Richard Wilson - Vice-President of the Norfolk Record Society. Professor Richard G. Wilson, BA, PhD, FRHistS 1938-2026 Obituary Richard was a proud Yorkshireman and never forgot his northern roots. In his youth he had shown people around Castle Howard as an official guide and in later life he expanded this…
Elizabeth Rutledge, Council Member and Medieval Editor of the Norfolk Record Society. Elizabeth Rutledge LLB Obituary It is with great sadness that we announce the death on 6 January 2025 of Elizabeth Rutledge, a prominent member of the Norfolk Record Society Council for over thirty years. Elizabeth read jurisprudence at…
Like other charitable bodies, with or without royal patronage, the Norfolk Record Society has been saddened by the news of the passing of our queen. We honour her unstinting life of service to the nation and are thankful that we have been able to enjoy many of the fruits of…
John Barney who died in mid-July was an unusual mature student. After a distinguished career at Ernst and Young he came to Norfolk in 1990, not as a well-to-do retiree to the county’s north coast but to study history at the University of East Anglia. He graduated with first class…
The society has been greatly saddened to learn of the recent death of Barbara Miller, who was our honorary secretary from 1993 to 2003, when she handed over to the current incumbent. Barbara was brought in as secretary by our then chairman, Hassell Smith, and the two of them were…
In addition to a whole host of other appointments, and to his wide-ranging interests both in the county and elsewhere (as amply recorded in his obituary in the Eastern Daily Press for 10 September 2021), Sir Timothy was president of the Norfolk Record Society from 1978 until his retirement as…