Posts by Ralph Thompson Records and researchCatalogued: The State Papers of George IIITuesday 24 October 2023Dedicated volunteers have described 2,749 items from the years 1760 to 1783. What did they find?...Records and researchDockyard incendiarist: The tale of ‘John the Painter’Wednesday 15 March 2023246 years ago this month, James Aitken was publicly executed at Portsmouth for heinous...Records and researchLady Lisle: Reluctant rebel?Tuesday 6 December 2022Among The National Archives’ vast collections can be found the rather overlooked and somewhat...Records and researchJeannie Cameron and the case of the three JennysWednesday 16 March 2022To coincide with March’s Women’s History Month, I highlight records associated with a somewhat...Records and researchRichmond Park and the Georgian access controversyWednesday 23 June 2021Two hundred and sixty years ago, in the mid-summer of 1761, Richmond Park acquired...Records and research1618 and ‘The Great Confessional War’Wednesday 23 May 2018This year marks the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of one of the most...Records and researchThe Carleton Papers projectWednesday 28 March 2018Having been given an exciting opportunity to project manage the cataloguing of the Carleton Papers...Records and researchEngland’s freedom, soldiers’ rights: Civil War army disputesFriday 27 October 2017Three hundred and seventy years ago this autumn, among the dying embers of bloody...Records and research1717 and the invasion that never wasThursday 2 February 2017300 years ago, Swedish ambassadors attempted to foment an invasion plan and embark a...Records and research1716: The year of the MacGregorWednesday 29 June 20161716 was a momentous year for Robert MacGregor: he was outlawed on 30 June,...Records and researchThe death of Queen AnneFriday 1 August 2014This August marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne, the last of...Records and researchTreaty of Utrecht 300th anniversaryFriday 25 October 2013Free talk – Thursday 31 October, Kew This year marks the 300th anniversary of...