It kicked off at a urinal in Cheapside, and ended in a bloody and brutal murder. Poor aim has been responsible for many unexpected deaths, but perhaps none more so than that of Philip of Ashendon. One of a brutal range of fatal scuffles, revenge killings and infanticides recorded by London coroners in the early 1300s, Philip’s demise is among those to feature in a new interactive map that uses death to breathe life into medieval London.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/28/death-map-medieval-london-1300s?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other?source=Snapzu
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