...of money in 1621, approximately £40,000 in today’s money. Booth’s accusation of Passmore being a highwayman was very serious and Passmore was concerned for his reputation. So, Passmore convinced Deputy...
...iconic roof we know today is from the repairs, redesign, and rebuilding commissioned by Richard II in 1393. The oak hammer beam roof is the largest medieval timber roof in...
...(21 August 2015) https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04637/SN04637.pdf House of Commons library, Election of a Speaker, Briefing Paper 05074 (13 January 2020) https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05074/SN05074.pdf Rushworth Historic Collections, Vol 4, 1721 (4 Jan 1642) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rushworth-papers/vol4/pp473-494#h3-0004 ...
...is appropriate. The Proclamation campaign of 1908 So who wrote the Proclamation and decided to take it to Parliament? My research in the archives of the WFL at the Women's...
...and Ireland as it is today, are housed in the Parliamentary Archives. Learn more about the symbols and Acts in our blog Leek, Thistle, Shamrock and Rose: Symbols of the...
...of a number titled ‘Photographs of the first Parliamentary Course on Parliamentary Procedure and Practice run for the Legislators of Commonwealth Governments, 1952’. In this blog I will explore the...
...Margaret had left some forgotten odds and ends in her desk drawers which can provide a little snapshot of day-to-day life in Parliament in the mid-twentieth century. Margaret Herbison...
...initially to provide the decorative schemes for the House of Lords chamber but then Pugin’s work spread into other areas of the building’s interior. They run up to late 1851...
For the last two years I have been working on an Irish Research Council Marie Skłodowska-Curie Elevate project entitled ‘Competing jurisdictions: appellate justice in the Dublin and Westminster parliaments, 1603...
...Pullen. Pullen’s nephew was not a thrifty man and he became indebted to Samuel Rhodes who consequently seems to acquired ownership of the houses in Pullen’s Row. Further research I...
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