Claire Barnes<p>The great <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> fair at <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Stourbridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stourbridge</span></a> outside <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> (<a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-800-year-old-story-of-stourbridge-fair" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-80</span><span class="invisible">0-year-old-story-of-stourbridge-fair</span></a>) was commemorated last weekend at the <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/LeperChapel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeperChapel</span></a> with dancing, singing, storytelling &amp; craft stalls. </p><p>The <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/14thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>14thCentury</span></a> accounts of the <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/LadyOfClare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyOfClare</span></a> record purchases there over the years: salt, often; also furs &amp; lambskins; smoked herring, cod &amp; stockfish; rice &amp; almonds. <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Almonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Almonds</span></a> were bought in great quantity, used by the pastry chef from Paris &amp; to indulge the pet <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/parrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parrots</span></a>. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>