Posts by Claire Kennan Records and researchFrom Peterloo to the Pankhursts: A new way of exploring 19th-century radical historyMonday 5 August 2019On 16th August 1819 more than 60,000 men, women and children arrived at St...Records and researchEarly Trade Unions and the Combination LawsThursday 27 June 2019The concept of a trade union, or a body of workers joining together to...Archives and archivistsPeel’s Police: Raw Lobsters and Blue Devils!Thursday 25 April 2019On 19 June 1829, Sir Robert Peel’s Act for Improving the Police in and...Records and researchMistaken identity: Elizabeth Burley and the Contagious Diseases ActsThursday 14 March 2019Let those who have never seen a ship of war, picture to themselves a...Records and researchPeter Vannes, Henry VIII and early modern marriageThursday 13 April 2017Peter Vannes was central to divorce negotiations on behalf of Henry VIII, but he...Records and researchTill death do us part? Divorce in medieval EnglandThursday 6 April 2017There were actually only a very small number of divorce cases in medieval England...