Medieval History
Almost 630 years of waiting are almost over as the face of Suffolk?s most iconic and tragic figure is set to be revealed.
Forensic experts from Dundee University have been working to put a face to Simon Theobald of Sudbury who had his head hacked off by Watt Tyler?s rampaging mob during the peasant uprising in 1381 for his role in introducing the poll tax.
In June the team removed the skull, which sits in a cubby hole in St Gregory?s Church, Sudbury, and took it to West Suffolk Hospital for a series of scans by a radiologist in the first phase of the process to reconstruct his face and reveal what he would have looked like.
Click here to read this article from the East Anglian Daily Times
See also their earlier article 'Bury St Edmunds: 630-year-old skull is West Suffolk Hospital?s ?oldest patient?
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Medieval History
Face of slain 14th century English archbishop to be revealed soon
Forensic experts from Dundee University have been working to put a face to Simon Theobald of Sudbury who had his head hacked off by Watt Tyler?s rampaging mob during the peasant uprising in 1381 for his role in introducing the poll tax.
In June the team removed the skull, which sits in a cubby hole in St Gregory?s Church, Sudbury, and took it to West Suffolk Hospital for a series of scans by a radiologist in the first phase of the process to reconstruct his face and reveal what he would have looked like.
Click here to read this article from the East Anglian Daily Times
See also their earlier article 'Bury St Edmunds: 630-year-old skull is West Suffolk Hospital?s ?oldest patient?
- Peasants' Revolt: The Time When Women Took Up Arms
Until now the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is largely believed to have been led by a mob of rebel men, but new research shows women played an important role in orchestrating violence against the government. Today people are used to the idea of women...
- Was St Edmund Killed By The Vikings In Essex?
Keith Briggs, a visiting research fellow in linguistics at the University of the West of England, has proposed a new site for the battle in which King Edmund of East Anglia was killed in 869. If confirmed, the new proposal would change our understanding...
- Researchers Recreate Face Of Ancient Human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway?s best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived in Scandinavia 7,500 years ago. ?It is hoped that this reconstruction is a good likeness and that, if someone...
- Medieval Barn Blaze Prompts Priory Fears
Urgent protection has been called for at an historic priory site after arsonists destroyed one of the region?s finest medieval barns. The 14th-century thatched and timber building at St Bartholomew?s Priory, in Clermont Avenue, Sudbury, has been lost...
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I can't resist posting these images of the fifteenth century arch braced ceiling at Holy Trinity in Blythburgh in Suffolk. The whole surface of the ceiling is covered in delicate polychromy, with stencilled monograms and stylised...