Ahead of next Tuesday’s VirtualIHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear fromDr Andrew Thrush of the History of Parliament. On 7 June 2022, between 5.15 p.m. and 6.30 p.m., Andrew will be responding to your questions abouthis pre-circulated paper on Elizabeth I, Parliament and the creation of new peers.Andrew’s full-length paper isavailable bysigning up to his seminarand contactingseminar@histparl.ac.uk.Details of how tojoin the discussion are available here.
Students of Elizabethan England know why Elizabeth I ennobled her chief minister, Sir William Cecil, or so they assume. Generations of us have been taught that Cecil, who had served his political apprenticeship under Edward VI, was created Baron of Burghley in 1571 because of his years of loyal service to the crown. That, after all, was the explanation given by the queen herself at the time, in the letters patent which…
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