The Commons in the Wars of the Roses
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The puzzling career of the luckless Sir Thomas Mallory (c.1416-1471), author of Le Morte d’Arthur
In today’s blog Dr Simon Payling, senior research fellow for our Commons 1461-1504 project, explores the mysterious life of Sir…
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Those pesky deliveries: delivering the King’s writs across 15th century England
In recent months, easily talking to friends and colleagues on the other side of the country, or even world, has…
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Real or imagined? Fifteenth-century MPs as perpetrators of violence
In our latest blog we’re exploring some of the dangerous reputations held by Medieval MPs with Dr Simon Payling, senior…
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Plague, prorogation and the suspension of the courts in fifteenth-century England
In another timely blog from our History of Parliament researchers, today Dr Simon Payling, senior research fellow for the Commons…
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Pubs, Publicans and Parliament in the later Middle Ages
Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of our Commons 1461-1504 project, is one of many people celebrating parliament’s decision to allow the…
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Sex, (almost) in the city: Southwark – a constituency of contrasts
Continuing our collaborative local history blog series, this month we are exploring the constituency of Southwark. In the first of…
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Lockdown Entertainment: Medieval MPs and Books
Recent government lockdown measures have seen many people embrace new hobbies and pastimes to fill their days, including reading books.…
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What might have been: The Sweating Sickness and the Representation of the County of Cornwall in Henry VII’s first Parliament of 1485-6
In today’s blog, Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of our Commons 1461-1504 project, looks back to 1485, when a sudden epidemic…
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The true Queen of the West
May marks Local & Community History Month and kick-starts a new Local History blog series at the History of Parliament.…
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Children and Parliament in Medieval England
Continuing the theme of children and Parliament following Helen Sunderland’s blog about schoolgirls’ visits to the House of Parliament, 1880-1918…
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Was the battle of Towton as bloody as all that?
Today is the anniversary of the battle of Towton, a violent battle in 1461 which resulted in Edward IV claiming…
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Ambassadors in the late middle ages
March’s medieval offering is from Senior Research Fellow, Dr Charles Moreton, who is currently working on our 1461-1504 project. Charles…