Rosemary Griggs
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social
Author and speaker who spends a lot of time in the sixteenth century. I make and wear historical clothing. Love old buildings , churches, needlework and Devon. Ever hopeful gardener #history #tudor #HistoricalFiction #devon #Books #needlework 🪡✍️🌱📚
Two fonts at St James the Less, Iron Acton. Flower filled 19th century on the left with unusual attached reading desk. The earlier one on the right stands in the porch
📷 from summer of 2024 while researching the Poyntz family
#FontsonFriday
📷 from summer of 2024 while researching the Poyntz family
#FontsonFriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Two fonts at St James the Less, Iron Acton. Flower filled 19th century on the left with unusual attached reading desk. The earlier one on the right stands in the porch
📷 from summer of 2024 while researching the Poyntz family
#FontsonFriday
📷 from summer of 2024 while researching the Poyntz family
#FontsonFriday
For #Nationaltreeweek here’s my favourite oak. A few leaves still clinging on a frosty morning . Photo from yesterday’s walk.
#oak #trees #Devon
#oak #trees #Devon
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
For #Nationaltreeweek here’s my favourite oak. A few leaves still clinging on a frosty morning . Photo from yesterday’s walk.
#oak #trees #Devon
#oak #trees #Devon
Acton Court, remodelled by Nicholas Poyntz for the visit of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1535.
Henry VII dined there with Nicholas’ grandfather, Robert, in 1486 and visited again 1496.
I was studying Robert’s will yesterday.
#adoorablethursday #Tudor
Henry VII dined there with Nicholas’ grandfather, Robert, in 1486 and visited again 1496.
I was studying Robert’s will yesterday.
#adoorablethursday #Tudor
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Acton Court, remodelled by Nicholas Poyntz for the visit of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1535.
Henry VII dined there with Nicholas’ grandfather, Robert, in 1486 and visited again 1496.
I was studying Robert’s will yesterday.
#adoorablethursday #Tudor
Henry VII dined there with Nicholas’ grandfather, Robert, in 1486 and visited again 1496.
I was studying Robert’s will yesterday.
#adoorablethursday #Tudor
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Two carved figures in the Lady Chapel, Winchester Cathedral.
The Chapel was remodelled in the late 16th century.
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday
The Chapel was remodelled in the late 16th century.
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Two carved figures in the Lady Chapel, Winchester Cathedral.
The Chapel was remodelled in the late 16th century.
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday
The Chapel was remodelled in the late 16th century.
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday
Twilight sketching at Newton Abbot Museum. Felted slippers, moulded from wool, are hand embroidered with traditional Polish motifs
#textiletuesday #sketching
#textiletuesday #sketching
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Twilight sketching at Newton Abbot Museum. Felted slippers, moulded from wool, are hand embroidered with traditional Polish motifs
#textiletuesday #sketching
#textiletuesday #sketching
I was lucky enough to see this amazing medieval tiled pavement on a recent tour at Exeter Cathedral with the Devon Buildings Group.
Uncovered in the room above the chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine during work on the roof.
#TilesOnTuesday #medieval
Uncovered in the room above the chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine during work on the roof.
#TilesOnTuesday #medieval
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I was lucky enough to see this amazing medieval tiled pavement on a recent tour at Exeter Cathedral with the Devon Buildings Group.
Uncovered in the room above the chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine during work on the roof.
#TilesOnTuesday #medieval
Uncovered in the room above the chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine during work on the roof.
#TilesOnTuesday #medieval
Winchester Cathedral.
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Winchester Cathedral.
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
Lovely write up from our visit to Babbacombe last week.
So pleased to see the peasant David getting therecognition he deserves!
#folksong #tudor #tudorchristmas
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So pleased to see the peasant David getting therecognition he deserves!
#folksong #tudor #tudorchristmas
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Ian’s Blog 23rd November 2025
Torbay music and Tudor history
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November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Lovely write up from our visit to Babbacombe last week.
So pleased to see the peasant David getting therecognition he deserves!
#folksong #tudor #tudorchristmas
open.substack.com/pub/ianchurc...
So pleased to see the peasant David getting therecognition he deserves!
#folksong #tudor #tudorchristmas
open.substack.com/pub/ianchurc...
Seven panels of medieval stained glass, reset in St Saviours chapel, aka Bishop Oldham’s Chantry, Exeter Cathedral
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Seven panels of medieval stained glass, reset in St Saviours chapel, aka Bishop Oldham’s Chantry, Exeter Cathedral
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
A huge thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came along to the South Devon Book Festival in Totnes today. David was not in peasant garb today, but, as you can see, I donned my best Tudor gown 😊
#bookevent #devon
#bookevent #devon
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came along to the South Devon Book Festival in Totnes today. David was not in peasant garb today, but, as you can see, I donned my best Tudor gown 😊
#bookevent #devon
#bookevent #devon
I’m heading for Totnes and the South Devon Book Festival today, so here’s St Mary’s Church.
I’m not sure the sky will be as clear today as when the photo was taken in 2022.
#SteepleSaturday #totnes
I’m not sure the sky will be as clear today as when the photo was taken in 2022.
#SteepleSaturday #totnes
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I’m heading for Totnes and the South Devon Book Festival today, so here’s St Mary’s Church.
I’m not sure the sky will be as clear today as when the photo was taken in 2022.
#SteepleSaturday #totnes
I’m not sure the sky will be as clear today as when the photo was taken in 2022.
#SteepleSaturday #totnes
Norman tub font at St Andrew’s , Mells, Somerset.
The Horner family bought nearby Mells Manor in 1543, after dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey in 1539.
Thomas Horner from my latest novel, born 1547, may have been baptised in this font.
#FontsonFriday #writersresearch #historicalfictionauthor
The Horner family bought nearby Mells Manor in 1543, after dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey in 1539.
Thomas Horner from my latest novel, born 1547, may have been baptised in this font.
#FontsonFriday #writersresearch #historicalfictionauthor
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Norman tub font at St Andrew’s , Mells, Somerset.
The Horner family bought nearby Mells Manor in 1543, after dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey in 1539.
Thomas Horner from my latest novel, born 1547, may have been baptised in this font.
#FontsonFriday #writersresearch #historicalfictionauthor
The Horner family bought nearby Mells Manor in 1543, after dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey in 1539.
Thomas Horner from my latest novel, born 1547, may have been baptised in this font.
#FontsonFriday #writersresearch #historicalfictionauthor
As I was in Honiton yesterday, here’s a rather skinny door at St Michael and All Angels.
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
As I was in Honiton yesterday, here’s a rather skinny door at St Michael and All Angels.
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
Historical Biographical Fiction — Is it true?
10.40am on Saturday I’ll be talking about the challenges and opportunities of writing about real people who lived in sixteenth century Devon.
It’s free!
www.bobfairbrotherauthor.com/south-devon-...
#bookfestival #totnes
10.40am on Saturday I’ll be talking about the challenges and opportunities of writing about real people who lived in sixteenth century Devon.
It’s free!
www.bobfairbrotherauthor.com/south-devon-...
#bookfestival #totnes
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Historical Biographical Fiction — Is it true?
10.40am on Saturday I’ll be talking about the challenges and opportunities of writing about real people who lived in sixteenth century Devon.
It’s free!
www.bobfairbrotherauthor.com/south-devon-...
#bookfestival #totnes
10.40am on Saturday I’ll be talking about the challenges and opportunities of writing about real people who lived in sixteenth century Devon.
It’s free!
www.bobfairbrotherauthor.com/south-devon-...
#bookfestival #totnes
Misericord
Around 1400-1500
From the Harry Hems Collection
On display at Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
A lady picking nits from her companion's hair.
📷 from a visit in 2023
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday #medieval
Around 1400-1500
From the Harry Hems Collection
On display at Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
A lady picking nits from her companion's hair.
📷 from a visit in 2023
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday #medieval
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Misericord
Around 1400-1500
From the Harry Hems Collection
On display at Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
A lady picking nits from her companion's hair.
📷 from a visit in 2023
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday #medieval
Around 1400-1500
From the Harry Hems Collection
On display at Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
A lady picking nits from her companion's hair.
📷 from a visit in 2023
#woodcarvingwednesday
#woodensday #medieval
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A framed wool and silk tapestry panel, worked in gros point and petit point on display at National Trust Croft Castle. @NTCroftCastle
Date unknown .
#textiletuesday #tapestry
Date unknown .
#textiletuesday #tapestry
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A framed wool and silk tapestry panel, worked in gros point and petit point on display at National Trust Croft Castle. @NTCroftCastle
Date unknown .
#textiletuesday #tapestry
Date unknown .
#textiletuesday #tapestry
Saturday’s walk to my allotment along the path to St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, where John Raleigh was married in 1560.
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Saturday’s walk to my allotment along the path to St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, where John Raleigh was married in 1560.
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
Memorial to young musician Matthew Godwin in Exeter Cathedral. Only 17y and 5m old when he died in 1586.
The main keys on the small organ are black, the reverse of modern keyboards, as was usual in the 16th century.
#MonumentsMonday
The main keys on the small organ are black, the reverse of modern keyboards, as was usual in the 16th century.
#MonumentsMonday
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Memorial to young musician Matthew Godwin in Exeter Cathedral. Only 17y and 5m old when he died in 1586.
The main keys on the small organ are black, the reverse of modern keyboards, as was usual in the 16th century.
#MonumentsMonday
The main keys on the small organ are black, the reverse of modern keyboards, as was usual in the 16th century.
#MonumentsMonday
Look up! The painted oak ceiling in the Chapter House, Exeter Cathedral, rebuilt in the 15th century, following a fire in 1413 .
#CeilingsOnSunday
#CeilingsOnSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Look up! The painted oak ceiling in the Chapter House, Exeter Cathedral, rebuilt in the 15th century, following a fire in 1413 .
#CeilingsOnSunday
#CeilingsOnSunday
A rather scary medieval face in stone in the Exchequer Chamber, a room above the Chapel of St Andrew and St Katharine at Exeter Cathedral.
#sundaystonework
#sundaystonework
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A rather scary medieval face in stone in the Exchequer Chamber, a room above the Chapel of St Andrew and St Katharine at Exeter Cathedral.
#sundaystonework
#sundaystonework
The Priory church of St Mary, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire .
St Catherine on the left and St Alphege on the right, medieval donors in 4 smaller panels. Image of St Catherine thought to from around 1300, St Alphege from 15th century .
#StainedGlassSunday
St Catherine on the left and St Alphege on the right, medieval donors in 4 smaller panels. Image of St Catherine thought to from around 1300, St Alphege from 15th century .
#StainedGlassSunday
November 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Priory church of St Mary, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire .
St Catherine on the left and St Alphege on the right, medieval donors in 4 smaller panels. Image of St Catherine thought to from around 1300, St Alphege from 15th century .
#StainedGlassSunday
St Catherine on the left and St Alphege on the right, medieval donors in 4 smaller panels. Image of St Catherine thought to from around 1300, St Alphege from 15th century .
#StainedGlassSunday