A fair amount of overseas disputes (or at least mentioning trade etc overseas). Just search REQ 2 for the country of interest. Here's the search for Spain (and Spanish), including something no-one expects, the Spanish Inquisition (REQ 2/140/9) discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_o...

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 4d ago

Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

For anyone interested and wanting to learn more about early modern witchcraft trials, you can hear this episode with Marion below ⬇️ 🎙️: hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/podc...

Series 4: Episode 5 - Witches, Witchcraft and Local History - Hampshire Archive Trust

In this episode Daniella is joined by Professor Marion Gibson, to discuss witches and witch trials of the early modern period, witchcraft and local history.

hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk

Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

Just four zebras hanging out. Definitely no cars here.

While we're on the topic of female litigants, a search of REQ 2 for "administratrix" and/or "executrix" identifies over 450 suits often relating to women settling estates etc discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_o...

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 2d ago

You can now quickly identify single female plaintiffs in Court of Requests cases by searching REQ 2 for the code "SFP". Over 2,500 hits. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_s...

A fair amount of overseas disputes (or at least mentioning trade etc overseas). Just search REQ 2 for the country of interest. Here's the search for Spain (and Spanish), including something no-one expects, the Spanish Inquisition (REQ 2/140/9) discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_o...

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 4d ago

Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

You can now quickly identify single female plaintiffs in Court of Requests cases by searching REQ 2 for the code "SFP". Over 2,500 hits. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_s...

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 4d ago

Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

Oh Henry VIII, no matter how much you proclaim it, you can't ever take away Catherine of Aragon's style. Have you not seen Six? She's a queen. [From Tudor Royal Proclamations]

Unlike the Bayeux Tapestry, no penises here, disputed or otherwise. Though the 1605/6 Thanksgiving Act does talk a lot (once) about James I's loins. #PenisesArentEverything

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Treason records of Anne Boleyn and the Gunpowder Plotters, together at last for Archives Fest 2026 at The National Archives.

Unlike the Bayeux Tapestry, no penises here, disputed or otherwise. Though the 1605/6 Thanksgiving Act does talk a lot (once) about James I's loins. #PenisesArentEverything

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Treason records of Anne Boleyn and the Gunpowder Plotters, together at last for Archives Fest 2026 at The National Archives.

Swearing's not cool, kids. Unless you're publishing it in an academic article. Then it's very cool.

What better way to commemorate treason than with the Guy Fawkes Galop (1868) TNA YCAT/9/1

What better way to commemorate treason than with the Guy Fawkes Galop (1868) TNA YCAT/9/1

Cheeky little mention of Magna Carta in the commission to prosecute Edmund Dudley in 1509/10. Lovely stuff. TNA KB 8/4

My six year old on hearing the English score this morning, "I guess it's not 60 years of hurt anymore". The kids are alright

Completely historically accurate representation of Guy Fawkes being dragged before James I. You can tell he was caught late at night/early in the morning because James is still in his nightcap. Completely accurate. TNA COPY 1/19/175

My new post: 'Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre' legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...

Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre

With curbs on trial juries now proposed in the UK, this post looks back to the part played by their now defunct counterpart, the grand jury.

legalhistorymiscellany.com

I have a day off, I'm off to watch The Odyssey. Will there be a test at the end, because I haven't revised since my Classics A-Level

Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

Alt: Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

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Before you ask, yes I am trying to persuade @gwenseabourne.bsky.social and @jhmccunn.bsky.social to put "F*cked, get" into the index for their volume. Plus maybe "prick". Once again, I am a serious historian

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · last mo.

One of the reasons I'm so looking forward to this chapter is because I, a serious academic, legitimately got to use swear words when discussing the translation of d'Eon's letters. So I got to throw in a couple of pricks, a b*ggered, and a "get f*cked" (plus maybe some others I'm forgetting)

If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where Harlem flits? Puttin' on the Writs. TNA C 256/2/4

Who held the power during an arrest in early modern England? @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social explores how bystanders could uphold or undermine the power of the state.

Being an Audience to Arrest

Lucy Clarke examines the arrest in early modern England, reconstructing how bystanders could legitimise or challenge the power of the state.

historyworkshop.org.uk

Just out, my latest article for Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, 'Placing Archives: The Victoria County History and Archival Landscapes'. This draws on the archive of @vch-home.bsky.social and reflects on its role in shaping the landscape of archives in England. 1/3 🗃️

THE MAURICE BOND LECTURE 2024. PLACING ARCHIVES: THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY AND ARCHIVAL LANDSCAPES | Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association

This paper was delivered as the 2024 Maurice Bond Lecture. It explores the place of the Victoria County History in the landscape of English archives over the last 125 years. It examines the ways in which historians working for the project have helped ...

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

The Treason records of Anne Boleyn and the Gunpowder Plotters, together at last for Archives Fest 2026 at The National Archives.

Ah yes, the old "three article revisions coming in at once" game. Apologies to the editors if I end up in the wrong century

Monsterinc Monsters

Alt: Monsterinc Monsters

static.klipy.com

If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where Harlem flits? Puttin' on the Writs. TNA C 256/2/4

The Treason records of Anne Boleyn and the Gunpowder Plotters, together at last for Archives Fest 2026 at The National Archives.

A very unexpected surprise. Browsing the 17th Century Agarde indexes (as one does) and found these lovely illuminated pages. TNA IND 1/17089

Historian in action* *gesturing so much that the camera blurs the image

Archives Fest is this Sunday at The National Archives. I'm speaking about treason records (Anne Boleyn's trial record will be on display) so I can promise alleged incest and gruesome executions. Good clean family fun. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

Archives Fest 2026

Discover 1,000 years history at The National Archives - a fun day out for the whole family!

nationalarchives.gov.uk