24 December, 2017

Merry Christmas!

A very Merry Christmas to all my readers, all 35,000 to 45,000 of you every month and over two million in total! May the festive season of 2017 bring you happiness and peace. (And lots of great presents.) 700 years ago, at Christmas 1317, Edward II was at Westminster with Queen Isabella, who was pregnant with their third child and first daughter. Edward spent one pound, thirteen shillings and six pence on a "great wooden table" to be placed in the palace hall, and also paid thirty pounds to Thomas de Hebenhith, mercer of London, for "a great hanging of wool, woven with figures of the king and earls on it, for the king’s service in his hall, on solemn festivals."

I'll be posting again in the New Year. Until then, take care!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kathryn, merry Christmas and a happy new year. I get bored between the Christmas and new year but this year I will be reading your Richard II book, so thank you. Looking forward to your posts in 2018. Amanda

Kathryn Warner said...

Merry Christmas, Amanda! Thank you for your support!

Anonymous said...

Kathryn ... hope that you had a great Christmas and that your new year will be all that you wish ...

Esther

sami parkkonen said...

Happy New Year to lady K!

May your words flow swiftly and pen be as sharp as ever, and may your brilliance in the field of history shine on towards to ever wider audiences and readers and lovers of history across the World.

And may you have time to take care of yourself as well, and time to relax in peace and happiness in all the years to come.

Patrick Sheridan said...

Of course, in Edward II’s day Christmas would have been celebrated to-day. Merry Christmas!