Medieval Pandemics and Watford, Northamptonshire
What we see today is not as unique as we may think. Between 1000 and 500 years before now, epidemics were vastly more dangerous than...
Watford and a King's Ransom
A King’s Ransom Indeed! The immense sum of £100,000 was paid for the freedom of King Richard the Lionheart … of which £1 was contributed...
The Catesby Manors of Watford
The Catesbys were far from ordinary. Members of the family occupy storied positions in England’s past. The same family also held manors...
The Spencers in Watford
The family of Lady Diana Spencer have owned lands extending into the townships of Watford parish for nearly five centuries. Charles, the...
Thomas Rogers Society publishes article
In their Fall 2018 newsletter, the Thomas Rogers Society (TRS) published an article written by Murray Johnston, author of The Watford...
William Rogers and William Gilbert, beer tasters of Watford
William Rogers of Elizabethan Watford lost his elder brother when Thomas sailed away to Holland and eventually the new world of America...
How Watford remembers King Henry VIII
When Henry VIII ascended England’s throne in 1509, aged just under 18, there can be little doubt he had no idea of the impact he would...
Reviews for "The Watford Knight's Fee"
From: Amazon.co.uk 18 May 2018 "What a fantastic piece of work" ***** by:...
A manor in mortgage mayhem
Sir Robert Clerke teetered on the brink of losing his Watford estate for decades. He had inherited the Watford manor and lands after the...
Taxes in Guilsborough Hundred - 800 years ago!
One source of funds for the king’s treasury in the Middle Ages was a fee or tax on landholdings across the nation. Most often this was...
