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The grave at Ratlinghope of the last 'Sin-eater', Richard Munslow, (d. 1906). His job was to cleanse the sins of those who died unshriven by eating bread and drinking ale passed him across the coffin: "For thy peace I pawn my own soul". Unsurprisingly the church did not approve!

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The Brownes were major landowners around Saffron Walden. On 1607 Sir Ambrose (1st bart) in married Elizabeth Adam, a wealthy Walden heiress. Most of his holdings were sold by their son Sir Adam in 1668-9, including the tenements that would become the Sun Inn - to Henry Winstanley

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7 July 1622: Ambrose Browne MP for #Surrey created Baron of Betchworth Castle #otd (Ruins of Betchworth Castle, Martyn Davies)

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Author of William the Conqueror’s ‘Medieval Big Data’ project revealed | University of Oxford

Author of William the Conqueror’s ‘Medieval Big Data’ project

A landmark study co-authored by Professor Stephen Baxter, Professor of Medieval History, Faculty of History, has shed ...

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Please follow this link to find out more details about the Thanksgiving Service at Mundon:

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Welcome to the Friends of Friendless Churches. A charity dedicated to rescuing and protecting historic places of wor...

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