Posts by Daniel Gosling Records and researchTreason against the state: America declares independenceFriday 3 February 2023Explore how and why America declared independence from Great Britain, and where treason fits...Records and researchTreason against the state: The execution of Charles IMonday 30 January 2023Levying war against the Crown was one of the key treasonable offences defined by...Archives and archivistsCataloguing Exchequer EquityTuesday 22 November 2022In his presentation for Catalogue Week 2022, Dr Daniel Gosling, Principal Legal Records Specialist,...Records and researchHow the Gunpowder Treason was discoveredSaturday 5 November 2022Included in our State Papers collection is a letter written on 7 November 1605,...Records and researchThe burning of HMS GaspeeThursday 9 June 2022On the afternoon of 9 June 1772, the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee ran...