For this blog we gratefully acknowledge the help of our Bluesky community, particularly Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler, Professor Laurie Johnson, and Professor Tracey Hill, who tackled our palaeography conundrum and identified our ‘Eyrye of Swannys’. This month’s testator is John Spurstowe ‘esquier’, whose will was proved in 1540. This document provides an insight into the life […]
Laura Sangha and Min Wild. All photographs courtesy of Tom Hurley, Devon Digital. ‘What a brilliant night! Wills: dry, formal, boring? This was story telling at its best: intriguing, engaging, human!’ ‘We really didn’t know what to expect but we were blown away by the talent on show! So many musical genres, beautiful lyrics and […]