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A Year of Two Elections
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This satirical broadside was one of a series produced in 1868, a year of two elections in Exeter, just as…
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John Marchesinus’ Guide for Clergy
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Towards the end of the 13th century, John Marchesinus, a Franciscan friar living near Modena in Italy, compiled an educational…
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International Archives Day: Stuart Moore’s Calendar of the Archives (1873)
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist “To the historian and the archaeologist these Archives are an almost unworked mine of priceless worth… the careful student of…
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Nutcombe Nutcombe
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Nutcombe Nutcombe is a memorable sort of name, and one which many visitors comment on when they see it on…
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Meeting a Medieval Manuscript – with students at Exeter University
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian I recommend reading Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel, published by Allen Lane in 2016. The Guardian described…
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Richard Hooker: Inventing Anglicanism
By Emma Laws, Exeter Cathedral Librarian Richard Hooker, born in Heavitree on the outskirts of Exeter in either 1553 or 1554, was one of the…
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Medieval Mathematical Marvels
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist and Marie Jäcker, medieval historian at Kiel University, Germany The accounts of Exeter Cathedral’s Fabric Fund are an incredible source of information…
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Local and Community History Month
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist May is Local & Community History Month, which seems like a good opportunity to highlight the astonishing range of places…
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Happy Birthday, Shakespeare
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This week we celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday – the exact date is not recorded but is generally believed to be 23…
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“…much visited by the curious…”
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian If TripAdvisor had existed in the 18th century, I wonder what people would have said about the city of Exeter…