The History of Medieval Gravesend by Toni Mount

The History of Medieval Gravesend by Toni Mount

The name Gravesham goes back to the tenth century and beyond; before the Domesday Book, and centuries before the plague came to England. The name Gravesham was the village belonging to the Greeve (Greeve's Ham) and showed where his authority ended (Greeve's End).

This book looks at the parishes and manors of the borough before the time of the Tudors - an Anglo Saxon settlement was here, as was a royal palace. The rights to a market were granted by the king and rights to ferry goods and passengers to London was jealously guarded. Archbishops were born

here the town was destroyed by an invasion from France and survivors from the Wars of the Roses built their homes here.

Virtually everyone wanting to travel from London to Canterbury or Dover had to pass through Gravesham, one way or another.

Mount, Toni: - Toni Mount earned her Master's Degree by completing original research into a unique 15th-century medical manuscript. She is the author of several successful non-fiction books including the number one bestseller, Everyday Life in Medieval England, which reflects her detailed knowledge in the lives of ordinary people in the Middle Ages. Toni's enthusiastic understanding of the period allows her to create accurate, atmospheric settings and realistic characters for her Sebastian Foxley medieval murder mysteries. Toni's first career was as a scientist and this brings an extra dimension to her novels. It also led to her new biography of Sir Isaac Newton. She writes regularly for both The Richard III Society and The Tudor Society and is a major contributor to MedievalCourses.com. As well as writing, Toni teaches history to adults, co-ordinates a creative writing group and is a popular speaker to groups and societies. Toni is also a member of the Crime Writers' Association.

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ISBN 13	9780955592560
ISBN 10	0955592569
Title	The History of Medieval Gravesend
Author	Toni Mount
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Echoes from History
Year published	2024-04-02
Number of pages	50
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