Kubrick's Lens Cap

All work and no play makes Jack and dull boy.

Month: June 2024

St Etheldreda

23rd June 2024 / / 0 Comments

Saint Æthelthryth, or Etheldreda. of Ely23rd June, marks the feast day of St Etheldreda, a saint associated with Ely Cathedral who died in 679AD. jon rosling

Etheldreda, also known as Æthelthryth, is particularly significant to the Anglican tradition due to her association with Ely Cathedral, which remains a key site of pilgrimage and historical importance within the Church of England.

St. Etheldreda, sometimes also known as Audrey, was an Anglo-Saxon princess, abbess, and saint who lived in the 7th century. She was born around 636AD in Exning, Suffolk and was one of the four saintly daughters of Continue reading

What’s In A Name? Thomas Rotherham … alias Scott? Pt II

12th June 2024 / / 0 Comments

This is part two of an article an article I wrote for  Blanc Sangliers, the quarterly journal of the Richard III Society Yorkshire Branch.

You can read part one here. jon rosling

Cover page of JR Scott's Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scott's Hall. Image sourced by John Rosling

Cover page of JR Scott’s Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scott’s Hall.

In his book Memorials of the Family Scott of Scott’s Hall in the County of Kent, JR Scott ascribes the parentage of Thomas Rotherham to Sir John Scott, the son of Sir William Scott of Scott’s Hall in Kent.

However, the providence of this is so dubious as to bring to question JR Scott’s reason for doing so in the first place. Although JR Scott gives no date of birth for Sir John, other historians do, having him born in or around 1423 – the same year that Thomas Rotherham himself was born.

That there is no record of Sir John holding any office until the late 1430s lends credence to the assumption that he was born around the same time as Thomas Rotherham and therefore

Continue reading

What’s In A Name? Thomas Rotherham… alias Scott? Part I

9th June 2024 / / 0 Comments

This is the first part of a long article on the fifteenth-century Archbishop of York, Thomas Rotherham, which I recently wrote for  Blanc Sangliers, the quarterly journal of the Richard III Society Yorkshire Branch.  jon rosling

Lincoln College portrait of Thomas Rotherham

Thomas Rotherham (1423-1500), Bishop of Lincoln (1471-1500), Second Founder of Lincoln College; Lincoln College, University of Oxford

Hanging above the high table of Lincoln College Hall in Oxford is a portrait of a man regarded as the second founder of the college[i], Thomas Rotherham, one-time Bishop of Lincoln and at the end of his life, Archbishop of York.

With its pious gaze and prayerful hands, the portrait has looked down on generations of Lincoln College students, overseeing their daily affairs in much the same way the Archbishop himself oversaw the running of England during his time as Lord Chancellor and confidante to the kings and queens of the late fifteenth century.

Continue reading

The Ruins of Recusancy

2nd June 2024 / / 1 Comment

The Babington ConspiratorsAmidst the steep, tree lined hills hills and chalky paths around Grindleford in Derbyshire lay the ruins of Padley Hall. I have written previously how this ancient manor  passed through the hands of various families from Norman lords to Tudor Elizabethan knights. jon rosling

But throughout the twists and turns that litter the history of Padley Hall, nothing quite matches the betrayal, deceit and darkness that followed after 1588.

Continue reading

© 2025 Kubrick's Lens Cap

Theme by Anders Norén — Up ↑

Social media & sharing icons powered by UltimatelySocial