Portrait prints, 17th-20th century
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The Chapter Library and Cathedral collections features a number of painted and printed portraits of former bishops, deans and Cathedral clergy.
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Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres, 1737-1816
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A brief outline by Dr Jean Baker of the life and times of a remarkable but little-known woman (not an ancestor of hers) who played a significant role in the political, social and cultural evolution of Kent’s rapidly growing towns at the end of the eighteenth century.
Read MoreColonial heritage at Rochester Cathedral
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A reinvestigation of the Early Modern history and collections of the Cathedral was spurred by the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests and ensuing debate on memorialisation in public spaces.
Read MoreInvestments in the South Sea Company by the Dean & Chapter of Rochester Cathedral, 1715-1720
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The archives of the Dean & Chapter include a collection of early 18th-century stock and dividend receipts and accounts evidencing an extensive financial legacy from investments in two of the largest slave-trading companies in history.
Read MoreBaptisms, marriages and burial registers
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Facsimile and transcriptions of the baptism, marriage and burial registers of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreElizabeth Elstob (1683-1756)
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Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the centrality of Elizabeth Elstob to our understanding of and access to Anglo-Saxon history.
Read MoreDame Ann Hennicker (d.1792)
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The C18th monument to Dame Henniker features statues of Truth and Old Time cast from the fascinating Coade stone, developed by notable early British businesswoman Eleanor Coade.
Read MoreConservation of the Vinegar Bible
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A rare misprinted bible printed by John Baskett of Oxford in 1717, also known as the Vinegar Bible, was conserved by Lara Meredith in 2015 in advance of its exhibition in the Cathedral Crypt.
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