Nicholas Breton: Four of the Clocke - a detailed description of life through the day in #earlymodern England From Fantasticks, 1626
Read by Peter Kenny
Throwback podcast! In 2021, during lockdown, the writer and actor Debbie Cannon was interviewed by Lottie Walker about all things Alice Thornton. They talk about the one-woman play, 'The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton', which we are now bringing to Durham Cathedral (October 19 and 20th 2023). The podcast has now been uploaded to youtube so do have a listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSzOiDImPw @histodons@litodons@histodon#SeventeenthCentury#manuscripts#WomensHistory
Why did Alice Thornton's uncle die suddenly in autumn 1647? According to Thornton, it was because he gorged on melons grown at his South Yorkshire estates. Jo Edge examines why melons were considered so desirable - and yet so dangerous - in the early modern period. https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/food/forbidden-fruit/
#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/