Tag: Stuarts Records and researchThe coronation of James IIFriday 21 April 2023A lavish volume in our library's rare books collection gives us a glimpse into...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 researchThe Jacobite Earl of Mar: A double agent?Tuesday 19 October 2021A previously overlooked document among State Papers in The National Archives may have the...Records and researchCharles II’s Restoration, May 1660Friday 29 May 2020Charles Stuart was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in May...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,...Records and researchBook-women after the Great Fire of LondonWednesday 12 December 2018The disaster of the Great Fire of London was keenly felt by those who...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 researchRoyal weddings in history: a Stuart ValentineFriday 16 March 2018As a contribution to our series of blogs on royal weddings, I have been...Records and researchFrost Fairs on the ThamesWednesday 31 January 2018Frost Fairs on the River Thames have long been part of popular imaginings of...Records and researchThe death of Queen AnneFriday 1 August 2014This August marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne, the last of...Behind the scenesWhat history textbooks don’t tell you about the Jacobites…Monday 7 July 2014I had a sketchy knowledge of the period relating to the Jacobites and had...