The blog for the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.
Written by Diana Wallis, research associate at the University of York’s Centre for Medieval Studies, this is the second of two guest blogs focused on the archive of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York. You can also listen to the companion podcast. As outlined in the previous blog, The 1478 Petition … Continue reading The Response to the Mercers Petition of 1478
Written by Diana Wallis, research associate at the University of York’s Centre for Medieval Studies, this is the first of two guest blogs focused on the archive of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York. You can also listen to the companion podcast. In early 1478 ‘the mercers of the city of … Continue reading The 1478 Petition of the York Mercers
Written by Gary Brannan, Access Archivist We’re now coming to the end of a project which started life in October last year to conserve, digitise and make available online the Registers of the Archbishops of York 1225-1646. The project – generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – will also develop new tools and … Continue reading Revealing the Registers: some personal highlights