An almshouse in Warwick during the English Civil War
Hi everyone,
I’m a History PhD student at the University of Warwick. My research focuses on the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick between 1571 and 1700. The Lord Leycester is an almshouse, which was founded by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in 1571. The Sidney family took up the patronage of the almshouse following the death of Leicester’s older brother, Ambrose, Earl of Warwick.
I am interested in presenting a paper on the history of the Lord Leycester Hospital during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The almshouse offers a powerful local case study of how a small community in a garrison town was impacted by this national conflict and by the rise of Parliamentarian state power.
So, if your work touches on the English Civil War, especially from a social and cultural historical approach, I would be interested in forming a panel.
If any of this is of interest, please feel free to email me at: angus.r.crawford@warwick.ac.uk