tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post5790488003556159867..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Edward II and the Necromancer: Death by Magical and Secret DealingsKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-46735251414660813152016-05-13T12:22:46.752+01:002016-05-13T12:22:46.752+01:00Anonymous/Patricia O: The Malice of Unnatural Deat...Anonymous/Patricia O: <i>The Malice of Unnatural Death</i>? I was wondering why it was familiar-sounding.<br /><br />Kathryn, thanks for the blog. It's been entertaining and informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-50780373528331005642016-05-11T00:15:31.483+01:002016-05-11T00:15:31.483+01:00You mentioned their names had something to do with...You mentioned their names had something to do with their trades. What is/does a Siflet do? Any ideas?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501795785619484526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-27789387354597186502016-04-27T20:44:27.659+01:002016-04-27T20:44:27.659+01:00Patricia O again here - was the person surnamed &#...Patricia O again here - was the person surnamed 'de Sowe' so named from the River Sowe (tributary of the Warwickshire Avon) which flows through the town do you think? Stafford has the River Sow (as in female pig without the 'e' - a tributary of the Trent).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-25724689551248337902016-04-22T14:28:15.263+01:002016-04-22T14:28:15.263+01:00I think I came across mention of this event in one...I think I came across mention of this event in one of Michael Jenks' novels (he is one writer of historical fiction who says where he has used his imagination and where he has used names of people who actually existed he says the person may not necessarily have been like his interpretation). This is certainly an interesting feature and it looks like the necromancer wasn't very good at his job!<br /><br />I'm not anonymous - I'm Patricia O but my google account is something like 'ye olde crone'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-25967397904224657052016-04-21T19:33:32.736+01:002016-04-21T19:33:32.736+01:00What a fascinating post - never come across this s...What a fascinating post - never come across this story before! Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-43354567426853299032016-04-19T22:43:58.288+01:002016-04-19T22:43:58.288+01:00With a C21st cynical eye I wonder if Robert Marsha...With a C21st cynical eye I wonder if Robert Marshall was gulled by John Nottingham to such an extent that he recanted necromancy and confessed in the hope of saving his immortal soul?<br /><br />The Pope certainly seems to have taken a cynical view of Hugh's complaint.churchaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13664676339711692603noreply@blogger.com