Archaeologist excavating some of the thousands of un-named victims of the Black Death

Glimpsed lives

‘For there are poor people, Almost innumerable, That are driven to beg…’
(Robert Crowley 1550)

Some medieval Londoners have left hardly any trace, apart from their name mentioned once in a document or scratched onto an object. These tantalising glimpses into their lives leave us wishing we could know more.

Click on the names below to read about these elusive individuals.

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