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Revealing and fascinating, and usefully supplementing Prof Perring's talk on the longer period (he did make it the end, but the latter part was indeed a bit rushed on that occasion!). I'm very taken with the proposition that a shift from an urban focus doesn't necessarily denote collapse but rather a change in the mode of living and producing (and I'm very much a townie, so it's not an anti-urban point). I see it as parallel here to a general process in which provincial development under the Empire itself generated the centrifugal forces that keep popping up from 260: "Now we have all this Roman stuff, do we still need Rome?" - and did Britannia therefore still need its seat of Roman power as may have been the case formerly?
I'm a direct descendant of John Stow. His one grandson came over to the states and the name was changed over to Spurr in around 1600 (Robert Spurr Massachusetts).
I’m also a direct descendant of John Stow I’m Hayden Stowe, I’m a descendant of his son John Stow II and it was with John’s great grandson Thomas Stow that we came to America in Massachusetts sometime between 1615-1638. John is my 13th great grandfather.
I'm sorry but, I seem to have missed the purpose of the circular, brick lined pit. Was it a well or a sump? There are a great many drains through the area so I assume they are not all about the kitchen, the kitchen is just in an unfortunate place, maybe given a low priority by the Monks.
The misericord was at first used by monks in poor health, where they were permitted to eat meat. Later as the monastic life became more relaxed and the number of monks declined, it became used as the general refectory.
Yes indeed. Who is the first man talking? And on,y half his face. Then no slides. Very badly organised and I d have liked to have seen these ’kitchens’.
Nice sleuthing about the ring. I surmise it was originally made for Catherine herself, then handed down to (or "borrowed" by) her son after she had outgrown it. I wonder if the boy dropped it down the loo while fidgeting with it, or if he accidentally swallowed it the day before making his deposit.
@@margaretlavender9647 Did you listen to his explanation ? The ring they found can probably be traced back to a certain Catherine, who died by giving birth and who's son later was admitted in Westminster school ... See 35:35 and later on in the Q&A
Thankyou Stephanie, I have lived in Bermondsey all my life and have recently began trying to trace the routes of the Rivers Neckinger and Earls Sluice. This is very informative and given me lots of bnew places to check out.
Haha! Me too. I'm part of the Spurr family. The name changed over to Spurr when his one grandson Robert came over to Massachusetts in around 1600. Direct descendant, and the name Spurr lived on with my lineage right on up to my mother Lovena Spurr when she married my father and took on his name, Strom. But yeah, 17 generations back John Stowe is my greatest of grandfathers. It's actually why I came here.
Thank you for producing this informative virtual tour. I fou d this video having searched for information on the Earl's Sluice having watched a video about walking along its triburary the Peck, "Walking the Lost River Peck" by John Rogers (Jul 2021) m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZV5zWuJ7jUM.html
