlem4@jpeg)
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today's #PalaeographyPuzzle. Can someone please help me identify this Saint's Day?
Day Two: I hate lazy Elizabethan scribes with a vengeance! I used to think the ms I worked on from the 1520s was hard work. This, from 1561, is IMPOSSIBLE! Yes, I know that's more than 25 years, but that's how hard it is!!! Double ugh!!!
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Day Two: I hate lazy Elizabethan scribes with a vengeance! I used to think the ms I worked on from the 1520s was hard work. This, from 1561, is IMPOSSIBLE! Yes, I know that's more than 25 years, but that's how hard it is!!! Double ugh!!!
You're definitely a proper historian, Caroline! And, much-needed in today's weird world. PS Sorry I didn't get to you about those books. Lots of hard personal stuff over the past few months. Nice to be back on campus in my new office today, although this keeps frightening the life out of me ...
September 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You're definitely a proper historian, Caroline! And, much-needed in today's weird world. PS Sorry I didn't get to you about those books. Lots of hard personal stuff over the past few months. Nice to be back on campus in my new office today, although this keeps frightening the life out of me ...
Wembley! Coldplay!!
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wembley! Coldplay!!
#PalaeographyChallenge Could someone help me decipher the interlineation, please? It's 'et [something]. TIA
August 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#PalaeographyChallenge Could someone help me decipher the interlineation, please? It's 'et [something]. TIA
#PalaeographyChallenge Any ideas on the word after 'ther was yll...'? TIA
August 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#PalaeographyChallenge Any ideas on the word after 'ther was yll...'? TIA
I first read this as 'polish my nails'. Am I tired?
August 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I first read this as 'polish my nails'. Am I tired?
@drklmckeogh.bsky.social Don't suppose you can tell me the word in the middle beginning with an 'h', could you? Please?
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@drklmckeogh.bsky.social Don't suppose you can tell me the word in the middle beginning with an 'h', could you? Please?
Any ideas, anybody? TIA ##SkyStorians
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Any ideas, anybody? TIA ##SkyStorians
#PalaeographyPals When did the question mark start to get written down in legal depositions? This is from 1547. Is that early, or am I getting excited over nothing?
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#PalaeographyPals When did the question mark start to get written down in legal depositions? This is from 1547. Is that early, or am I getting excited over nothing?
One of those books that changes your life. Elif Shafak, thank you.
July 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
One of those books that changes your life. Elif Shafak, thank you.
Ghosts from my past...
July 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Ghosts from my past...
This morning's sessions done and dusted! Thank you all of my fellow speakers! Thanks to organisers & moderators too! Finally thanks to #LincolnRecordSociety for funding & #EcclesiasticalHistorySociety for support! Questions were great too! Finally, thx to @hannah-boston.bsky.social for the pic!
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This morning's sessions done and dusted! Thank you all of my fellow speakers! Thanks to organisers & moderators too! Finally thanks to #LincolnRecordSociety for funding & #EcclesiasticalHistorySociety for support! Questions were great too! Finally, thx to @hannah-boston.bsky.social for the pic!
Does the whole thing help?
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Does the whole thing help?