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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚲New Exhibition coming next week — Across Continents, Across Centuries at Lambeth Palace Library. 🚃🚲

Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Join us for a short talk on our current exhibition, its development and a closer look at a few highlights with the exhibition's curators. This event is free and open to all. Please note, there are two sessions taking place.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For our most recent blog post, Kwesi Ochosi, Project Co-ordinator, explores the life of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African Anglican bishop. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther is pictured here.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📢Join us for a short talk on our current exhibition, its development and a closer look at a few highlights, on the 3rd and 5th September. This event is free and open to all. For more information and to book: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/events/ [A66.1 R99 TP, FP]

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For our latest blog post, Matthew Harper, Archives Assistant, explores the story of St Frideswide's Mission in East London and its efforts to support local dockside communities.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Join us for 'Church Ships and Floating Chapels: Missions to Seamen in the Age of Sail', featuring an exhibition viewing, drinks reception, and a talk by Professor Hilary Carey and Dr Catherine Phipps exploring mariners and Church of England missions in the 19th century.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're looking for an Associate Head of Lambeth Palace Library (Innovation and Delivery) to join the senior management team leading our world-class research library and archive, championing innovation, supporting strategic delivery, and helping expand access to our remarkable collections.

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Exeter Cathedral @exetercathedral.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week we have been enjoying exploring cats and lions in our Library & Archive collections – and there are lots of them! It is World Cat Day on 8 August and International Lion Day on 10 August. To read more visit www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our new book is now available to purchase at the Library! 'Lambeth Palace Library', by Giles Mandelbrote, a volume in the 'Director's Choice' series, published by Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers. Pop in to get your copy alongside some lovely postcards!

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

⛵ New Exhibition Opens Today! ⛵ Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire at Lambeth Palace Library, in collaboration with the University of Bristol. 24 July – 11 September 2026. For more information, see www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-rel...

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Here is a 16th-century woodcut illustrating the month of July, from Thys Prymer of Salysbury Use (Salisbury Primer). [1534.46, f. 1c1] #LambethPalaceLibrary #Woodcut #July #EarlyPrintedBook #RareBooks

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

⚓New Exhibition coming soon — Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire at Lambeth Palace Library. ⚓ Set sail this summer with a display of maritime-themed items from our collections. Find out more by following this link: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-rel...

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢NEW Catalogue of the Beauvoir Papers! Discover the lives of William Beauvoir, chaplain to George I’s envoy to the French court, and his wife Elizabeth, a minor and ward of Sir Hans Sloane. archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Rec... [MS 1552 f. 141]

William and Elizabeth’s marriage certificate, LPL MS 1552, f. 141

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📚Book your Reading Room slot for 4th July via our website now! 📖 www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/.../register... ✨Our exhibition, Over the Wall, is open as usual - free of charge and no booking required! ✨ Please note - this does not include entry to the garden. #Exhibition #LambethPalaceLibrary

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Happy International Archives Day 📚 A core part of our archive work is listing and cataloguing our material to make it accessible. Sunny, our placement student, is shown here documenting a collection of Lambeth Palace plans. ©Lambeth Palace Library

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🌷🌿Join us for our last garden tour next Wednesday in conjunction with our newest exhibition, 'Over The Wall'. Tours will start and conclude at the Lambeth Palace Library, where access to the 'Over the Wall' garden exhibition is free.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Join us for an afternoon talk with Orly Amit, Maciej Pawlikowski and Eyal Poleg.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join us for the Church of England Record Society Annual General Meeting, followed by a lecture on the history of London's Ragged Schools. This event is free and all are welcome!

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📢 Reminder that the deadline for applications to this programme is 12th May!📢

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌿We are excited to announce that our new exhibition 'Over the Wall' will be opening on 18th May. 🍂 🍂Our exhibitions are free to enter and no booking is required!🌿 Keep an eye on our website for more information — www.lambethpalacelibrary.info

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

✨Tomorrow is the final day of our exhibition - Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time! ✨ Pop in to see rare artefacts from the collection and items on loan from Lambeth Palace, including this cassock!

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another of our medieval manuscripts has now been digitised 📖🖥️ MS 144 is a compilation of 12th- and 14th-century texts, some with striking initials, like this big E 🦁 👅 Take a look! 🔗https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/s/od73zi 🖼️ MS 144, fol. 164r #BookHistory #MedievalSky

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📢 We are excited to share that John Newton’s Sermon Book — held in the Library’s collection — will be featured in the inaugural exhibition at the brand-new V&A East Museum, The Music is Black: A British Story.

Lambeth Palace Library, Newton Papers, MS2940 p.22 & 23.

Image credit - Eddie Otchere, ‘So Solid Crew’, Battersea Park, 2001 © Eddie Otchere.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Don't miss 'Routes in the Records II: Church of England’s Black History at the Archives' on Wednesday 22 April 2026 from 18:30 GMT via Zoom. Book your place @ tinyurl.com/3mryr9j6

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📚Book your Reading Room slot for April 11th via our website now! 📖 www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/using-the-li... ✨Our exhibition, Primate of All England, is open as usual - free of charge and no booking required! ✨

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Following our Spring 2025 exhibition—Unfolding Time: The medieval pocket calendar— @kresenkernow.bsky.social will be hosting free zigzag calendar events on 14 and 15 April! See Kresen Kernow’s event page for more info and to book: kresenkernow.org/events/ Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

FREE preservation site visits for cathedrals! The Spring 2026 application round is now open; apply for a visit from our expert Collections Care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues. Details at www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...

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Cathedral Libraries and Archives Collaboration – Lambeth Palace Library

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Ed Roberts @ecroberts.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

For anyone in London at a loose end on Thursday 9 April, I'm giving a talk at @lampallib.bsky.social on the concept of the primate archbishop, exploring its history from late antiquity to the Norman Conquest. Free to attend but please register here! #medievalsky

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Primacy: Archbishops and Authority, Late Roman Africa to Medieval England

A lecture by Dr Edward Roberts, University of Kent.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

REMINDER - Join us for a fascinating evening with David Scott on the Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style. Discover the chapel’s ritual innovations, its Baroque influences, and what its surviving evidence reveals about music, liturgy, design, and the beauty of holiness.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Join us for Routes in the Records II on Saturday 11th April for a chance to connect with and reflect on the Church of England's Black History at the Archives.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Join us for 'Primacy: Archbishops and Authority from late Roman Africa to Medieval England', a talk held in connection with our current exhibition Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

‘Good Morning Sir!’ As we mark #SchoolArchivesDay, here are the pupils of St Thomas' School in Birmingham performing a 9am salute, back in the 19th or early 20th century.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join us for a fascinating evening with David Scott on the Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

An edition of the Register of Archbishop Cranmer, edited by the late Paul Ayris, has now been published open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/thomas-...

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In our current exhibition you will find this portrait of St. Dunstan with 'The Tempter' perched upon his crozier. 🖼️ St. Dunstan famously had several encounters with the Devil, including the moment he seized him with red-hot tongs, while living as a hermit at Glastonbury. #LambethPalace #StDunstan

St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Hans Holbein the Younger.

(Item on loan from Lambeth Palace to Lambeth Palace Library by kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners.)

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

✨ It's time to Colour In!✨ Our Digital Officer has created these colouring in sheets as part of our current exhibition, 'Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time' and we now have these lovely additions by Charlotte! #LambethPalaceLibrary #PrimateOfAllEngland #Exhibition

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

"Memento homo quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris" ("Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return"). Rubric for imposition of ashes during mass on Ash Wednesday from the 15th century Broughton Missal. [MS 5066, f.35r.] #LambethPalaceLibrary #AshWednesday

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📖 In our most recent post, Julia King explores the Library’s acquisition of two rare pamphlets from the reign of Henry VIII.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

🐴As a predominantly paper and printed book archive, you might be surprised to find a wooden toy horse in our collections! Once owned by Archbishop Randall Davidson during his childhood, this wooden horse is one of the largest artefacts we have. 🐴 Artefact/17

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

February can be chilly so keep warm by the fire like this guy!🔥 Detail of the page for this month in an early 16th century martyrology from the Cathedral Priory of Christ Church, Canterbury. [MS 20 f.16] #LambethPalaceLibrary #Manuscripts

MS 20 f. 16 - image of a man in a green hat knelt by a fire.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

📢 Our newest exhibition, Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time, is now officially open! Come along and find out more about the historic role and responsibilities of the Archbishop of Canterbury through rarely-seen artefacts and archive material.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month? If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑‍🌾 [MV5443.U6, no. 4]

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Happy new year from all of us at Lambeth Palace Library! At the start of the year, we opened 1505 records from 1995, including material from the Turnbull Papers, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Archbishop Carey and the Church Buildings Council.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

📢Lambeth Palace Library will be closed from Tuesday 23rd December until Monday 5th January.📢 There is also no Saturday opening in January, the first of these will be the 7th February. On behalf of the Library staff, we want to wish you all a wonderful festive period and New Year 🎉

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🎉We are delighted to announce our next exhibition - 'Primate of All England' The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time - opening on the 28th January 2026! ✨Explore the historic role and responsibilities of the Archbishop of Canterbury through rarely-seen artefacts and archival material✨

Poster of Primate of All England The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time, depicting 7 previous Archbishop's of Canterbury, detailing, and opening information: 28 January - 4 May 2026 9:30-17:00 Monday - Friday, until 19:15 on Thursdays.

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Nick Munn @medievalmunn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This has been out a while now, but very happy to have written a short blog post for @lampallib.bsky.social as part of my recent placement. I delve into the interesting workings of Henry Wharton and what his choice of medieval transcription may tell us about his own lifetime... monumentoffame.org

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A Monument of Fame

The Lambeth Palace Library Blog

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