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Sussex / Re: LEWES - St John Sub Castro
« on: Thursday 09 September 04 17:11 BST (UK)  »
Will do -- I was very impressed by the speed!  I'll show my boss Camden's copy, and see what he has to say about it, and then gather what information I can about Magnus.  Thanks again!

Rebecca

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Sussex / Re: LEWES - St John Sub Castro
« on: Thursday 09 September 04 16:40 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, that's brilliant!  I'll go and have a look at what Camden says -- I hadn't realised he'd reproduced it.  Thanks also for the book reference!

Rebecca

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Sussex / Re: LEWES - St John Sub Castro
« on: Thursday 09 September 04 16:28 BST (UK)  »
Thanks! -- I hadn't realised it was as large as that, I was expecting a rectangular plaque.  It gives an excellent impression of the monument as a whole, but I can't see individual letters very well.  If you have any closer views of the letters I'd be very interested in seeing them, but I can see that that would be rather harder given the size of the monument.  Thanks for your help

Rebecca

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Sussex / Re: LEWES - St John Sub Castro
« on: Thursday 09 September 04 15:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi Chris, or anyone else know can tell me about St John-sub-Castro

I'm a researcher on Anglo-Saxon history at Cambridge University (specifically on Anglo-Saxon charters), and I am very keen to get hold of an image of the monument to Magnus which came from the old church and is now on the East wall.  Descriptions I have come across about it sometimes use the term 'Lombardic letters', but one said there were Anglo-Saxon letter-forms, and I'd be really interested to see a picture and decide for myself.  (Also although my main area of expertise is manuscripts (I used to work in the manuscripts department at the British Library) and not inscriptions, if anyone would be interested in my opinion I'd be happy to give it...)

I realise that this is not so much a genealogy question as a local history one, and I hope that I don't annoy anyone by posting on this board -- but there is a sort-of family history link because it has been suggested that this Magnus is a relative (brother? son?) of Harold II, something else I would also like to check out.  But I think I need a picture before I can really start looking into all these things, so if anyone can help I'd be really very grateful!

Rebecca

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