Having great fun transcribing early 17th century Shetland wills and testaments. Fascinating! And exciting to find people born in 16th century. #archives
10.10.2025 21:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm not sure. Is it just because it wants to make money out of them? There was a para in the article I didn't really understand.
24.09.2025 21:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Had a wonderful day in the #archives at Bar Convent #York researching the schooldays of Mary Ravenscroft 7th Countess of #Traquair Overwhelmed by the peaceful atmosphere - and the helpful staff.
13.08.2025 18:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I had to search over 70 dusty archive boxes to find these cases! Great to be part of #WDYTYA.
10.06.2025 20:13 — 👍 27 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
If you think this looks like a mess: it isn‘t. It‘s a treasure trove of information. There is no history writing without archives, and there are no archives without people who appreciate and protect them.
History, much like democracy, begins locally. Cherish it.
11.06.2025 06:23 — 👍 474 🔁 88 💬 7 📌 5
I still treasure 'What to look for in Summer'. My favourite book and one of the few I have kept from my childhood.
10.06.2025 10:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had a great time at Maynooth University this week speaking about the amazing diary of 7th Countess of #Traquair 1782-3. Thanks to Historic Irish Houses for giving me the opportunity.
23.05.2025 14:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Absolutely delighted to be giving a talk on the wonderful diary of 7th Countess of #Traquair at Maynooth University in Ireland in May ://www.eventbrite.ie/e/everyday-life-in-the-country-house-tickets-1270803069189
14.03.2025 22:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Really looking forward to another #Archives Afternoon @traquairhouse tomorrow. Catherine and I will be shedding light on the lives of the servants over the centuries - showcasing the archives of course! Sold out a few weeks ago...
28.02.2025 20:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A nice find in the #archives at Traquair House today - buying silk down in London in 1708 - a bit of retail therapy after recent imprisonment in Edinburgh Castle as #Jacobites #Prudom #Ludgatehill
28.02.2025 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
22nd February 2025 08.13
22nd February 2025 08.13
22.02.2025 11:59 — 👍 127 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
All 205 pages of diary of Mary Ravenscroft, 7th Countess of Traquair, transcribed. Now to turn it into an attractive publication... watch this space! Exciting project for Catherine @traquairhouse and me! #archives
20.02.2025 15:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Just watched a letter signed by Bonnie Prince Charlie sold at auction for a mere £8,800!!! #archives #Jacobite
19.02.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Delighted to have two talks to a family history society and a conference already booked for 2026! Both telling the fascinating stories behind Scottish High Court of Justiciary trials based largely on #archives at National Records of Scotland.
10.02.2025 16:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bet Countess of #Traquair enjoyed writing this: "Mr Gordon's window went wrong in the pulley would not shut - Lady Traquair sett it to rights & Shut the window" Some fascinating stuff in this diary!
09.02.2025 14:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A clipping of an 1870s newspaper with an explanation of the process of 'Sucking the Monkey' - drinking wine from a tapped barrel. It details a court case of a labourer who was charged with doing it.
Can't even suck the monkey any more, the world's gone mad.
29.01.2025 13:03 — 👍 251 🔁 84 💬 18 📌 8
Quirky little arrangement of houses carved into wall of a stonemason's property on Pier Road in #BerwickuponTweed Serves as nesting for birds too!
29.01.2025 17:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A letter written in cross-hatch, that is, when the writer has finished writing on one page, the letter has been turned over at the right angle on the same page and written across the previous text. This was done to save on paper costs and postage fees.
A letter written in cross-hatch, that is, when the writer has finished writing on one page, the letter has been turned over at the right angle on the same page and written across the previous text. This was done to save on paper costs and postage fees.
It's #NationalHandwritingDay so good luck reading this letter.🧐
23.01.2025 11:00 — 👍 76 🔁 18 💬 6 📌 4
April 1783 - smallpox inoculation time at Traquair House "Linton only cried a little - Lord Traquair played with him - gave him toys to divert him". Little did they know what lay ahead... #archives
19.01.2025 13:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Learning a lot from transcribing 7th Countess's diary at Traquair House - this morning I learnt that a Court plaister was an artificial beauty spot made from isinglass on silk - sounds very Jane Austen! #archives
08.01.2025 11:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo taken from the beach, looking out to see with Berwick pier and lighthouse to the right of the image. The sky looks very dramatic with a yellow grey light. The sea is rough and wavy.
Wild seascape🌊 Incredible light. Berwick pier today.
#BerwickUponTweed #Northumberland
02.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Cure for a cough in 18th century Traquair House : a mixture of turnip juice and sugar candy prepared in a bain-marie #archives
05.01.2025 23:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
31 Jan 1783 - party night at Traquair House - "Servants danced till 4 o'clock morning " The next day: "cook was let blood in the evening for pain in her side she had got dancing too much night before" Hmmm... #archives
04.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
15 Jan 1783 at Traquair House : "Innerleithen - many of the poor ill of bloody flux (dysentery) from the badness of the oat meal" Countess's diary so sad in places. Their friend has just died too. Didn't realise transcribing this diary would be so emotional. #archives
02.01.2025 11:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Short document dated 1621 in contemporary script and is an oath signed by 9 members of the Incorporation of Surgeons and Barbers of Edinburgh declaring their intent not to "haunte or be found in taverne or tavernehouse" for the period of one year
Oath dated 1621 signed by members of the Incorporation of Surgeons and Barbers of Edinburgh declaring their intent not to "haunte or be found in taverne or tavernehouse" for a period of one year #earlymoderncleanliving
01.01.2025 17:00 — 👍 59 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Christmas Day @traquairhouse 1782: "Gardener & poor people dined here" ; New Year's Day 1783: very much a normal day. Diary of 7th Countess #archives
01.01.2025 18:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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