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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…
10th May 2021Danish atonement and Cnut’s ChurchBy Martyn Taylor Within a few years of Edmund’s death (canonised around 930) many of the Danes converted to Christianity and it wasn’t long before…
10th May 2021Edmund – when and where it all began!By Martyn Taylor Not much is known about the young Edmund. Born in 841AD the young Anglo-Saxon Edmund was crowned at Bures, Essex in 855…
23rd April 2021A Wildflower Labyrinth in the Abbey GardensThe 36m diameter labyrinth, designed to celebrate 1000 years since the founding of the Abbey of St Edmund, has been planted on the site of…
28th November 2020Hundreds watch first live talkThe first of four online talks streamed free from St Edmundsbury Cathedral, on their Facebook page, to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of…
12th October 2020From Rise to Ruins: four streamed talks plannedFour online talks streamed free from St Edmundsbury Cathedral to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey in 1020. 28 November 2020…
18th August 2020St Edmund honour ahead of pilgrimage to mark 1000 years of the AbbeyBury St Edmunds was once a centre of international pilgrimage with people travelling thousands of miles to visit the shrine of St Edmund. Now, to…

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