Graham Moore

‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives’: programme and booking for ‘History and Archives in Practice, 2026’ now available - RHS On Thursday 16 April 2026, the Royal Historical Society joins with The National Archives, Institute ofHistorical Research and University of Sheffield Library to co-host the this year’s History and Arc...

On 16 April, we co-host 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library.

For #HAP26 our theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ bit.ly/4tvKUnX. Booking now #Skystorians

Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴‍☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...

Map identifying the approximate regions where various Indigenous groups lived in North America in 1776.

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

🚨🐟 CFP - COLONIAL HINTER-SEAS: A Conference on Subaquatic Resources and Waterside Lives from the Early Modern to the Contemporary, 10-11 August 2026, virtual, Zoom & 19-21 August 2026, in-person, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

Details: www.colonialfisheries.com/colonial-hin... 🐟🚨

Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory

Letters of marque! How delightfully early modern.

C 132/1/1 is a Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem for Richard Noel from 1236, making it The First Noel on The National Archives' online catalogue... discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8...

Medieval royal marriage contract with scribe’s drawing of a longship, circa 1290

boat :)

‘so what illuminations are you going to put on this manuscript?’
‘bear with me’

TNA, E 36/274

Over 20,000 item descriptions have been added to REQ 2 (Court of Requests proceedings) since March 2024. An absolute treasure trove for Tudor historians. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C...

Come and work with me! The National Archives are looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. More details available via the link. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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Cover for 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

Winner of the RHS First Book Prize (2025):

'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

bit.ly/4nwi4kj 1/2 #Skystorians

Looks like this would be the mastodon (Mammut americanum) found at Big Bone Lick in 1755.

(I don’t have institutional access to read the whole chapter but there ya go)

www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt...

Surely one should be allowed to simply chance it…

I do need to write it up… something on pirate exit strategies, perhaps.
‘Piracy, And How To Get Away With It!’ (colon, Serious Title)

The National Archives is full of old fossils.
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.

Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18

Option available in periphery - SW counties, then colonial Ireland, then colonial Americas - where it also provided boost to economy and promoted trade links back towards metropole (who cracked down when the practice became politically insufferable).

Mutually beneficial to all parties where it minimised risk; pirates could re-enter legit society; victims avoid unreliable ‘dual process’ for restitution in HCA; vice-admiralty enjoys profiting, and also selling plunder on to other merchants.

You certainly may!
TLDR, evidence of out-of-court ‘composition’ settlements where pirates returned a portion of their plunder to victims, via a mediating [v-adm] official who also took a cut, in return for a ‘dispatch’ passport and hopefully a pardon.

I ordered something recently that got delivered to a special ‘mould shelf’, so if I drop off the face of the earth/a new pandemic begins, you’ll know what happened

what box was this 👀

In Which the Aladdin's Cave of HCA Series Papers Lures @thiagokrause.bsky.social 🤣 @mooregraham.bsky.social @prizepapers.bsky.social I look forward to your report!

my only problem here is ‘half a dozen of interest’… what do you mean, you aren’t distracted by almost all of them??
(likewise keen to see what you find @thiagokrause.bsky.social - don’t think I’ve been through this particular HCA 13! particularly anything touching jurisdiction and process)

‼️🐠 Our short “History Matters” piece — “Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries: Perspectives from Lake Malawi” just published OA in The Journal of African History!

doi.org/10.1017/S002...

A lengthier piece expanding on fisheries surveys & colonial development in L. Malawi coming soon in Isis… 🐠‼️

📣 Amazing PhD opportunity with Dr Hannah Young at the University of Greenwich:

‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’

Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants!

#PhD #postgraduate

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Francis Drake fans (?) rejoice, because this book is for you!
New review of M-C Velázquez’s ‘Cultural Representations of Piracy’ (2023) in IJMH. The book does great stuff with both English and Spanish sources, arguing that cultural ideas of piracy stabilised by the end of the 16th-C.

New MA Scholarship in Maritime History @ueahistory.bsky.social starting in 2025, funded by the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian. ⚓⚓⚓
For details and eligibility see: lnkd.in/dVgNZqYX
Apply by 2/5/2025.