{"id":5187,"date":"2026-04-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:36:00","slug":"sandals-at-the-last-supper-and-vortigern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/sandals-at-the-last-supper-and-vortigern\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandals at the Last Supper and Vortigern April 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1536x830.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-2048x1107.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copy of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinca at the Collection Gallery, Royal Academy, UK <br>(Copy made 1515-1520, and was in the Carthusian Monsatery at Pavia in the 17th Century before being brought to the RA in the 19th Century) Photo K flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>April 2nd, 2026 is the day before Good Friday. It was on the Wednesday or the Thursday that the Last Supper took place. So I have relocated my &#8216;Sandals of the Saints&#8217; post to here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst visiting Flaming June at the Royal Academy, it was nice to have another look at the RA&#8217;s copy of the Last Supper. What strikes me most is their sandals (and the beautifully pressed table cloth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_18-detail-2-1024x443.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_18-detail-2-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_18-detail-2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_18-detail-2-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_18-detail-2.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of the RA Sandals in the copy of the Last Supper Photo Kflude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Details that bring the past to life.  The shoes would surely sell today, while the table cloth really destroys the common idea that the past was dirty and smelly.  It wasn&#8217;t. People took pride in their appearance and surroundings.  Just look at the ironing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, by way of contrast, is a medieval shoe from the 14th Century from the Museum of London. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonmuseum.org.uk\/collections\/london-stories\/pointy-shoes-sexuality-medieval-london\/\">And this is a link to the Museum of London&#8217;s collections <\/a>of medieval shoes, most have been collected from excavations, and it is one of the best collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-1536x783.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14th-century-leather-shoe-m-of-london-2048x1044.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is St. Urban of Langres Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the patron of Langres; Dijon; vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners, and coopers.  And invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.org\/saints\/saint.php?saint_id=1886\">www.catholic.org\/saints\/<\/a>)  But is also called upon to make maid&#8217;s hair long and golden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On the feast of St Urban, (forsooth) maids hang up some of their hair before the image of St Urban, because they would have the rest of their hair grow long and golden. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reginald Scott, the Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584. (Thanks to the Perpetual Almanac by Charles Kightly.)  For more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/april-28th-time-to-guard-children-against-witches\/\">Reginald Scott and Witches see my post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1744<\/strong> &#8211; First Golf Tournament. No, not at St Andrews but at Leith Links, Edinburgh.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vortigern_and_Rowena.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vortigern_and_Rowena.jpg 279w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vortigern_and_Rowena-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bill for the 1796 play <em>Vortigern and Rowena<\/em> Public Domain Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>1796<\/strong> &#8211; A great cast at the Drury Lane Theatre, owned and managed by Sheridan, put on a newly discovered play by William Shakespeare. The cast included Kemble, Barrymore, and Mrs Jordan,  who was the mistress of Prince William (aka William III). Rumours swirled around about the authenticity of the play. Shakespeare was interested in Britain&#8217;s legendary history, having written Cymberline and King Lear. But critics thought it was too simple to be genuine. Eventually, William Henry Ireland admitted he was the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;A London Year&#8217; by Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison has a great quote from a visit to the play.  It took place on April 2nd 1796 and is recorded in Joseph Farington&#8217;s diary. Compare this description to your last polite experience at the Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shakespeare&#8217;s forgery staged<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;Island&#8217;s play of Vortigern, I went to. Prologue, spoken in 35 minutes past six, play over at 10. A strong party was evidently made to support it, which clapped without opposition frequently through near three acts. When some ridiculous passages caused a laugh, which infected the house during the remainder of the performance, mixed with groans. Kemble requested the audience to hear the play out about the end of the fourth act, and prevailed. The epilogue was spoken by <\/em>Mrs. Jordan, who skipped over some lines which claimed the play as Shakespeare&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Barrymore attempted to give the play out for Monday next, but was hooted off the stage. Kemble then came on. And after some time, was permitted to say that &#8216;School for Scandal&#8217; would be given, which the house approved by clapping.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sturt of Dorsetshire was a Stage Box drunk and exposed himself indecently to support the play. And when one of the stage attendants attempted to take up the green cloth, Sturt seized him roughly by the head. He was slightly pelted with oranges. Ireland, his wife, a son and a daughter and two others were in the centre box at the head of the Pitt. Ireland occasionally clapped. But towards the end of the fourth act, he came into the front row and for a little time, leaned his head on his arm. And then went out of the box and behind the scenes. The Playhouse contained an audience that amounted to \u00a3800 pounds.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 2nd 1796 from Joseph Farington&#8217;s Diary, (I have changed some of the punctuation.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who Was Vortigern?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vortigern&#8217;s history is shrouded in Myth. But he was chosen as leader of Britannia after the Romans withdrew in the early 5th Century AD. His name means Great Leader in Brittonic. He is one of the few leaders we know to be a real person in what used to be called the Dark Ages. We accept him as real, as he appears in the near contemporary source by the Monk Gildas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, very little is known of him except legends. He was associated with Merlin. Legend accuses him of betraying the British for the lust for Rowena. She was the daughter of the Saxon Leader Hengist. Whatever the truth of this, Vortigern continued the late Roman policy of hiring Germanic mercenaries. They defend Britannia against  Picts, Irish, Scotti,and, of course the Saxons. The legends say that Hengist and Horsa were hired with their three &#8216;keels&#8217; of Saxon mercenaries. In payment for services rendered, or for lust, Vortigern surrendered the sovereignty of Kent to the Saxons. Thus began the so-called &#8216;Adventus Saxonum&#8217;, and the destruction of the power of the Britons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kent and the Survival of pre-Saxon names<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vortigern-and-merlin-chronicle-of-england-peter-of-langtoft_03-384x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7029\" style=\"width:159px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vortigern-and-merlin-chronicle-of-england-peter-of-langtoft_03-384x1024.jpg 384w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vortigern-and-merlin-chronicle-of-england-peter-of-langtoft_03-112x300.jpg 112w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vortigern-and-merlin-chronicle-of-england-peter-of-langtoft_03.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medieval portrait of Vortigern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>How much of this is &#8216;true&#8217; we have no idea. But the name of Kent survives from the prehistoric, into the Roman, unlike most tribal names. And unlike most tribal names survives to the modern day. Who now has heard of the Trinovantes, the Catuvellauni, Regneses or the Atrebates.  The pre-Roman tribe were called the Cantii, or the Cantiaci. Caesar says they had 4 Kings, and the Cante part of Canterbury comes from their name. Why did the name survive?  Probably because it was the first Roman Civitas to be taken over by the Saxons. Most likely still largely a working political unit. So it kept its name. The other Roman political units mostly lost their names in the anarchy of this period. The political boundaries from the Prehistoric period survived through the Roman period. But the names at least do not survive the fall of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-18th-the-raven\/\">more legends of this period look at my post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published, 2nd April 2025, Last Supper and Vortigern brought together and titled renamed 2nd April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2nd, 2026 is the day before Good Friday. It was on the Wednesday or the Thursday that the Last Supper took place. So I have relocated my &#8216;Sandals of the Saints&#8217; post to here. 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