A STUNNING Royal crown is amongst a stash of medieval treasure discovered in a secret underground chamber where it was hidden from the Nazis. Historians have been hunting for the collection of ...

Dedicated to the Virgin Mary it is the last great masterpiece of English medieval architecture. Its spectacular fan vaulted ceiling and the King's imposing tomb, with gilt bronze effigies of him and ...

The medieval house of the Abbots of Westminster was known as Cheyneygates. The principal room, the Jerusalem Chamber, was added by Nicholas Litlyngton (Abbot of Westminster 1362-1386). The origin of ...

Dr Helen Gittos is a Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at University of Oxford. Credit: ITV News Meridian The royal burial chamber was discovered in 2003 by a busy road in Prittlewell ...