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 ...

The interactive Medieval Murder Map visualizes 355 homicides reported by coroners in the 14th century across London, York and ...

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

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

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

Location of the murder of John Forde, taken from the Medieval Murder Maps. University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology and the Historic Towns Trust.

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.

Life in 14th-century Cambridge, England, couldn’t have been easy. As the Black Death faded, it left behind a devastated society and many poor people. After years in which their bodies were worn ...

The sight of cattle grazing in the parks and open spaces around Cambridge is as much a part of the scenery as the ancient ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.