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Commission impossible? Deciphering job titles in History of Parliament biographies (part 1)
In the first of an occasional series, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section considers some of the unlikely-sounding…
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‘I am a political animal, but I am not a politician’: Leah Manning as a sponsored parliamentary candidate in the 1930s.
Next up in the Women and Parliament series we hear from Dr James Parker of the University of Exeter. He…
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Medieval MP of the Month: George Ashby
For this month’s installment from our House of Commons 1422-1461 Section we hear from Dr Simon Payling about poet and…
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Parliament and Superstition: A Jackdaw in the House of Commons, 1604
Today we hear from the Editor of our House of Lords 1604-29 Section, Dr Andrew Thrush about a curious incident…
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The Origins of a Father of the House
This week as part of our Mothers and Fathers of the House series, Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson research professor at…
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Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House
Last week we heard about the Father or ‘Grand Old Man’ of the Long Parliament, so this week we have…
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Sir Francis Knollys: The Grand Old Man of the Long Parliament
In earlier centuries politics might be seen as a young man’s game, but here Dr Andrew Barclay of the House…
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St George’s day in York: an invitation from Charles I, 1642
Continuing with our patron saints blog series, Dr Vivienne Larminie, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons 1640-1660 project, explores…
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‘A gentleman but stumbling in here!’: an impostor in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament
In our latest post, Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section revisits the Parliament of 1659, which…
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How long is a Parliament?
In this blog for the ‘Named Parliaments’ series, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Associate Editor of the House of Lords 1604-29 project,…
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‘“The Parliament driver”: Walter Long, party politics and the whip
The recent stream of votes in the Commons surrounding Brexit has thrown into relief the practice of ‘whipping’ MPs into…
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The will of the people? The Middlesex elections of 1769
250 years ago, in April 1769, the electors of Middlesex went to the polls: the third by-election they had experienced…
