Tag: Bristol

The First Elizabethan Age, 16th Century history, Buildings and Architecture, Tudor

Bishop Jewel and the lost archdeaconry

Many Elizabethan bills which failed to become Acts of Parliament don’t now survive, and little is known about them except their titles. But two lost bills to annex Dorset to the diocese of Salisbury shed new light on one of Reformation England’s most bizarre sagas. Dr Paul Hunneyball of our Lords 1558-1603 section explains… Medieval English dioceses varied considerably in size, some being much bigger … Continue reading Bishop Jewel and the lost archdeaconry

Paul HunneyballLeave a comment
The Commons in the Wars of the Roses, Constituencies, Henry VI, Local History, Medieval

Bristol and the Readeption Parliament of Henry VI

This winter marks the 550th anniversary of the Readeption Parliament of 1470-1, the circumstances and proceedings of which are the subject of a recent blog. Today Dr Charles Moreton from our Commons 1461-1504 project looks closer at the Parliament’s impact in Bristol and the period of the short-lived restoration of Henry VI in which this assembly sat. There are no extant election returns for the Parliament, and the names of just 41 of its MPs survive. Forty, if not all of these men, sat for urban constituencies, the archives of which preserve their election. As it happens, the … Continue reading Bristol and the Readeption Parliament of Henry VI

History of ParliamentLeave a comment
Conferences, Seminars and Events, Constituencies, Edward III, Elections, Local History, Medieval, Social history

Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Robin McCallum, ‘English Towns & Parliamentary Representation, 1295-1350’

At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar Robin McCullum, of Queen’s University Belfast, gave a paper on ‘English Towns & Parliamentary Representation, 1295-1350’. Here Robin reports back on his paper… The overarching aim of this paper was to explore how Bristol and Norwich exploited their growing participation at parliament to forge a new relationship with the English crown between 1295 and 1350. This was … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Robin McCallum, ‘English Towns & Parliamentary Representation, 1295-1350’

History of ParliamentLeave a comment