Checking some of our 1660-1715 texts and reminded of one of the Restoration church's best named bishops: Accepted Frewen, sometime president of @magdalenoxford and ultimately archbishop of York. He had a brother named Thankful. #HistParl #twitterstorians

#OnThisDay 1760 Laurence Shirley, Earl Ferrers, saw his four children for the last time in his cell in the Tower of London. Two days later, he was conveyed to Tyburn for his execution... thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/the… #HistParl #twitterstorians

@HLLibResearch The size of the Lords was something that bothered politicians back in the 18th century. In 1719 there was an attempt to pass a peerage bill, which would have frozen the size of the House and swapped the 16 elected Scottish representatives for 25 Scots hereditaries. #HistParl

#ICYMI Recently on the #HistParl blog Dr Andrew Barclay discussed one of the men who signed Charles I's death warrant: Richard Ingoldsby. Ingoldsby later claimed that Oliver Cromwell had forced him to sign it. Was he trying to save his own neck? ow.ly/6FW550QqWtK

#ICYMI, this week on the #HistParl blog Dr Andrew Thrush from our Elizabethan Lords project looked at the curious case of William Grey, 13th Lord Grey of Wilton, who was able to sit in the Lords in 1559, despite being a prisoner of war... Read it here: ow.ly/nQKh50RqU3m

‘one of the suppressed characters of English history’, born #OnThisDay 1737 William Petty, 2nd earl of Shelburne, later marquess of Lansdowne. He inherited Pitt the Elder's mantle but managed just 10 months as #PrimeMinister. #HistParl #twitterstorians

@ENortonHistory This was also the home of Henry Pelham, #PrimeMinister in the 1740s and 50s... So, its history as a residence for the chief politician in the country continued into the 18th century. #HistParl #twitterstorians

The Georgian Lords have been away for a few days, but you can't keep a parliamentary historian away from another legislature... #HistParl #twitterstorians #Parliament

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#ICYMI, yesterday on the #HistParl blog Dr Andrew Thrush from our Elizabethan Lords project looked at the curious case of William Grey, 13th Lord Grey of Wilton, who was able to sit in the Lords in 1559, despite being a prisoner of war... Read it here: ow.ly/nQKh50RqU3m

It's finally feeling like spring! Before heading out into the garden this morning, why not read our latest #HistParl blog, all about the importance of gardening to MPs in the 19th century! Follow the link below 👇

History Of Parliament @HistParl

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It's finally feeling like spring! Before heading out into the garden this morning, why not read our latest #HistParl blog, all about the importance of gardening to MPs in the 19th century! Follow the link below 👇

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#DYK that it is #NationalGardenWeek? This week on the #HistParl blog, guest blogger Dr Jonathan Denby takes a look at the importance of gardens for members of the Cabinet between the 19th and 20th centuries. Read the first of two blogs here: ow.ly/a64a50RqUG4

#DYK, in the 1690s societies across England's larger urban areas were established for the 'reformation of manners'? Formed to eradicate 'vice' and 'immorality', find out about these societies on the #HistParl website: ow.ly/LWV550Lf9qs

New on the #HistParl blog today Dr Andrew Thrush from our Elizabethan Lords project looks at the curious case of William Grey, 13th Lord Grey of Wilton, who was able to sit in the House of Lords in 1559, despite being a prisoner of war... Read it here: ow.ly/nQKh50RqU3m

24 Apr 1640: Charles I pleads in person with the House of #Lords for taxation to fund war with the #Scots #otd (Prado) They recommend it to the #Commons #HistParl

@katheder Wilkes rounded off No 45 with a quotation from Dryden, which he hoped would be 'engraved on our hearts': 'Freedom is the English subject's Prerogative'. Look out for the new book on Wilkes published by @amberleybooks on 15 June! #HistParl #WilkesandLiberty

#HistParl's @EmmeLedgerwood is speaking at the 'Politicising Fashion and Fashioning Politics' symposium on Friday! Find out more via the link below 👇

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#HistParl's @EmmeLedgerwood is speaking at the 'Politicising Fashion and Fashioning Politics' symposium on Friday! Find out more via the link below 👇

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#OnThisDay 1702 Queen Anne was carried to @wabbey in a chair, dressed in a robe of gold tissue and with diamonds in her hair which 'at the least motion brill'd and flamed'. She was crowned at about 4pm. [Details from Gregg, Queen Anne] #HistParl #twitterstorians

Unsurprisingly, the accession of George I offered easy opportunities to link his triumph with #StGeorge's defeat of the dragon. #Coronation medals featured George on one side and St George on the other just to make the analogy plain. #StGeorgesDay #twitterstorians #HistParl

Shortly before his untimely death in 1755, Lord Montfort petitioned the Crown for permission to develop land for a new London residence. His project never came to fruition and the area was instead taken on by the Spencers who built their house on it. #London #HistParl

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Shortly before his untimely death in 1755, Lord Montfort petitioned the Crown for permission to develop land for a new London residence. His project never came to fruition and the area was instead taken on by the Spencers who built their house on it. #London #HistParl

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@HLLibResearch The 'Villakin' features prominently in the new biography coming out this June. A particular triumph was finding the original advert pasted into Wilkes's papers where he clearly spotted the cottage as available for rent. #HistParl #WilkesandLiberty