Melisende Fitzwalter is the only surviving child of Sir Hugh Fitzwalter, youngest son of Sir Theobald Fitzwalter of Copsale, near Horsham in Sussex.

Born in 1349 the youngest of 3 boys and one girl, surviving offspring of Sir Theobald Fitzwalter and his wife Aline Goodricke, Hugh was disinclined to enter the church.  His family was long- ( Read more... )

The warmed brighter weather has inspired me to Spring Clean the house!  So on the day the clocks changed, we grabbed, mop, bucket, cloths and polish and in a frenzy of activity, hit the house hard.  We managed most of the ground floor by the end of the day, having taken time out to go shopping for food supplies (and to enjoy the lovely sunshine).  ( Read more... )

Caerphilly is now over and done with.  I only have two grated fingers, one skinned knuckle and two large burns to show for it - and the fighters think that only they suffer for their Art! J

In the end I enjoyed myself, and I am glad that the feast went out on time and suitably edible.  However I really could have done without cooking another feast.  ( Read more... )

LJ is crap!

Go to Flickr!

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Forgive me Livejournal, for I have sinned.  It has been nearly a year since my last post……………………..

Well, we have moved.

Pros:

We no longer live in Essex

We no longer live in a tiny flat and have to rent storage space

We live just outside Cambridge

We have a 3-bedroom semi all to ourselves!

We can now go to A&S nights on Tuesday evenings

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Reading of recent reports of Soldiers newly back from Afghanistan being banned from pubs and/or other venues, I was reminded of a certain Rudyard Kipling Poem, originally published in 1890 - which goes to prove that certain attitudes transcend centuries ( Read more... )

Goodbye marcusstendahl 
I hope you have fantastic bright beginnings in the New World with your Beloved.

All the best for the future, and know that you will be missed.
Hope to see you again soon.

Many hugs

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