Posts by Benjamin Trowbridge Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: The forgotten prince and his Milanese brideFriday 2 March 2018For Lionel his sonne with theim to send The duke his doughter of Melayn...Records and researchThe day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350Thursday 22 February 2018‘…so ought not this event in any history to be forgotten. Then it is...Records and researchWhat Court of Chivalry records reveal about 14th century soldiersMonday 23 October 2017 “The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence...Records and researchUncovering evidence of the Black Prince’s Spanish gamble: NajeraWednesday 26 April 2017Exploring a forgotten Iberian dimension to the Hundred Years' War…...Records and research17th century Japan through English eyesMonday 10 April 2017Scorsese’s Silence lifts the lid on a forgotten aspect of history: when European trade...Records and researchThe Battle of the Seine: Henry V’s unknown naval triumphTuesday 9 August 2016On 15 August 1416, a fleet of English ships defeated a Franco-Genoese naval force...Records and researchMeeting Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s pirate queenThursday 16 June 2016There are many surprising finds when you peer into the annals of piracy -...Records and researchFastolf not ‘Falstaff’: the soldier behind Shakespeare’s mythWednesday 4 May 2016The Falstaff of Shakespeare’s plays bears little resemblance to what we understand of the...Records and researchSir Hugh John: an ideal 15th century knight?Friday 18 December 2015It is amazing how a quiet afternoon at The National Archives can provide an...Archives and archivistsCommemorating the Battle of Agincourt at The National ArchivesMonday 16 November 2015On 27 October, a wave of Agincourt fever spread through The National Archives. With...Records and researchWar cries and clashing steel: the Battle of AgincourtTuesday 27 October 2015A bedraggled and weary English army of over 9,000 men made its way across the river...Records and researchThe Battle of Kringen, 1612: uncovering an obscure Norwegian conflictMonday 5 October 2015I was travelling through the town of Otta, about halfway on the route between... 1 2 »
