Lady Despenser's Scribery - Introduction

This small corner of the web concentrates mainly on the life and times of Hugh Despenser the younger, as well as the reign of Edward II and the fourteenth century in general. It contains snippets of some (though certainly not all) of the research I have done in order to write a novel about him (and hopefully, later, a biography as well). Oh yes, some 21st century stuff sneaks its way in too, from time to time!

Thursday, 5 March 2009

A New 'Job' and More Tombstones...


I've been saying that I've been really busy for quite a while now without actually saying exactly what I was up to. Well, to begin with I was trying to set up some online businesses - one of which would sell medievally-inspired goods. Well, it will still be happening, but just not as soon as I'd originally planned. That is because another writing project has come my way - I will be documenting the life and travels of the Arctic explorer Mark Wood. I also seem to have become his unofficial PA - I'm net yet sure how that happened! So I now have to wear two heads - a Medieval one and an expedition business one. Believe me - they are quite exclusive of each other! But it's all great fun - and extremely fascinating to boot.

And now... well, it had to happen. Alianore and Susan have already fallen to the lure of the Tombstone Generator. I tried to resist for as long as I could but in the end the temptation just beat me. So here we go:











7 comments:

Susan Higginbotham said...

Love 'em, especially the first and last one.

Anerje said...

aw, the last one made me feel a bit sad. Poor Hugh! But I did like Piers!

Su_H said...

Yeah, poor Hugh, bless him. And SO Piers!!!Trying to resist also LOL :-)

Alianore said...

They're great, especially the last one! Poor Hugh, though!

Gabriele C. said...

That new job sounds really interesting. Good luck with it.

Carla said...

"Rest in pieces" made me laugh. Poor Hugh.

Congratulations on your new job. It sounds fascinating.

Lady D. said...

Thanks everyone. Yes, the humour was a little black wasn't it? Poor Hugh. Still, at least his real tomb survives when the tombs of those who had him executed have disappeared. Ironic really ;-)