The Fool’s Cap
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist A delightful surprise recently emerged in the Archives. These jester-type characters appear on the loose covers of some court books
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist A delightful surprise recently emerged in the Archives. These jester-type characters appear on the loose covers of some court books
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This watercolour shows the R.D. Blackmore memorial window, painted by A. F. Erridge of J. Wippell & Co. Ltd, Exeter. J. Wippell & Co. were founded in 1789
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Some monuments and ledger stones in the Cathedral have lengthy inscriptions, declaring the virtues and life stories of the people
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This photograph was taken during the demolition of the seventeenth century houses built on the site of the Medieval Cloisters.
by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Have you ever heard of St Oflamnus? It is not surprising if you haven’t, because no saint of that name
by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist In 1286, following the murder – three years earlier – of the Cathedral’s Precentor, Walter Lechlade, an agreement was drawn
by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Farley Sinkins was born in Leeds in 1845, the son of Devon-born William Sinkins and his wife Susanna, who were
By Ellie Jones In 1281 Richard de Brendesworth and William de Tyrtyngs carried out a visitation of 19 parishes in Devon, and nine in Cornwall,
Photo by John Saunders By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist This beautiful 14th century gold ring, engraved with a charming depiction of the Virgin and
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist The feast of St Piran, patron saint of Cornwall, is on 5 March. Perranzabuloe is a small hamlet in