Essay Archive - Autobiography of Owen Archer
Sven Nelson
Autobiography of Owen Archer
It started when a friend of mine, Ned Townley, was accused of murder. One night at a party him and Daniel, Sir William of Wyndesore’s page, got into a fight about Mary. Ned Townley was thrown out of the party and later that night Daniel was found dead; however, Ned Townley was found innocent because Mistress Perrers told the court he was with Mary, her maid.
Afterwards Ned and I were assigned to escort Archbishop Thoresby to Fountains and Rievaulx. The King does this to get the powerful abbots there to....
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