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War of the Roses Fed

@WOTRF

15th Century Re-enactment Event Organisation. (Non-profit umbrella organisation for 50+ War of the Roses period re-enactment groups)

 United Kingdom
Joined November 2010
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By the 13thC #water was being carried into aristocratic houses in London in pipes made by linking lengths of bored elm trunks - a utility that became more commonplace during the 16th-18thC. More via sewerhistory.org/photosgraph… #WaterManagement #ContinuousTechnologies
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This admin is now handing over to the new WotRF committee to continue this account. Lovely to have spent time with you all. #newpastures
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Colin Davey@cgdavey130 Mar 2017
'Nobody poops money.' Dutch equivalent of 'It doesn't grow on trees'? Misericord, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. #folklorethursday
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Only a small amount of this castle, including the gatehouse, is medieval but doesn't it look stunning in this photo. teapaw.org/HamptonCourtHfd/status…
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Matthew Lewis@MattLewisAuthor29 Mar 2017
29 Mar 1461 Battle of Towton sees Yorkist forces narrowly defeat a Lancastrian army in the biggest battle on British soil - 28,000 dead.
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Battlefields Trust@battleftrust29 Mar 2017
The Field of Souls - Clare Mulley's hauntingly beautiful poem about Towton battlefield #OTD1461 see battlefieldstrust.com/news.a…
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As we're gearing up for our first event of the year at @EH_WrestPark 22nd/23rd April a taster to remind us of heady #summerdays
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Fr. Henry Daniel@FrHenryDaniel27 Mar 2017
Specifically, medieval PEE colour! There are 20 different colours of pee, acc. to most medieval medical authorities. #medievalcolour 2/8
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Medieval Manuscripts@BLMedieval24 Mar 2017
'Haha and hehe' have denoted laughter in English for 1000+ years. #RedNoseDay More early books at britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk… (Harley 3271, f90)
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Crowland Abbey's extraordinary 3-way #medieval #bridge across confluence of their re-routed R Welland w/ an ancient canal from Peterborough
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Crowland #Abbey's #medieval 'Bare ruined quires, where late the sweet birds sang'; though, here, looking E along the nave from the main door
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Eleanor Parker@ClerkofOxford20 Mar 2017
A 15th-century description of spring, when 'the medys waxen grene, the flowris coloureth the erthe' archive.org/stream/threepros…
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Matthew Lewis@MattLewisAuthor20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 1469 Birth of Princess Cecily, daughter of Edward IV. She married John, Viscount Welles, half brother of Margaret Beaufort, in 1487.
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Bosworth Battlefield@BosworthLCC18 Mar 2017
#PathtoBosworth #GuidedWalk @BosworthLCC on 2nd April (9.30 am - 4.30 pm) - visit ow.ly/Bv8L309T3Xp for full details
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Shopping time! This weekend #TORM held near #Coventry reenactorsmarket.co.uk/
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#Hawk #Hunting A detail from the medieval German manuscript Luna & her Children part of Hausbuch Wolfegg Drawn in approx 1480
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#RichardIII History Festival running this May in #Gloucester - venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Fre…
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Gainsboro' Old Hall@GainsOldHall18 Feb 2017
On this day 1478 the George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence was privately put to death within the walls of the... fb.me/5DOC6aG11
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Bosworth Battlefield@BosworthLCC18 Feb 2017
#GloriousGuidedWalks @BosworthLCC today at 11.30 am & 2 pm - visit ow.ly/vKGZ308WUg6 for further details & prices
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#OTD 1461 the 2nd #BattleofStAlbans where after victory at #Wakefield the Queen's forces moved towards London & #EarlofWarwick intercepted
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