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As Westminster Abbey and the Royal Family prepare for the coronation of King Charles III, popular imagination might be drawn to memories of the most

Welcoming Prince Henry to Winchester in 1603 Prince Henry, the  nine-year-old son of King James I and Anna of Denmark, joined his mother at Winchester

While much of the research conducted in archives focuses on documents, maps, photographs, and audio/visual recordings, it is important to recognise the significant value that

In the Muniment Tower, students viewing a charter issued by Alice de Rumilly in around 1150, one of the oldest in Magdalen’s collection A visit

Content notice: this post makes reference to sexual violence in the middle ages.   Who is Constance Mauduit? This is a question I first asked

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at the life and works of a brilliant but neglected women writer from Hampshire, the Victorian

Family history is easily one of the most common reasons for going to a county archive and that’s no surprise with the typical records that

Hampshire has a rich military history spanning across the centuries and among all three elements that make up the modern-day British Armed Forces. In this

On 6 May 1623, King James I (& VI) granted a wine licence to John James of Southampton. The licence allowed John James to collect