17 years ago today we sent off the 1st ed of the Historical Thesaurus to OUP for publication in 2009! Scary to think that someone born as we typed in the final word might now be an undergraduate starting this year… (Pictured is Christian Kay handing over the envelope to Tommy Cameron, our janitor.)
![“Earl Stanhope, being teller of the latter, refused to return the Bishop of Lincoln, because he was not habited in his lawn sleeves [ceremonial robes made of lawn, a type of fine linen]. This drew on a warm altercation”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:paoz2geaq2s2byfuuddxs573/bafkreih2uxr37vuapeqsykxauibjgvhicfvutmvmxh2hdwdba3znwvtffa)
