All posts AudioFrom Magna Carta to the parliamentary state: the Fine Rolls of King Henry III 1216-1272Friday 13 July 2007Professor David Carpenter talks about this unique resource preserved at The National Archives and...AudioSources for First World War army ancestryThursday 21 June 2007Mark Dunton focuses on the prime sources at The National Archives for documenting First...AudioTracing your Irish ancestors at The National ArchivesThursday 14 June 2007Less than a century ago all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom;...AudioMedieval criminals and the lawThursday 7 June 2007An introduction to the formidable collection of documents that relate to the law and...AudioWhat at first was plunder: tracing records of excisemenThursday 31 May 2007James Cronan examines sources for tracing excisemen, including staff lists and joining papers, and...AudioKing John and Magna CartaWednesday 23 May 2007History has portrayed King John as a tyrannical monarch whose arbitrary conduct forced his...AudioHenry VIII: dynasty and power in Tudor EnglandFriday 27 April 2007Sean Cunningham introduces the documents of Henry VIII’s reign, through the story of his...Audio‘In deadly hate?’ Richard III and the War of the RosesThursday 12 April 2007The conflict for the crown in the 15th century has created many of English...AudioThe creation of the Iraqi state: 1914-1974Wednesday 4 April 2007A lecture by Dr Charles Tripp, Reader in Politics, School of Oriental and African...AudioJermynology: how genealogy can change historyThursday 15 March 2007Anthony Adolph talks about his research into the life of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl...AudioTracing births and deaths at seaThursday 14 December 2006Ships carrying our ancestors to faraway places often arrived with more, or less, passengers...AudioStar Chamber stories: using records of the early modern equity courtsTuesday 12 December 2006The National Archives holds a vast collection of Chancery Court and other equity legal... « 1 … 77 78 79 80 81 … 90 »