Category Archives: James I to Restoration

Gout and the political career of Lord Broghill

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

Today’s blog from Dr Patrick Little of the Commons 1640-1660 Section sees the return of our focus on health, medicine and Parliament. Patrick discusses the detrimental effect of gout on the career of Lord Broghill in the mid-seventeenth century… Roger … Continue reading →

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Dudley North, 3rd Lord North and the discovery of the waters of Tunbridge Wells

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

As part of our focus on health and medicine, Dr Ben Coates of the Lords 1604-29 Section considers the origins of the famous spa at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and ponders whether the parliamentary context might shed light on the date … Continue reading →

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Becoming a citizen: naturalizations and denizations in the seventeenth century

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

In the context of discussion both of ‘the Windrush generation’ and the citizenship aspects of the Brexit negotiation, Dr Vivienne Larminie of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section and co-editor of the ‘James I to Restoration’ blog page, discusses the … Continue reading →

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Parliament and St George’s Day in the early seventeenth century

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

Following previous blogs to mark St David’s Day and St Patrick’s Day, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-1629 Section discusses the near-disappearance of the celebration of St George’s Day in the aftermath of Reformation legislation.  For peers who belonged … Continue reading →

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Women Petitioners and The Parlament of Women

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

As part of our Women and Parliament blog series to mark the centenary of the first women gaining the vote in 1918, this week we hear from Assistant Editor of the Commons 1640-1660 project, Dr Vivienne Larminie. She describes a … Continue reading →

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MPs as art collectors in the 1650s

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

As the Royal Academy’s Charles I: King and Collector exhibition comes to a close, Andrew Barclay, Senior Research Fellow with the Commons 1640-1660 Section, considers how a number of the king’s paintings passed into the collections formed by MPs of … Continue reading →

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Irish Disputes at Westminster

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

To launch our new James I to Restoration blog, and also mark St Patrick’s Day, Dr Patrick Little of the Commons 1640-1660 Section discusses the controversial presence of Irish MPs at Westminster in the 1650s… With Irish political and constitutional … Continue reading →

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