English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne did not “forget or forgive” the actions of the church that left her publicly humiliated, ...

A Cambridge criminologist has uncovered new evidence in the killing of a priest, John Forde, who had his throat cut on a busy ...

In the end, the only charge that ever stuck in the murder case was an indictment against one of the family’s former servants.

As per the findings, a woman named Ela Fitzpayne was accused of multiple affairs, including with Forde. She was punished with ...

Learn more about the Medieval Murder Maps project that helped shed light on a nearly 700-year-old cold case.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male ...

He may have betrayed her to the Church—she may have had him killed. Researcher uncovers medieval murder in modern-day maps.

It's easy to lose oneself down the rabbit hole of medieval murder for hours, filtering the killings by year, choice of weapon, and location. Think of it as a kind of 14th-century version of Clue: It ...

Eisner leads the Medieval Murder Maps project ... after vespers but before sunset on Friday 3 rd May 1337 when a fellow priest, Hasculph Neville, distracted Ford with “pleasant conversation”.