I have just spent the best part of a week working through the pipe rolls of Edward the 2nd. It has been back breaking work but really worthwhile as it has provided me with a huge amount of information to work through. The next step is to sit back and let the implications of what I have discovered sink in and then try and fold these into my historical research.
The enduring impression I have is that Sir Humphrey would have felt right at home in the 14th century court. The most wonderfully bureaucratic episode was when Edward 2nd was captured and brought to his estranged wife's court. In this act the governance of England is passed to Edward's son, also Edward. However, from the clerk's point of view, the most important item was that the pipe rolls of the King had been correctly sealed and passed over to the new king's clerk. The old king gets perfunctory mention compared to the sealed rolls. I think this says a great deal about what it is to be English.
Now back to the ARPS portfolio and having more dental work - I'm not sure which is worse.
Simon Marchini LRPS
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