A conference to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the death of Lady Anne Clifford and the publication of Professor Jessica Malay’s Estate Letters of Lady Anne Clifford (Yorkshire Archeological Society Record Series, 168, 2026)
The speakers:
Professor Jessica Malay (University of Huddersfield), ‘Anne Clifford’s Autobiographical Acts’.
Sue Wrathmell (Skipton), ‘Skipton town after the Civil War’.
Professor Richard Hoyle (University of Reading), ‘Lady Anne as landowner’.
Dr Ann-Maria Walsh (UCD), ‘Writing and Constructing a History: Exploring The Memorandum Book of Elizabeth Boyle née Clifford (1613-1691), 2nd countess of Cork and 1st countess of Burlington’.
Professor Cordelia Beattie (University of Edinburgh), ‘this grand concern of my life’: Marriage, Property and the Law in Alice Thornton’s Autobiographies’.
Professor Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University), ‘Women fighting for their rights: the precedent of Bess of Hardwick’
Full details and a booking form can be found at www.yas.org.uk.