tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post2364011294171699042..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: More Proofs of AgeKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-7789084242813948072020-04-20T20:26:28.327+01:002020-04-20T20:26:28.327+01:00Fantastic stuff! And dare I say some of these are ...Fantastic stuff! And dare I say some of these are bordering comedy. <br /><br />"At the proof of age in 1355, Robert Botiller, then aged about fifty, remembered John of Aylesbury's year of birth because his (Robert's) uncle Robert Jacob "was digging in the quarry of Weldon and the earth fell on him, whereby he was overwhelmed."<br /><br />Obviously this is very tragic but it still sounds like something from a sketch of Monty Python, sorry if I'm being rude here but it does. I can see Eric Idle saying this to Michael Palin with a straight face. Or perhaps I am just tired right now. Maybe so...sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-4172572776835646822020-04-09T18:33:52.613+01:002020-04-09T18:33:52.613+01:00Thanks, Undine! They're fab, aren't they? ...Thanks, Undine! They're fab, aren't they? I particularly love the first one with Sir Ralph Basset, but poor Richard Reve! :o :DKathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-16154137586798570822020-04-09T18:04:26.326+01:002020-04-09T18:04:26.326+01:00Thanks for sharing more of these! I just love them...Thanks for sharing more of these! I just love them.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com