Month: March 2017

Strike in the Chapter House: Archbishop Neville and the Canons of Beverley

Written by Gary Brannan, Access Archivist The Registers of the Archbishops of York contain a great many interesting stories – but few more dramatic than the story of what has been described as the ‘most notorious clerical strike in medieval English history’ – Archbishop Neville’s feud with the Chapter of Beverley Minster in 1381 from … Continue reading Strike in the Chapter House: Archbishop Neville and the Canons of Beverley

5 Things: The St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel, York

Written by Sally-Anne Shearn, Genesis Project Archivist Recently I added the archive of the Unitarian Chapel on St Saviourgate, York, to our online catalogue Borthcat.  I knew next to nothing about the chapel or the archive when I began, not even that it was the oldest surviving non-conformist place of worship in the city, dating … Continue reading 5 Things: The St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel, York