Thomas Tonge and his visitation of the northern counties, 1530

Thomas Tonge and his visitation of the northern counties, 1530

Speaker: Dr Michael Carter, FSA FRHistS
Curator of History, English Heritage

This online only event, via Zoom.

The link will be live on Eventbrite just prior to the lecture.

The meeting will start at 17.30, the lecture will commence at 18.00

In this talk, Dr Michael Carter, historian at English Heritage, discusses the life and career of Thomas Tonge (d. 1536), successively York Herald and Norroy and Clarenceux king of arms. There will a focus on his visitation of the northern counties in 1530, an invaluable source for the history of the region, its families and religious houses on the eve of the Dissolution.