Honorary Fellow in History Edinburgh Uni丨Cultural & Social Historian 丨Medieval & Early Modern Britain 丨 Work, Play, Festivity, Carnival 丨 Louisianan 丨⚜️ 🐯 Website and blog: https://drtayloraucoin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlswtzh3o22jArchdeacon of Colchester's court, June 1600 👨‍⚖️ Matthew Barker, cobbler of Messing (Essex) was presented for instructing 'children to write & read' while he could neither 'write true orthography' nor 'spell well nor divide the syllables of words as a teacher ought'. ✒️📖 #truecrime #earlymodern #tudor https://static.klipy.com/ii/da290b156d64898341638f3c299e7478/28/dc/gxk2BxR2.gif?hh=498&ww=281&mp4=uUUWaFTdAT2AHX&webm=khEULy7miBm0Kdm514 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlswtzh3o22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlnmq4xbd22eMiddlesex Sessions of the Peace, April 1627 👨‍⚖️ John Milles of Shepperton committed for 'harbouring...Robert Russe...pursued for stealing of a stag...in the forest of Windsor... 🦌 And for concealing the said Robert in a chimney of his house' #earlymodern #truecrime #history https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/7c/30/KZYWFVWM.gif?hh=285&ww=498&mp4=J9Bb1gZB73Ih0MiTG&webm=hLOtOSGiY9Pg2dRL12 May 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnmq4xbd22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mkpnpyzmzk2fGather ye dewdrops while it's May 💦🌼💧🌿 #medieval #earlymodern #history #mayday https://drtayloraucoin.com/2019/05/02/may-dews-medicinal-uses-an-early-modern-top-ten-list/30 Apr 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpnpyzmzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mk63iamg4c2n🚨NEW Blogpost🚨 #Easter 1598, a three-a-side football match led to controversy, violence, & eventually death. ⛹️‍♂️ Depositions from a #Tudor Star Chamber case reveal what happened that day, & also challenge some preconceptions about #earlymodern football #history. ⚽🏉👇 https://drtayloraucoin.com/2026/04/22/easter-football-1598-surprising-details-from-some-star-chamber-depositions/23 Apr 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk63iamg4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mivfzyo5hk22Archdeacon of Norwich's court, November 1608 👨‍⚖️ Thomas Deynes of Gunthorpe, Norfolk is charged, among other things 'for running neighing after Richard Mutton's maid...' 🐴 #earlymodern #truecrime https://media.tenor.com/JAC4mnzXxi4AAAAC/horse-shocked.gif?hh=357&ww=49807 Apr 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivfzyo5hk22https://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3miixewyctc2aFolklore forecasts less desirable #Easter gifts from birds, should you neglect to wear new clothes 🕊️💩 Easter finery traditions solidified during the commercial revolution of #earlymodern England 👗🎩 But have roots in #medieval quarter days & livery 👇 https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/practical-piety-a-history-of-easter-finery/02 Apr 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3miixewyctc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3midrts7w6c2zMiddlesex Sessions of the Peace, March 1632 👨‍⚖️ Edward Clarkson of Westminster, yeoman is charged 'for taking brasse from H 7 tomb' 👑 #earlymodern #truecrime31 Mar 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3midrts7w6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mi2gyusf2k2iThoughtful and beautifully-written review of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England in @lrb.co.uk by @tomlukejohnson.bsky.social. It's surreal to see #earlymodern deponents and workers like Lucretia Harward getting their day in the 21st-century sun! https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n06/tom-johnson/save-my-beer27 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2gyusf2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mhayyvkl7k2xOur new WP 'combines occupations with work tasks as ways of measuring structural change in the #earlymodern economy'. We highlight significant structural change, industrializing towns and cities, and a much more important service sector than measures based on job titles alone typically capture. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhayyvkl7k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mgwo6xmfsk2q🚨NEW Blogpost🚨 We all know about the #OldFirm. But what's the 'oldest firm' in the history of Scottish #football? ⚽🏉 The answer takes us back to #medieval and #earlymodern St Andrews, where university and city invested in an unlawful game. 👇 https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/the-oldest-firm-institutional-football-in-medieval-scotland/13 Mar 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwo6xmfsk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mf34muhcws2c#ShroveTuesday football in County Durham has a #medieval pedigree. Thomas Marshall of Wolviston was injured playing on the day in 1380. In 1492 the priory halmote allowed the illegal game to be played in Billingham during Shrovetide. About 10 miles away, Sedgefield still hosts an annual game.17 Feb 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf34muhcws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3mcagep7ems2bToday is #PloughMonday. Thomas Tusser called it one of the feasts 'belonging to the plough' that employers in #earlymodern England should never forget. Here I explore these holidays where work & play mingled: how the festive shaped #labour relations. https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/forget-not-the-feasts-that-belong-to-the-plough-festive-work-relations-in-thomas-tussers-five-hundred-points-of-good-husbandry/12 Jan 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcagep7ems2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aucointaylor.bsky.social/post/3m6muqpm7q22fPudding season approaches; #Thanksgiving is here. Closing my seasonal series of posts marking the publication of our new book, I revisit a case where food takes the plate Featuring industrious duckwives, wisemen & gossiping quarrymen #earlymodern https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/the-pudding-pinching-heifer-heisters/.27 Nov 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:pfrkkphuez2slo6igffddf27/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6muqpm7q22f