Neil Younger
@neilayounger.bsky.social
Historian of early modern England at the Open University. Convenor of the IHR Tudor & Stuart Seminar. Live-tweeting the reign of Elizabeth I. New(ish) book on Sir Christopher Hatton: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159496/
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It occurred to me lately that I started studying Elizabeth I's reign as a postgrad 24 1/2 years ago (yikes), and also that Elizabeth's reign, at 44 years, is probably about the length of my academic career. By this logic, in terms of my-career-transposed-onto-Elizabeth's-reign, it's 1 March 1582.
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28 November 1582: none of the 592,377 documents on State Papers Online have this date, which doesn't happen often. In York, however, James Thompson, a Yorkshireman ordained at Soissons in 1581, is put to death at the gallows at Knavesmire. He had been captured back in August, ... 1/
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November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
28 November 1582: none of the 592,377 documents on State Papers Online have this date, which doesn't happen often. In York, however, James Thompson, a Yorkshireman ordained at Soissons in 1581, is put to death at the gallows at Knavesmire. He had been captured back in August, ... 1/
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28 November 1582: none of the 592,377 documents on State Papers Online have this date, which doesn't happen often. In York, however, James Thompson, a Yorkshireman ordained at Soissons in 1581, is put to death at the gallows at Knavesmire. He had been captured back in August, ... 1/
#earlymodern
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November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
28 November 1582: none of the 592,377 documents on State Papers Online have this date, which doesn't happen often. In York, however, James Thompson, a Yorkshireman ordained at Soissons in 1581, is put to death at the gallows at Knavesmire. He had been captured back in August, ... 1/
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27 November 1582: Shakespeare is getting married! Not today, but soon. Today, the bishop of Worcester's officials grant a special licence for the marriage of ‘Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton’, evidently a careless clerk's attempt at 'Anne Hathaway'. 1/
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November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
27 November 1582: Shakespeare is getting married! Not today, but soon. Today, the bishop of Worcester's officials grant a special licence for the marriage of ‘Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton’, evidently a careless clerk's attempt at 'Anne Hathaway'. 1/
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Now strike your sailes ye iolly Mariners,
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Now strike your sailes ye iolly Mariners,
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New blog post up, in which I give up all the gory details on my devilish novel-in-progress, and give some extremely depressing statistics that demonstrate how little the experience of being a sexual assault survivor has changed in the past 400 years. #booksky #earlymodern #histfic
Research Diaries #2: Hell is empty & all the devils are here.
Hi. This is me poking my head out of my writing cave, wanting to talk about a work-in-progress for a minute. It’s Schrodinger’s book, as it stands. But with any luck – and a lot m…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New blog post up, in which I give up all the gory details on my devilish novel-in-progress, and give some extremely depressing statistics that demonstrate how little the experience of being a sexual assault survivor has changed in the past 400 years. #booksky #earlymodern #histfic
27 November 1582: Shakespeare is getting married! Not today, but soon. Today, the bishop of Worcester's officials grant a special licence for the marriage of ‘Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton’, evidently a careless clerk's attempt at 'Anne Hathaway'. 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
27 November 1582: Shakespeare is getting married! Not today, but soon. Today, the bishop of Worcester's officials grant a special licence for the marriage of ‘Willelmum Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton’, evidently a careless clerk's attempt at 'Anne Hathaway'. 1/
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26 November 1582: Walsingham writes to Burghley: the queen wants to see him and the Lord Chancellor as soon as they've finished the law term at Hertford, to talk about the French envoy being sent to Scotland (presumably she's worried that the French might be preparing to ... 1/
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November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
26 November 1582: Walsingham writes to Burghley: the queen wants to see him and the Lord Chancellor as soon as they've finished the law term at Hertford, to talk about the French envoy being sent to Scotland (presumably she's worried that the French might be preparing to ... 1/
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26 November 1582: Walsingham writes to Burghley: the queen wants to see him and the Lord Chancellor as soon as they've finished the law term at Hertford, to talk about the French envoy being sent to Scotland (presumably she's worried that the French might be preparing to ... 1/
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November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
26 November 1582: Walsingham writes to Burghley: the queen wants to see him and the Lord Chancellor as soon as they've finished the law term at Hertford, to talk about the French envoy being sent to Scotland (presumably she's worried that the French might be preparing to ... 1/
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25 November 1582: Quiet day in the archives today, mainly foreign news for Walsingham. The ambassador in France sends a long report; the French are preparing another attack on the Azores; there are reports that the Duke of Florence 'is troubled in his mind with some alteration ... 1/
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
25 November 1582: Quiet day in the archives today, mainly foreign news for Walsingham. The ambassador in France sends a long report; the French are preparing another attack on the Azores; there are reports that the Duke of Florence 'is troubled in his mind with some alteration ... 1/
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25 November 1582: Quiet day in the archives today, mainly foreign news for Walsingham. The ambassador in France sends a long report; the French are preparing another attack on the Azores; there are reports that the Duke of Florence 'is troubled in his mind with some alteration ... 1/
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
25 November 1582: Quiet day in the archives today, mainly foreign news for Walsingham. The ambassador in France sends a long report; the French are preparing another attack on the Azores; there are reports that the Duke of Florence 'is troubled in his mind with some alteration ... 1/
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24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
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Just a reminder about our seminar tonight:
Richard Hoyle (Reading): 'Harvest variability in the 1580s: volume and prices at the mills of the earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield (Yorkshire), 1578-1588'
Book here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in-person or online.
Abstract below.
Richard Hoyle (Reading): 'Harvest variability in the 1580s: volume and prices at the mills of the earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield (Yorkshire), 1578-1588'
Book here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in-person or online.
Abstract below.
Harvest variability in the 1580s: volume and prices at the mills of the earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield (Yorkshire), 1578-1588
www.history.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just a reminder about our seminar tonight:
Richard Hoyle (Reading): 'Harvest variability in the 1580s: volume and prices at the mills of the earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield (Yorkshire), 1578-1588'
Book here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in-person or online.
Abstract below.
Richard Hoyle (Reading): 'Harvest variability in the 1580s: volume and prices at the mills of the earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield (Yorkshire), 1578-1588'
Book here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in-person or online.
Abstract below.
24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
#earlymodern
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
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'What condign graces and thanks ought men to give to the writers of histories, who with their great labours have done so much profit to the human life. They show ... what we should enquire, desire and follow, and also what we should eschew, avoid, and utterly fly.' (Lord Berners)
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
'What condign graces and thanks ought men to give to the writers of histories, who with their great labours have done so much profit to the human life. They show ... what we should enquire, desire and follow, and also what we should eschew, avoid, and utterly fly.' (Lord Berners)
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21 November 1582: Burghley writes to Walsingham from Hertford, where he's holding his Exchequer court during the law term adjourned due to plague. He thinks they'll be finished there in 8 days, and wants to know whether the queen wants them to return to court, as he hears she's ... 1/
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November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
21 November 1582: Burghley writes to Walsingham from Hertford, where he's holding his Exchequer court during the law term adjourned due to plague. He thinks they'll be finished there in 8 days, and wants to know whether the queen wants them to return to court, as he hears she's ... 1/
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21 November 1582: Burghley writes to Walsingham from Hertford, where he's holding his Exchequer court during the law term adjourned due to plague. He thinks they'll be finished there in 8 days, and wants to know whether the queen wants them to return to court, as he hears she's ... 1/
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November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
21 November 1582: Burghley writes to Walsingham from Hertford, where he's holding his Exchequer court during the law term adjourned due to plague. He thinks they'll be finished there in 8 days, and wants to know whether the queen wants them to return to court, as he hears she's ... 1/
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20 November 1582: William Harborne is appointed England's first resident ambassador to the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I. He's paid, however, by the Turkey Company, established the previous year, to guard the interests of English traders. Harborne has already ... 1/
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November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
20 November 1582: William Harborne is appointed England's first resident ambassador to the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I. He's paid, however, by the Turkey Company, established the previous year, to guard the interests of English traders. Harborne has already ... 1/
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20 November 1582: William Harborne is appointed England's first resident ambassador to the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I. He's paid, however, by the Turkey Company, established the previous year, to guard the interests of English traders. Harborne has already ... 1/
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November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
20 November 1582: William Harborne is appointed England's first resident ambassador to the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I. He's paid, however, by the Turkey Company, established the previous year, to guard the interests of English traders. Harborne has already ... 1/
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19 November 1582: Just a few bits today (busy day): the earl of Shrewsbury writes to his servant Baldwin that his ship the Talbot (doesn't everyone have a ship?) has had an unsuccessful voyage; I think it may have been sent after pirates. Anyway, he wants some 'little rarities' ... 1/
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November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
19 November 1582: Just a few bits today (busy day): the earl of Shrewsbury writes to his servant Baldwin that his ship the Talbot (doesn't everyone have a ship?) has had an unsuccessful voyage; I think it may have been sent after pirates. Anyway, he wants some 'little rarities' ... 1/
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19 November 1582: Just a few bits today (busy day): the earl of Shrewsbury writes to his servant Baldwin that his ship the Talbot (doesn't everyone have a ship?) has had an unsuccessful voyage; I think it may have been sent after pirates. Anyway, he wants some 'little rarities' ... 1/
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November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
19 November 1582: Just a few bits today (busy day): the earl of Shrewsbury writes to his servant Baldwin that his ship the Talbot (doesn't everyone have a ship?) has had an unsuccessful voyage; I think it may have been sent after pirates. Anyway, he wants some 'little rarities' ... 1/
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17 November 1582: It's Accession Day! 24 years since Elizabeth came to the throne. Sadly, the plague raging in London means that celebrations are muted - no big tournament this time. However, there are records from across the country that bells were rung, candles lit, sermons ... 1/
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November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
17 November 1582: It's Accession Day! 24 years since Elizabeth came to the throne. Sadly, the plague raging in London means that celebrations are muted - no big tournament this time. However, there are records from across the country that bells were rung, candles lit, sermons ... 1/
#earlymodern
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17 November 1582: It's Accession Day! 24 years since Elizabeth came to the throne. Sadly, the plague raging in London means that celebrations are muted - no big tournament this time. However, there are records from across the country that bells were rung, candles lit, sermons ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
17 November 1582: It's Accession Day! 24 years since Elizabeth came to the throne. Sadly, the plague raging in London means that celebrations are muted - no big tournament this time. However, there are records from across the country that bells were rung, candles lit, sermons ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
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16 November 1582: In the Stationers' Register today, 'a ballade intituled, Yorke Yorke for my money of the merry reporte of Archery'. Known now only from a 1584 reprint, it describes an archery competition in York, witnessed by the Russian ambassadors (who must have been passing... 1/
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November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
16 November 1582: In the Stationers' Register today, 'a ballade intituled, Yorke Yorke for my money of the merry reporte of Archery'. Known now only from a 1584 reprint, it describes an archery competition in York, witnessed by the Russian ambassadors (who must have been passing... 1/
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16 November 1582: In the Stationers' Register today, 'a ballade intituled, Yorke Yorke for my money of the merry reporte of Archery'. Known now only from a 1584 reprint, it describes an archery competition in York, witnessed by the Russian ambassadors (who must have been passing... 1/
#earlymodern
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November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
16 November 1582: In the Stationers' Register today, 'a ballade intituled, Yorke Yorke for my money of the merry reporte of Archery'. Known now only from a 1584 reprint, it describes an archery competition in York, witnessed by the Russian ambassadors (who must have been passing... 1/
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15 November 1582: In Mortlake, Dr John Dee is conversing with angels again, along with his scryer Edward Kelley, with whom he has recently reconciled. Dee starts a new record book today, his Quartus Liber Mysteriorum, and they use a 'showstone', or crystal ball. They speak ... 1/
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November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
15 November 1582: In Mortlake, Dr John Dee is conversing with angels again, along with his scryer Edward Kelley, with whom he has recently reconciled. Dee starts a new record book today, his Quartus Liber Mysteriorum, and they use a 'showstone', or crystal ball. They speak ... 1/
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