October this year marks the 650th anniversary of the death of William Edington, Bishop of Winchester. A financially astute servant of King Edward III, Edington served as Keeper of the Wardrobe, Treasurer and Chancellor throughout his career, arranging the kingdom’s ...
670 years ago today, on 26 August 1346, one of the most significant victories in English military history took place – the Battle of Crécy – where, against the odds, Edward III’s army defeated the forces of Philip VI of ...
‘Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day’ – Shakespeare, Henry V Sir John Trebell – The Story of an Agincourt Veteran at St George’s This year celebrates the ...
Attached to a small yet significant piece of parchment in the Archives [SGC XI.G.1] can be found one of the earliest examples of a medieval lady’s seal to survive anywhere in the country. Dating from c.1122-1133, the seal belonged to ...