Order of Service for King Edward VII's Funeral
An eight-page order of service in commemoration if his late majesty King Edward VII to be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales on the day of his funeral, 1 January 1910.
Photograph Album
A brown hard cover photograph album 210mm x 255 mm It contains black and white photographs put together by the donor's mother, Marion Burbury. The word 'Camera Pictures' is printed in gold lettering on ...
Ragley Hall. Funeral of Marquis of Hertford
Funeral of Marquis of Hertford at Ragley Hall, showing soldiers, boy scouts and onlookers. 26th March 1912
Ragley Hall. Funeral of Marquis of Hertford
Funeral procession of the late Marquis of Hertford through Ragley Park on the 26th March 1912.
Ragley Hall. Lodge and gates
Wedding group standing at the lodge gates, Ragley Park. 1900s
Ragley. Funeral of the Marquis of Hertford
The funeral procession of the Marquis of Hertford in Ragley Park. March 26th 1912
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - A corpse awaits burial, p.89r, detail.
A body in its linen burial cloth, or shroud, and laid in a tomb: a possible source for Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare, in 1605, purchased an interest in the local tithes, and so automatically became ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Baptism woodcut,, p.61v. detail
An Infant Baptism: Shakespeare was baptised 23 April 1564.
William Shakespeare, the first boy, but third child of John and Mary Shakespeare, was baptised in the local parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - infant woodcut detail, p.100v.
Infant mortality: Shakespeare's older sisters died young.
William's two older sisters both died in infancy. For Elizabethans the death of a child was a common occurrence. William's younger brothers, ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Life and death, p.122v.
Death in everyday life in Shakespeare's time.
Life and death went hand-in-hand everywhere in Shakespeare’s England, where medical knowledge was very limited, and most illness depended on traditional ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Momento mori woodcut, p.89v, detail.
A possible source for the Capulet tomb.
The end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes place in the Capulet family tomb where the apparently dead Juliet has been laid. Such places had a ghostly reputation, ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Momento mori woodcuts, p.89v.
The everyday presence of death in Shakespeare's England.
Much of Richard Day’s prayerbook has illustrations which remind readers of the everyday presence of death in the 16th century. ‘Thou ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Prayers for family use, p.61v.
The Shakespeare family in Elizabethan England.
Richard Day's popular book of prayers intended for personal use by Elizabethans, was re-published several times after it was first printed in 1578. Its ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Prayers for wisdom, p.89r.
Private prayers in Shakespeare's time.
Many members of the gentry and the nobility had ordained clergymen as part of their households, and had private indoor chapels, or churches in the grounds of ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - reminders of mortality, p.112r.
‘Momenti Mori’: reminders to Shakespeare's contemporaries.
The ‘momenti mori’ (reminders of death) are skulls and skeletons that may also have provided inspiration for dramatic ...
Royal Wedding Photograph - H.R.H Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
A black and white wedding photograph of H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, St Paul's Cathedral, 29th July 1981. 140mm x 90mm
Royal Wedding Photograph - H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
A black and white photograph of the inside of St Paul's Cathedral. H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are walking down the aisle, 29th July 1981. 140mm x 90mm
Royal Wedding Photograph - H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
A black and white photograph of a wedding group with bridesmaids and page boys, 29th July 1981. 90mm x 140mm