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Using the map or the list below, click on a county of interest and follow the links to discover more details about petitions or certificates, payments and people relating to that county. You can also view a statistical summary for each county of the numbers and types of claimants, and the monetary amounts they were awarded. Please note, some major cities were considered counties in their own right, so use the list to check out these too (e.g. check Gloucester as well as Gloucestershire).

anglesey bedfordshire berkshire brecknockshire bristol buckinghamshire cambridgeshire canterbury cardiganshire carmarthenshire carnarvonshire cheshire chester cornwall coventry cumberland denbighshire derbyshire devon dorset durham ely essex exeter flintshire glamorganshire gloucester gloucestershire hampshire haverfordwest herefordshire hertfordshire hull huntingdonshire isle of wight kent lancashire leicestershire lichfield lincoln lincolnshire london merionethshire middlesex monmouthshire montgomeryshire newcastle norfolk northamptonshire northumberland norwich nottingham nottinghamshire oxfordshire pembrokeshire poole radnorshire rutland shropshire somerset southampton the borough of southwark staffordshire suffolk surrey sussex warwickshire the city and liberty of westminster westmorland wiltshire the city and county of worcester worcestershire the city and county of york yorkshire, east riding yorkshire, north riding yorkshire, west riding

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John Balshaw's Jigge: Singing, Star-Crossed Lovers and Signing a Civil War Petition

Some years ago, Jenni Hyde found herself sitting in the British Library reading room looking at a seventeenth-century jigge. Probably…

'Meamed and Lamed': Approaching Civil War Petitions through the Lens of Disability History

We have published several blogs on what the documents on Civil War Petitions can reveal about the medical history of…

‘Lost and impoverished for ever’: The effect of the Civil Wars on Local Communities as seen through Civil War Petitions

As part of the 'Battle-Scarred' Summer School held at Merton College in July 2022, the Civil War Petitions team issued…

Civilian Suffering in the Civil War: the case of Tysoe in Warwickshire

In a previous blog, David Appleby described how the Civil War Petitions team often agonized over which claimants to military…

'Battle-Scarred': The Civil War Petitions Summer School

From 10 to 15 July 2022, the Civil War Petitions team ran a residential summer school at Oxford’s historic Merton…

The Persistent Petitioner: Mary Burden, Oliver Cromwell and the Wiltshire Justices of the Peace

In an earlier blogpost on the Civil War Petitions website, David Appleby charted the tenacious efforts of a maimed soldier,…

‘The hungry jaws of want’ – Basing House and the Maw of War

A siege is one of the cruellest forms of warfare. It turns neighbourhoods into warzones and terrorises local communities. Inside…

'The endeavours of your servants': Oliver Cromwell, Military Welfare and Civil War Petitions

The figure of Oliver Cromwell looms large over the history of the Civil Wars. The working farmer who rose to…

A Vengeful Vicar and a Martyred Mother: The Petition of James Bamlett

It is the job of historians to read all sources critically, an especially important consideration when examining sources from the…

Aristocratic Widowhood and Bereavement: The Household Accounts of Katherine, Lady Brooke

Whilst our project showcases the petitions for welfare penned for the war widows of officers and soldiers, it touches less…