Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
@charlie-l-y.bsky.social
Early modern & genealogy tutor at Conted Oxford. Lecturer at Wake Forest Uni (London campus). Writing on English Civil War sequestration, & John Bradshawe. Vice-Chair of @Cromwellorg.bsky.social. Reviews Editor of @MidlandHistory.bsky.social.
Definitely a few flurries of snow in north London this morning, much to the excitement of my American study abroad students!
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Definitely a few flurries of snow in north London this morning, much to the excitement of my American study abroad students!
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
It's officially time for The Big Coat, and I couldn't be happier!
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's officially time for The Big Coat, and I couldn't be happier!
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An absolutely outstanding signature on this commissioner's return for an Elizabethan Duchy Chamber case. TNA DL 1/42/K1b
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An absolutely outstanding signature on this commissioner's return for an Elizabethan Duchy Chamber case. TNA DL 1/42/K1b
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This is a really shocking price increase for access to already digitised public records. www.thegazette.co.uk/wills-and-pr...
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is a really shocking price increase for access to already digitised public records. www.thegazette.co.uk/wills-and-pr...
Apart from a slight re-write of one chapter and a couple of things to follow up on at TNA, I think my Bradshawe book might actually be done.
a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..
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November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Apart from a slight re-write of one chapter and a couple of things to follow up on at TNA, I think my Bradshawe book might actually be done.
I spent a solid hour yesterday afternoon turning my office upside down looking for one very specific USB stick. I couldn't find it anywhere, and I was gutted because it contained research material.
It was on my desk. Under my clear plastic phone stand. Right in front of me. The entire time.
It was on my desk. Under my clear plastic phone stand. Right in front of me. The entire time.
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I spent a solid hour yesterday afternoon turning my office upside down looking for one very specific USB stick. I couldn't find it anywhere, and I was gutted because it contained research material.
It was on my desk. Under my clear plastic phone stand. Right in front of me. The entire time.
It was on my desk. Under my clear plastic phone stand. Right in front of me. The entire time.
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
I'm having a very Mary Lennox experience - this gorgeous robin has been watching me doing a spot of weeding and swoops down for insects every time I step away.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm having a very Mary Lennox experience - this gorgeous robin has been watching me doing a spot of weeding and swoops down for insects every time I step away.
Of all the things on my bingo card for today, seeing the Old Royal Naval College masquerading as the US Capitol was not one of them. Very surreal and mildly disturbing.
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Of all the things on my bingo card for today, seeing the Old Royal Naval College masquerading as the US Capitol was not one of them. Very surreal and mildly disturbing.
The 'Marie Antoinette Style' exhibition at the V&A is a stunner and well worth seeing if in London. Beautiful clothes and diamonds somewhat juxtaposed by the guillotine said to have killed her, and a book containing her final words written on the morning of her death.
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The 'Marie Antoinette Style' exhibition at the V&A is a stunner and well worth seeing if in London. Beautiful clothes and diamonds somewhat juxtaposed by the guillotine said to have killed her, and a book containing her final words written on the morning of her death.
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
Thanks too to the fantastic voice actors, including many members of @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
And especially those behind the scenes - the brilliant exec producer Lucie Ridout and historical consultant @charlie-l-y.bsky.social
And especially those behind the scenes - the brilliant exec producer Lucie Ridout and historical consultant @charlie-l-y.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thanks too to the fantastic voice actors, including many members of @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
And especially those behind the scenes - the brilliant exec producer Lucie Ridout and historical consultant @charlie-l-y.bsky.social
And especially those behind the scenes - the brilliant exec producer Lucie Ridout and historical consultant @charlie-l-y.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
Huge thanks to HistoryExtra and all the brilliant expert contributors @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @jonathanhealey.bsky.social Dr Miranda Malins, Dr Eryn White, Prof Andrew Hopper, Dr Andrew Lind & Prof Jane Ohlmeyer.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Huge thanks to HistoryExtra and all the brilliant expert contributors @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @jonathanhealey.bsky.social Dr Miranda Malins, Dr Eryn White, Prof Andrew Hopper, Dr Andrew Lind & Prof Jane Ohlmeyer.
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Hope you don’t mind me sharing this again. I’m just so excited to share this brand new podcast series produced by @histfest.bsky.social for @historyextra.bsky.social
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
Once Upon a Time in the North
spotify.link
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hope you don’t mind me sharing this again. I’m just so excited to share this brand new podcast series produced by @histfest.bsky.social for @historyextra.bsky.social
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
*ANNOUNCEMENT*
We are excited to announce a brand new podcast series: UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS. A six-part series produced by HistFest Productions for the HistoryExtra podcast.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
We are excited to announce a brand new podcast series: UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS. A six-part series produced by HistFest Productions for the HistoryExtra podcast.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
*ANNOUNCEMENT*
We are excited to announce a brand new podcast series: UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS. A six-part series produced by HistFest Productions for the HistoryExtra podcast.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
We are excited to announce a brand new podcast series: UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS. A six-part series produced by HistFest Productions for the HistoryExtra podcast.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young
News: Individual subscriptions for British History Online are now available again!
£50 for a years access to 209 high quality transcriptions of volumes of state archives.
Catalogue: www.british-history.ac.uk/premium-cont...
Subscribe: www.british-history.ac.uk/subscribe
£50 for a years access to 209 high quality transcriptions of volumes of state archives.
Catalogue: www.british-history.ac.uk/premium-cont...
Subscribe: www.british-history.ac.uk/subscribe
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
News: Individual subscriptions for British History Online are now available again!
£50 for a years access to 209 high quality transcriptions of volumes of state archives.
Catalogue: www.british-history.ac.uk/premium-cont...
Subscribe: www.british-history.ac.uk/subscribe
£50 for a years access to 209 high quality transcriptions of volumes of state archives.
Catalogue: www.british-history.ac.uk/premium-cont...
Subscribe: www.british-history.ac.uk/subscribe
What a fun start to a Monday morning - having to organise an emergency change of front door locks because our spare key was stolen in what appears to be a targeted attack on the homes of two different friends in the same night, and we have no interest in being the third.
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What a fun start to a Monday morning - having to organise an emergency change of front door locks because our spare key was stolen in what appears to be a targeted attack on the homes of two different friends in the same night, and we have no interest in being the third.
You never know what you'll find in Skoob! This one is coming with me to be added to my Champion bookcase (mostly books he owned, not wrote!)
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You never know what you'll find in Skoob! This one is coming with me to be added to my Champion bookcase (mostly books he owned, not wrote!)
Didn't get asked for ID in Sainsbury's whilst buying some whiskey. That hurt.
a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old !
ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old !
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October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Didn't get asked for ID in Sainsbury's whilst buying some whiskey. That hurt.
One of my students put her hand up today and asked 'Have you seen North and South?'
GIRLY, I had every word of it memorised years ago.
We shared our love of the series. I'm trying not to think about the fact that she hadn't been born yet when it aired. At least she has good taste!
GIRLY, I had every word of it memorised years ago.
We shared our love of the series. I'm trying not to think about the fact that she hadn't been born yet when it aired. At least she has good taste!
a black and white photo of a factory with a lot of machines
ALT: a black and white photo of a factory with a lot of machines
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
One of my students put her hand up today and asked 'Have you seen North and South?'
GIRLY, I had every word of it memorised years ago.
We shared our love of the series. I'm trying not to think about the fact that she hadn't been born yet when it aired. At least she has good taste!
GIRLY, I had every word of it memorised years ago.
We shared our love of the series. I'm trying not to think about the fact that she hadn't been born yet when it aired. At least she has good taste!
Academia is a bloody stressful place to be at times, but I've spent all of today grading my students' first essays for my class and I'm blown away by how talented they all are. All of the stress is worth it when I see students thrive.
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Academia is a bloody stressful place to be at times, but I've spent all of today grading my students' first essays for my class and I'm blown away by how talented they all are. All of the stress is worth it when I see students thrive.
This may be my favourite postscript of all time. The author and his son-in-law were being investigated for plotting against Oliver Cromwell in 1656.
'I desire my daughter to send me a Cheese, for this my restraint hath forced me to eate them she sent before sooner then was intended'.
#stresscheese
'I desire my daughter to send me a Cheese, for this my restraint hath forced me to eate them she sent before sooner then was intended'.
#stresscheese
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This may be my favourite postscript of all time. The author and his son-in-law were being investigated for plotting against Oliver Cromwell in 1656.
'I desire my daughter to send me a Cheese, for this my restraint hath forced me to eate them she sent before sooner then was intended'.
#stresscheese
'I desire my daughter to send me a Cheese, for this my restraint hath forced me to eate them she sent before sooner then was intended'.
#stresscheese
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Thank you SO much to past me for making the really useful action note in my Bradshawe manuscript of 'ADD THE OTHER ONE' without any indication of what the other one is. That's so helpful.
September 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thank you SO much to past me for making the really useful action note in my Bradshawe manuscript of 'ADD THE OTHER ONE' without any indication of what the other one is. That's so helpful.
Freshers flu is hitting, and I'm about to spend 2 hours in here with my students. I have water and Strepsils, but I think this is going to be a bit of a mission.
September 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Freshers flu is hitting, and I'm about to spend 2 hours in here with my students. I have water and Strepsils, but I think this is going to be a bit of a mission.