EMH EarlyModernHistory

The conveners of the British History in the 17th Century seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, with the Department of History at the University of York, invite proposals from Early Career Researchers to hold a one-day workshop on any aspect of British history during the ‘long’ seventeenth century. Thanks to the generosity of the Conrad and Elizabeth Russell Fund, a workshop fund of up to £2,500 is available. Further information about eligibility, scope, and making an application can be found on the  Elizabeth and Conrad Russell Research Bursaries and ECR Workshop Funds page . The submission deadline is  Thursday 31st October 2024 .

A bstract below of David Cressy's paper 'William Morton's barren fruit: a Caroline lecturer's career and contacts': The clergy of the Church of England, like every other profession, had its marginal members - its low achievers - eclipsed by the better studied elite who published sermons, ascended the hierarchy, or participated in high-profile scandals or controversies. This paper attends to one so invisible that  Alumni Cantabrigienses  mixed him up with someone else. Though the son of an archdeacon, and ordained MA of Sidney Sussex, William Morton (c. 1602-1646) secured no benefice, published nothing, and featured in no ecclesiastical court case. Yet his papers - 39 items buried in SP 16/ 540 - reveal the hopes, fears, and setbacks of a godly cleric over a dozen years. Morton’s correspondence addresses his personal and pastoral anxieties, professional aspirations, and hopes for marriage, as he gained part-time employment as a lecturer at Leicester and Newcastle. Ob