Tag: Elizabeth i Archives and archivists‘Dude, where art thine quill?’Thursday 29 July 2021Working in Collection Care, we have a unique view of the documents that come...Records and researchLove dividedThursday 7 May 2020Today, as we write this blog, people across the world have been separated, in...Archives and archivistsThe poignant last will and testament of Nicholas HilliardTuesday 30 April 2019Nicholas Hilliard – goldsmith, portrait painter, royal servant – was buried in St Martin-in-the-Fields,...Behind the scenesQueens on film and in printTuesday 29 January 2019When you were little did you play at being a princess? I did and I...Behind the scenesTracking the Tudors: a special event for studentsMonday 5 March 2018On Monday 26 February The National Archives welcomed sixth form students from a number of...Records and researchElizabeth’s Rival, by Nicola TallisMonday 29 January 2018‘Elizabeth’s Rival’ is the first ever biography of the extraordinary Lettice Knollys, Countess of...Records and researchElizabeth I’s monarchy: rule of a ‘weak and feeble’ woman?Tuesday 1 November 2016A new online collection offers unprecedented and extensive access to Elizabeth I in her...Records and researchMeeting Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s pirate queenThursday 16 June 2016There are many surprising finds when you peer into the annals of piracy -...Records and researchWriter of the month: Ian MortimerThursday 27 June 2013Normally when historians are asked to talk about archives it is assumed that they...Records and researchShoulder of wren with salad: diets and debt in Elizabethan EnglandThursday 7 February 2013Have you ever written an email in anger or in jest, and then decided...
