Introduction by David Maile.
1pm outside Ely Cathedral
1.30pm at Oliver Cromwell's House / Visit Ely
#WakeHereward #Hereward
The Liber Eliensis (ca:1174) is another source from the Fen Monasteries eulogising Hereward. It includes Hereward's actions at Ely during the Norman Conquest & is possibly an earlier draft of the Gesta Herwardi.
#LiberEliensis #Hereward #Ely #Fens #History #Education #Heritage
#HerewardTheWake's standard held aloft by his standard-bearer Rahenald the Steward of Ramsey, performed by young Percy Lamb at all #HerewardLivingHistory and re-enactment events.
Here Rahenald awaits the arrival of #AbbotTurold of #Peterborough, ready to hand over the treasure that #Hereward stole from #Peterborough Monastery in order to save #Ramsey Abbey its monks & folk from the wrath of the mean abbot after he had heard the treasure had been secretly stashed at the Abbey.