The founder of the Trust and one of its Trustees, Anthony Cobbold, will be giving a talk about ‘The Story of Margaret Catchpole’ on Friday 21st November at 10am at The Hold in Ipswich, the home of Suffolk Archives, as part of their exhibition: Behind Bars – Suffolk’s Criminal Past.
Anthony will be speaking about Margaret Catchpole and about the Reverend Richard Cobbold’s book about the Margaret Catchpole story, including his efforts to disentangle the facts of the story from the fiction. The Trust has loaned Rev. Richard Cobbold’s original book of watercolours to The Hold for the exhibition, which will run from Friday 24th October 2025 to Saturday 17th January 2026.
The Cobbold Family History Trust’s three trustees plan to be at the talk on Friday 21st November, and all would be very welcome to attend. Tickets are available from the Suffolk Archives website.
Katherine Dunstan
