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Forgotten Stories: Robert Powel's Desperate Attempt to Climb the Social Ladder, 1772
Robert Powel was born in the mid-eighteenth century to a poor family in Merioneth in North Wales, near Cardigan Bay.
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Jo Romero
Change in Subscriptions - it's good news
When I first started my Substack newsletter I thought it would be a cool place to share my more niche interests in forgotten histories and characters…
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Jo Romero
London's Notorious Coffee-House Owner, a Medieval Power Couple of Bristol and the Love Story behind a Berkshire Tower
On 23 May 1739 a 43-year old woman neatly tied the ribbons of her white headdress under her chin and carefully adjusted the three-quarter length frilled…
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Jo Romero
Roast Lamb in the French Fashion, 1615
So, it’s the early seventeenth century and James VI and I is on the throne of England and Scotland, the Tudor dynasty has made way for the Stuart line…
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Jo Romero

August 2025

Midwife Catherine Clarke and an Adulterous Secret, 1773.
Catherine Clarke worked as a midwife in London in the 1770s.
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Jo Romero
News: Get Ready for Wolf Hall Weekend, 2026
Wolf Hall Weekend returns in 2026 for a celebration of Tudor England seen through the eyes of Hilary Mantel, novelist and author of the Wolf Hall books.
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Women in Astronomy, a 1775 Robbery and the Taunton 'witch' of 1823.
I had a long chat with a lovely lady from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich last week, where we discussed a number of little-known women from the…
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Jo Romero
Forgotten Stories: Elizabeth Fitz-James of Templecombe in Somerset 1550
A wealthy woman's lifestyle amid murmurings of conspiracy
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Reminder: Book Launch Party!
Just a quick reminder that it’s only a few weeks to go until my Tudor themed event on 7 September at The Angel Bar in Caversham, Berkshire.
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Jo Romero

July 2025

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