Hymn to St. Patrick in Thomas Messingham's Florilegium or collection of #Irish saints lives (1626) hand-repaired by anonymous #Irish #Franciscan Friar (JMcC) #bookhistory

Manuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life & miracles of Saint Francis of Assisi

Italian c. 1320–42 (Met Museum)

Frog, made in #France , c. 1600 - 1650

(Musée du Louvre)

Aquamanile in the Form of a Griffin c. 1120/30.

The fancy way to keep up that hand hygiene. (Kunsthistorsiches Museum Wien)

25 Apr 1347: d. Henry Gower Bishop of St Davids #otd His tomb, damaged, still stands in the cathedral

(Wolfgang Sauber, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.)

Elizabeth Knollys (b.1549), Lady Leighton, attrib. to George Gower

(NT Montacute House)

25 Apr 1621: b. Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, the future Earl of Orrery & occasional playwright at Lismore Castle Co. #Waterford #otd (BM/Dermot)

25 Apr 1228: b. St. Louis IX, king of #France at Poissy #otd (BNF/ElGreco)

Crusader, relic-fan, promoter of charities

25 Apr 1496: A Portuguese investigation reveals Perkin Warbeck, pretender, to be Flemish #otd Hanged at #Tyburn 1499 #otd

This Medal from the BM may be associated with his cause #otd

25 Apr 1640: John Rushworth, historian & future secretary to Oliver Cromwell appointed clerk-assistant to the House of Commons #otd

25 Apr 1629: d. Malcolm Hamilton, Scottish Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel at Camus, Co. Galway #otd

25 Apr 1662: Prior to his trial John Lambert is permitted #otd to have visits from his wife & children in the Tower of #London (NPG)
Died in detention on Drake's island near #Plymouth in 1684. His 'Instrument of Government' was the written constitution of the Protectorate

25 Apr 1461: Henry VI agrees #otd to hand Berwick over to #Scotland in return for support in regaining the throne from Edward IV (NPG)

25 Apr 1631: Mervin Touchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, stands trial by his peers #otd for allegedly helping a servant rape his wife, the Countess, and for sodomy with another servant. He was executed following conviction for rape & for sodomy on 14 May 1631 (NPG)

25 Apr 1697: d. Anthony Dopping Bishop of #Meath in #Dublin #otd (eebo)

25 Apr 1600: Henry Docwra lands 4,000 foot & 200 horse at #Carrickfergus #otd preparatory to garrisoning the #Foyle estuary

(BL image - here is the town in 1560, with the#Franciscan friary still standing)

25 Apr 1185: John, Lord of #Ireland (future King of #England , 1199) arrives in #Waterford #otd .

He had been named Lord of #Ireland in 1177.

25 Apr 1653: John Rogers proposes a godly Sanhedrin of seventy men to govern the Commonwealth #otd (eebo/BM) Just imagine if they had done it...

25 Apr 1602: William Harvey (he of circulation fame) awarded the MD at #Padua #otd

(RCPL/ His tag in the university, thanks to Helen Good)

25 Apr 1603: d. Archbishop James Beaton of #Glasgow at #Paris #otd He had lived there for over 40 years and was a nephew to Cardinal David Beaton (Jebulon)