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Elizabeth St John, Lady Bernard
Category: 17th century women’s history Published on: 20th September 2012

For those who really like a challenge, try following the intermarriages between the St John, Cromwell and Bernard...

The Codrington Divorce
Category: 19th century women’s history Published on: 15th September 2012

Returning to our screens this weekend, Downton Abbey portraits an establishment where gentry and servants co-exist in a...

Abigail Masham
Category: 17th century 18th century women’s history Published on: 9th September 2012

And just when you thought you had heard the last of the St John family at the court of Queen Anne - along...

The Mapledurham Portrait
Category: 16th century women’s history Published on: 4th September 2012

You know how it is - you flip through the family photograph album and suddenly you come across that old snap, a woman...