In this Monarchy in the Archives post I'm looking at a very significant record in the history of Stratford-upon-Avon: a Royal Charter of 1553.
Amy Hurst Stratford-upon-Avon Monarchy in the ArchivesThe Stoneleigh manuscript collection can tell us much about how the upper classes, and even sometimes how royalty, lived and built relationships with one another in the 19th century.
Amy Hurst Monarchy in the ArchivesIn this blog post, I highlight some documents where monarchs have (quite literally) left their mark in the archive - royal signatures.
Amy Hurst Monarchy in the ArchivesThis is the first post in a series of blogs on monarchy in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archives, in the year of the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations.
Amy Hurst Monarchy in the Archives