Excellent. Thank you.

The sound is so quiet I can't really hear the speaker

Revealing and fascinating, and usefully supplementing Prof Perring's talk on the longer period (he did make it the end, but the latter part was indeed a bit rushed on that occasion!). I'm very taken with the proposition that a shift from an urban focus doesn't necessarily denote collapse but rather a change in the mode of living and producing (and I'm very much a townie, so it's not an anti-urban point). I see it as parallel here to a general process in which provincial development under the Empire itself generated the centrifugal forces that keep popping up from 260: "Now we have all this Roman stuff, do we still need Rome?" - and did Britannia therefore still need its seat of Roman power as may have been the case formerly?

I'm a direct descendant of John Stow. His one grandson came over to the states and the name was changed over to Spurr in around 1600 (Robert Spurr Massachusetts).

The sand reminds me of the seaside

I'm sorry but, I seem to have missed the purpose of the circular, brick lined pit. Was it a well or a sump? There are a great many drains through the area so I assume they are not all about the kitchen, the kitchen is just in an unfortunate place, maybe given a low priority by the Monks.

16:19 Maybe, a dragon 🐉 Dragon symbols and conquering the dragon (symbol for the devil) is a common symbol in England and in the Church

Margaret Lavender (below comments) is the queen of inane remarks. She should not make any remarks because they exhibit her poor education.

Sorry, giving up. So non professional.

Are you without any clothes on?! You’re all pink/beige skin colour on your shoulders. Another colour top I think is needed!

You should have sorted yourselves out before starting this!

The misericord was at first used by monks in poor health, where they were permitted to eat meat. Later as the monastic life became more relaxed and the number of monks declined, it became used as the general refectory.

I gave up watching after 2 boring minutes! 😴

Nice sleuthing about the ring. I surmise it was originally made for Catherine herself, then handed down to (or "borrowed" by) her son after she had outgrown it. I wonder if the boy dropped it down the loo while fidgeting with it, or if he accidentally swallowed it the day before making his deposit.

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Thankyou Stephanie, I have lived in Bermondsey all my life and have recently began trying to trace the routes of the Rivers Neckinger and Earls Sluice. This is very informative and given me lots of bnew places to check out.

Wow, I was just wondering who had hidden it. Low and behold the answer, thank you!

This obscure aspect of London history is of special interest to me because I am an 18-generation direct descendant of John Stow.

Thank you for producing this informative virtual tour. I fou d this video having searched for information on the Earl's Sluice having watched a video about walking along its triburary the Peck, "Walking the Lost River Peck" by John Rogers (Jul 2021) m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIeYq4qrf5ydi68