Liege-lord

A feudal superior.

Fact of the Day

It is rumoured that the Queen Mother once went to Westminster Abbey after hours only to find them rehearsing her funeral.

"When the sarcophagus is full, we don't put another corpse in"

~ Medieval Proverb

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.