Austen

@austenpaulh

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Austen @austenpaulh· 16d

Austen @austenpaulh· 22d

Not sure this is what you had in mind. The National Archives at Kew again.

Taking a break with a mug of coffee and a bun at the National Archives in Kew. A view over the table of a long low wing of the building seen through a window.

Austen @austenpaulh· Jun 12

An early incarnation of @imcmillan.bsky.social on his wanderings.

A woodcut of Matsuo Basho from @cameliakyoto.bsky.social

Austen @austenpaulh· Apr 18

My favourite

Austen @austenpaulh· Mar 29

I think I have found the title for my autobiography: "Things Unseen and Forgotten" (entry in an inventory from 1716)

Austen @austenpaulh· Mar 13

@lsangha.bsky.social @emilymayvine.bsky.social I thought for a moment Chris was now haunting the wills. (Will of Thomas Bryan 1571 - PROB 11/53/442)

Man set against the initial letter 'I' in the illuminated opening word of a will registration.

Austen @austenpaulh· Sep 23

He was dead chuffed! #genealogy #military #history

Medal awarded to Sergeant Major John Spooner of the 48th Middlesex (Havelock) Rifle Volunteers in April 1865. 'The ceremony was closed with a cheer from the corpse'.

Austen @austenpaulh· Aug 19

If you want to go completely over the top, there's this other enamelled gold ring with two skeletons supproting the coffin, complete with moveable lid and iniature body inside. British Museum AF.1524 17th century