Eliot Benbow

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Research Associate at the Institute of Historical Research working on the Late Medieval London Customs Accounts. Formerly at MoLA. Researching Medieval and Early Modern material culture, trade, devotion etc.

Brief section of text from the searchers account of London Searcher William Baldry "Et de lviiii s vi de de med[ietate] cix s de p[re]c[io] lviii duo[denis] [58 dozen] de copyn hatts ml ml [2000] de tenys ballys & duo[rum] parv[orum] sacc[orum] cum brusshes ...... The goods were arrested at London on 4th November 1464
A selection of the imports of London Haberdasher Thomas Ostriche (fl. 1423-1454) with a pair of bone framed spectacles recovered from the Thames Riverfront excavations at Trig Lane in 1974
Parchment bag with long handle containing a 15th century searchers account for King's Lynn (or Bishop's Lynn as it would have been) TNA E 122/181/39. The bag contains a textual inscription describing the account and a modern call archival catalogue number.
The programme for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge scheduled for Saturday 22nd November from 10:20 to 15:00 UK time. The poster features an illumination from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women seated and standing reading a number of books. Image credit: British Library, Harlety 4431, f. 107
This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge. Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107
A poster advertising a London Medieval Society colloquium on the subject of religious minorities in the Middle Ages. The poster features a banner image depicting a scene from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women in discussion. The poster details are as follows: LMS Religious Minorities Saturday 22nd February 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom 10:10 Virtual Meeting Room Opens 10.20 Welcome and Introduction 10.30 Helen Flatley (Oxford), 'Female Networks in Medieval Toledo: The Formation of a 'Mozarabic Community, 1085-c.1315' 11:15 Break 11:30 Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary London), 'Radicalisation of Jews and Jewish Conversos in 15th-century Toledo (1449-1465)' 12:15 Lunch 13:15 Kerstin Mayerhofer (Vienna), 'Faith Under Fire: Jewish Responses to Christian Dominance' 14:00 Break 14:15 Sarah Ifft Decker (Rhodes College), 'Lost in Translation: Jews and Christian Notaries in the Late Medieval Mediterranean' 15: End of Event Tickets: Free (Register on Zoom) www.londonmedievalsociety.com @LondonMedSoc Image credit: Sarajevo, National Museum, Sarajevo Haggadah (14th c. Catalonia)