The Great Parchment Book
Conserving, digitally reconstructing, transcribing and publishing the manuscript known as the Great Parchment Book. Take a look inside the book.
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Booking has opened for Ireland and the Tudor State, an online only event hosted by the British Library, Wednesday 26 January 2022, 19.30-20.45. Join a panel of experts to explore Ireland’s complex relationship with England in the period before the … Continue reading
Hillhouse of Freehall in Haberdashers’ Proportion
It would appear that the younger, ambitious sons of English landed gentry and Scottish lairds, who were not going to inherit the family manor, took prominent roles in the various military campaigns and plantations of Ireland, and of North America, … Continue reading
The story of Henry Conway and the Plantation of Londonderry
The story of Henry Conway and the Plantation of Londonderry Henry Conway was sent to Ireland in 1623 by the Vintners’ Company to resolve the finances of Vintnerstown, formerly Bellaghy, the main settlement of the Vintners’ Portion in the barony … Continue reading