Richard Farrier looked after the king’s horses, Margaret Hawarden liked fine clothes, and Elys ap Gruff got into trouble with debt... Meet some of the real characters of medieval Chester.
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Chester: a city with a rich medieval heritage
The legacies of Chester's medieval past are present today in the
city's surviving townscape, in its museum
collections and in the remarkable body of
medieval multi-lingual literature which reflects
the experiences of diverse cultural and ethnic
communities within this dynamic city on the
border of England and Wales.