Bradford Research

Scrooby Manor for Sale! – See Inside

The Scrooby Manor farmhouse Two years ago, you may remember, we saw that William Bradford's (likely) boyhood home in Austerfield,…

2 weeks ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Delftshaven

Bradford and the Pilgrims left the Netherlands from Delftshaven. Today it a quaint street with an historic feel The harbor…

3 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Home in Leiden

One interesting place that we visited during our trip to Leiden was the American Pilgrim Museum. It was a house…

3 months ago

An Update on My William Bradford Biography

Since I announced several years ago that I was writing a new biography of William Bradford, I’ve had quite a…

3 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Leiden

Bradford lived in Leiden during a truly formative period of his life, and we spent several days here. It has…

3 months ago

Semper Reformanda Taught by the Pilgrim Pastor

Delftshaven, from which the Pilgrims departed Many Reformed churches today hold dearly to the principle of Semper Reformanda, or Always…

7 months ago

Rediscovering a Thanksgiving Poem – “The Mayflower Pilgrims”

While researching for my Bradford biography, I just came across a short poem about the Pilgrims. Seeing that it was…

8 months ago

The Mystery of a Missing Bradford Letter

Image by Jeff Nelson under CC BY-SA 2.0 I recently came across a snippet from a letter by Bradford that…

9 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Amsterdam

One of Amsterdam's famous canals Nieuwe Kerk, on Amsterdam's central square, was built in the 1300s. Bradford would have certainly…

10 months ago

Closing the Door on Pilgrims and Abortion

Painting of a Dutch Woman from this period by Rembrandt Two years ago I wrote a short article on the…

10 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Crossing to the Netherlands

This is the start of a series of post from a second research trip to Europe. This time we flew…

11 months ago

A Look into Bradford’s Weaving Workshop

As those familiar with the story of the life of William Bradford may already know, he lived in Leiden, Netherlands…

11 months ago