In the early modern period thousands of people whose mother tongue was Dutch came to the English county of Norfolk. Whilst some of them only stayed for a short while, others settled and established communities in the towns of King's Lynn, Thetford, and Great Yarmouth and the city of ...
and in 1094 he journeyed to Rome to ask forgiveness of Pope Urban for his act of simony. On his return, Bishop Herbert transferred his see from Thetford to Norfolk, the largest and most important town in his see.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre destroyed Sergius IV becomes Pope The Vikings murder Aelfheah Danes invade Norfolk Danegeld paid Benedict VIII is elected Pope Autumn Emma and Edward leave England Nov London surrenders to Swein Feb 3 Swein dies ...
The Normans in Norfolk Sticky Trans-Norfolk bikepacking, F2C. Part 2: Cley to Great Yarmouth InCycling,Nature,Norfolk,UK Read Story Sticky Trans-Norfolk bikepacking, F2C. Part 1: Thetford to Cley InCycling,Nature,Norfolk,UK Read Story
” The text is partially autobiographical. He explains that having recanted for the second time at the foot of St Paul’s Cross he decamped from London to “avoid the ravening paws of these greedy wolves.” First he went to Thetford to visit his family and from there he set off to ...
Instead, Anne’s uncle Richard arranged a betrothal to Thomas Howard who would one day become the 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Once Richard III was overthrown in 1485 Howard petitioned for the betrothal to stand – meanwhile Anne served her sister Elizabeth of York as a lady-in-waiting. She feature...
Only a year after the marriage Elizabeth’s eldest son, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, died. Richmond had been married in 1533, to Mary Howard, a younger daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, though the marriage was never consummated due to the young couple’s tender ages. Young Henry passed...
Thomas Beccon – reformer, propagandist and barometer of England’s Reformation. Posted on June 4, 2017 1 Beccon or Becon was born in Norfolk around 1510-12, so during the first eighteen months of Henry VIII ascending the throne. He was educated in Cambridge where he studied under the ...
Norfolk, administrative and historic county of eastern England. It is bounded by Suffolk (south), Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire (west), and the North Sea (north and east). The administrative county comprises seven districts. The historic county is near
Thetford (town) Broadland (district) Great Yarmouth (town and district) King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (district) Castle Rising (village) King’s Lynn (town) Sandringham (village) North Norfolk (district) Norwich (city and district) South Norfolk (district) North East Lincolnshire (unitary autho...