Articles by David Scott
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The Baronial Context of the 1641 Triennial Act
Dr David Scott, Editor of the 1640-60 House of Lords section, explores the role of the peers in securing the…
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Lord Saye and Sele and the Battle for Oxford
In our first ‘Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments‘ article of 2025, Editor of the 1640-60 House of Lords section, Dr David Scott,…
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The Stuart Brothers in the English Civil War: the Road to Royalist Martyrdom
UNIQ+ Intern, Thomas Fallais, and David Scott, editor of the House of Lords 1640-1660 section, consider the deaths of three prominent royalist…
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The Civil War and the First Age of Party
May 2023 saw the publication of the History of Parliament House of Commons 1640-1660 volumes. This research has uncovered that…
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The Lords and the Putney Debates
Following the victory of Parliament over King Charles I in the first English Civil War, the New Model Army, Charles,…
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Levelling the Lords
In the inaugural blog of our Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments series, the editor of our new House of Lords 1640-60 section…
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New Project: The House of Lords 1640-1660
In exciting news for the History of Parliament, 2022 sees the winding down of our long-running House of Commons 1640-1660…
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Oliver Cromwell’s Western Designer
In today’s blog Dr David Scott, senior research fellow for our Commons 1640-1660 project, continues our look at parliamentary links…
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Northumberland in the British Civil Wars
This month’s local history focus is Northumberland and we’re kicking things off with a look at the county during the…
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Sex in the Long Parliament
In our latest blog, Dr David Scott of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section looks at the extra-curricular activities of…