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Bridewell: The Palace that became a Prison

Not Just the Tudors

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Those Are All That Exists of These People for Posterity

I am totally fascinated by these fragments, where we have an they've been called by van harrys archive, or slithers. And that is all that exists of these people for posterity. We know what was joan helike's story. What was their story? Because they are migrants. They've travelled a long way. So we'd love to know more about these lives. Where do these people come from? What are their stories? Several other examples. Mtias habib is the guy who did all the work on parish registers and really dug out the presence of ans and people of colour in early modern london. The bridewell records just add a few more

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