Paid a visit to the rather lovely @LincsCathedral today :)pic.twitter.com/n4WRmJEQJq
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Entrance to the 15thC prison cell at Lincoln Cathedral in 1773, located under the NW tower http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/topdrawings/l/005add000015541u00079000.html …pic.twitter.com/PjwDh1rl2q
Prison cell was under the cathedral bells & must have been most unpleasant! Picture shows Sir Joseph Banks visiting the cell in the L18thC.
How long do you suppose the average prisoner lasted before having to be transferred to Bedlam?
Not long I suspect! Most refs to use in 16thC... had less worries back then, perhaps?!
@caitlinrgreen @LincsCathedral This paten is particularly lovely
Presumably Lincoln didn't rob its own tombs recentlypic.twitter.com/FYoaE3EkXC
@BeardyHowse @LincsCathedral It really is :) And no, not recently! The tomb was opened in 1889 during renovations: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1132-1/dissemination/pdf/046/046_114_119.pdf …
@caitlinrgreen @BeardyHowse @LincsCathedral Intriguing that ecclesiastical accoutrements the only grave goods generally in medieval burials.
@caitlinrgreen @BeardyHowse @LincsCathedral But that church restorers seem to have had no qualms about removing, putting them on display.
@HipBookfairy @BeardyHowse @LincsCathedral Yes, both aspects are fascinating---latter v widespread tho' eg Merovingian royal church burials
@caitlinrgreen @LincsCathedral very nice !
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