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29th September 2021The Abbey and tradeBy Martyn Taylor Guilds in the Middle Ages played an important role in society. They provided a way for trade skills to be learned and…
29th September 2021The King departs only to returnBy Martyn Taylor The shrine of St Edmund at the Abbey, visited by kings and queens over time would see an extended stay in 1433,…
3rd September 2021A Momentous CenturyBy Martyn Taylor The Abbey experienced  two cataclysmic disasters when in 1430 the great western Tower fell and  in 1465 when negligent plumbers left their…
3rd September 2021The Town Rebels and more troubleBy Martyn Taylor In 1327 a year of national unrest with the grim demise of Edward II the town was under the total control of…
3rd September 2021A Final Resting PlaceBy Martyn Taylor One of only a surviving handful in this country, the Chapel of the Charnel was a consecrated bone depository for skeletal remains…
3rd September 2021The Abbott’s BridgeBy Martyn Taylor Circa 1211, the land on the east side of the River Lark came to be used as The Vinefields, winemaking in monasteries…
26th July 2021After Samson – Magna CartaBy Martyn Taylor Samson reversed the disastrous financial fortunes of the Abbey by protecting its privileges. Even to the extent of denying a market at…
26th July 2021Samson and life in the AbbeyBy Martyn Taylor Much is known about Abbot Samson of Tottington, Norfolk thanks to an amazing account of abbey life by Joscelin de Brakelond. He…
10th May 2021Anselm and OrdingBy Martyn Taylor After Baldwins death there was a period of unsettlement  when three other abbots came and went until an Italian abbot, Anselm the…
10th May 2021The Confessor’s Gift and Abbott BaldwinBy Martyn Taylor Edward the Confessor, the son of Ethelred the ‘Unready’ and Emma of Normandy would see his mother marry Cnut , King of…

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