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Cambridge University's Medieval Murder Maps project analysed the murder of priest John Forde. Forde was killed in 1337 in a calculated act of revenge by a member of the English aristocracy. Ela ...

Medieval murder: Records suggest vengeful noblewoman had priest assassinated in 688-year-old cold case by University of Cambridge edited by Sadie Harley , reviewed by Robert Egan ...

Researchers have uncovered handwritten letters, court documents, and a coroner’s report related to the nearly 700-year-old cold case murder of a medieval priest. Published on June 5 in the ...

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Espionage, sex, public humiliation, murder — these may sound like tropes straight out of Game of Thrones, but they’re actually all elements of a nearly 700-year-old cold case in England.. After ...

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

The 1337 murder of the priest John Forde in the heart of medieval London was especially gruesome: one attacker slit Forde's throat with a dagger while two others stabbed him with "long knives" in ...

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.

The unsolved London murder of priest John Forde from 1337 is now solved, revealing Forde’s death likely came at the order of English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne.