The parish and burial grounds of St Olave, Silvers Street and the individuals that were interred there.

The story of Margaret Martel who was executed in Suffolk Street in 1697.

A brief history of Execution Dock.

Impotence was sufficient grounds for annulment, but how to prove that a man experienced erectile disfunction? In 1433, one court asked ‘seven honest women’ to ascertain whether or not the defendant was capable of an erection with that timeless method, a lapdance.

Further Reading:
Bronach Kane, “Impotence and Virginity in the Late Medieval Ecclesiastical Court of York,” Borthwick Paper 114 (2008)