piracy
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Discourses of Freedom and Slavery, 1640-60
Today we return to our recent series from History of Parliament director Dr Stephen Roberts, who has been discussing parliamentary…
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Medieval MP of the Month: The sea hawk – Robert Wenyngton alias Cane
June’s medieval MP of the month is the swashbuckling Robert Wenyngton of Dartmouth. Dr Hannes Kleineke, of our House of…
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Commission impossible? Deciphering job titles in History of Parliament biographies (part 1)
In the first of an occasional series, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section considers some of the unlikely-sounding…