Dr Ben Coates

Senior Research Fellow, House of Lords 1558-1603

bcoates@histparl.ac.uk

Current Research/Role

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1558-1603 section, having joined the History in 2002. I have previously worked on the House of Commons 1604-29 and the House of Lords 1602-29.

Publications

Book

The Impact of the English Civil War on the Economy of London, 1642-50 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004)

Chapter in Book

‘The New Poor Law and the Occupational Structure of Ashby De La Zouch, 1836-1844’, in R. Weedon and A. Milne (eds.), Aspects of English Small Towns in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Leicester: Centre for Urban History Working Papers vi, 1993).

Edited Documents

Part III, ‘1603-1648’ [co-edited with N.A.M. Rodger] in J. B. Hattendorf, R. J. B. Knight, A. W. H. Pearsall and N. A. M. Rodger (eds.), British Naval Documents 1204-1960 (Navy Records Society, 1993)

Journal Article

‘Poor relief in London during the English Revolution revisited’, London Journal 25 (2000), pp. 40-58.