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Mr Jones completed his journey to northampton on horseback, where he was locked in a damp cell in northampton Castle until just before easter 1643, when he was released into the care of the Reverend Antony Walters, the vicar of great Doddington. Walters allowed him to give the easter Day service in Wellingborough Parish Church, but Jones used the Book of Common Prayer, which had been forbidden by Parliament, and administered the sacraments. For this he was rearrested, thrown back in the castle jail where he died of ‘ill usage and poor diet’, and was buried in an unmarked grave in All saints Church, northampton.
To commemorate the 375th anniversary of the Battle of Naseby the Sealed Knot will be creating a campaign of events in 2020, leading up to a major re-enactment of the battle being planned for the August Bank Holiday.
For more details go to www.thesealedknot.org.uk and to find out more about the Battle of Naseby go to www.naseby.com
SOME MEMORABLE EXHIBITS AT DAVENTRY MUSEUM
Rod Viveash
Rod Viveash has been a volunteer at Daventry Museum for nine years and the voluntary curator for seven. During his time there several important artefacts have been acquired. In this article he has selected four that all came with their own story to tell.
The BBC Transmitter Panels
the BBC came to Borough Hill, Daventry, in 1925 and built a huge radio transmitting station. the aerial masts became a local landmark and the phrase ‘Daventry Calling’ known throughout the world. All was demolished in 1992. some of the redundant transmitters were saved for use elsewhere, one going to the BBC station at skelton near Penrith in Cumbria. In 2012 I heard through a contact at skelton that the transmitter was being scrapped and he had managed to save two control panels, so a couple of days later my wife and I were driving a hired transit van to Cumbria! the panels were from an iconic short wave transmitter made by the Marconi Company. they sold hundreds throughout the world in the 1960s.
A short wave Marconi transmitter saved from the original BBC transmitting station at Daventry and now proving to be a popular exhibit at Daventry Museum
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