HISTORY buffs can find out more about what Braintree was like during a key period in England’s past.
An exhibition about the Magna Carta has come to Braintree Musuem, in Manor Street, Braintree, and features new displays about what the district was like during Medieval times.
It focuses on Robert de Vere, baron of Castle Hedingham, who was one of twenty-five barons who forced King John to sign the document in 1215.
The display features the chair of state from Hedingham Castle, a replica King John seal that visitors can handle, and anniversary embroideries and pennants created by the Castle Hedingham Embroiderers’ Guild.
Medieval rings and brooches from Kelvedon and Finchingfield are also on display, as well as a 13th Century papal seal found locally.
Important medieval pottery industry based at Sible Hedingham can also be viewed.
An interactive area also enables visitors to explore the medieval towns of Braintree, Bocking, Coggeshall, Halstead, Kelvedon and Witham.
‘Medieval Toil and Trouble: Castle Hedingham: Magna Carta’ will be open during normal museum hours until January 5.
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