Mr Peter McIntosh

BA and MA

Overview

My thesis is an investigation of an overlooked thousand year old story of a Queen who was taken to court by her son and accused of stealing land. This was recorded in the rear of the 1200 year old Hereford Gospels and contains the direct speech of a woman who died a millenia ago. In her own words she, and another female relative, defend themselves before the gathered aristocracy of the Shire and the King's representattive.    

This account provides a fascinating window in to an area that is reltively unexplored, the pre-conquest Herefordshire Shire and its make up as part of the empire of Cnut.