The Ford Lectures, technically the James Ford Lectures in British History, are an annual series of

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s held at the

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on the subject of

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. They are usually devoted to a particular historical theme and usually span six lectures over

Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the University of OxfordJames Ford (1779–1851). Ford was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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, in 1797. After graduating in 1801, he went on to his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He was a Fellow of Trinity College from 1807 to 1830. His antiquarian collections have been dispersed, but survive in the holdings of the

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, the Library of Trinity College, the

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, and the

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In his will, Ford left a number of bequests, some of which were held in trust for the support of his surviving siblings. After they had all died, Oxford University received his bequest of £2,000 to fund a professorship of English history, which was to be established when the principal had grown to support payment of £100 per year. When this goal was reached in 1894, the sum was not enough to support a professor at the current stipend. After considerable discussion within the University, the funds were assigned to fund an annual lectureship in English history by a lecturer who was to be chosen annually by a board of electors. The first Ford's Lecturer in English History was

S. R. Gardiner Samuel Rawson Gardiner (4 March 1829 – 24 February 1902) was an English historian, who specialized in 17th-century English history as a prominent foundational historian of the Puritan revolution and the English Civil War. Life The son of ...

, elected for the academic year beginning in 1896. In 1994, the

formally changed the official title of the series from "Ford's Lectures in English History" to "Ford's Lectures in British History". As the lectures may be given in either the

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terms (or partly in both), confusion can arise on publication because either ''calendar'' year may be stated. The following list gives the ''academic'' year.

Ford's lecturers

The following have been Ford Lecturers.

To 1899

* 1896–97

, ''Cromwell's Place in History'' * 1897–98

Frederic William Maitland Frederic William Maitland (28 May 1850 – ) was an English historian and lawyer who is regarded as the modern father of English legal history. Early life and education, 1850–72 Frederic William Maitland was born at 53 Guilford Street, Lon ...

, ''Township and borough '' * 1898–99

Adolphus William Ward Sir Adolphus William Ward (2 December 1837 – 19 June 1924) was an English historian and man of letters. Life Ward was born at Hampstead, London, the son of John Ward. He was educated in Germany and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1866, War ...

, ''Great Britain and

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

: some aspects of the personal union'' * 1899-00

James Hamilton Wylie James Hamilton Wylie (8 June 1844 – 25 February 1914) was a British historian. Described by Juliet Barker as "the epiome of a Victorian antiquarian" and "the master of Lancastrian history" by James Westfall Thompson, he is best known for his fou ...

, ''The

Council of Constance The Council of Constance was a 15th-century ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance in present-day Germany. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the res ...

to the death of

John Hus Jan Hus (; ; 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the insp ...

1900–1924

* 1900–01 Charles Firth, ''Cromwell's army: a history of the English soldier during the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate'' * 1901–02

Charles Plummer Charles Plummer, FBA (1851–1927) was an English historian and cleric, best known as the editor of Sir John Fortescue's ''The Governance of England'', and for coining the term "bastard feudalism". He was the fifth son of Matthew Plummer of St ...

, ''The life and times of Alfred the Great'' * 1902–03

Julian Corbett Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (12 November 1854 at Walcot House, Kennington Road, Lambeth – 21 September 1922 at Manor Farm, Stopham, Pulborough, Sussex) was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and e ...

, ''England in the Mediterranean'' * 1903–04

Leslie Stephen Sir Leslie Stephen (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Life Sir Leslie Stephen came from a distinguished intellectua ...

, ''English literature and society in the 18th century'' * 1904–05

Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University ...

* 1905–06 Arthur L. Smith, ''The Church and State in the Middle Ages'' * 1906–07 Francis Haverfield, ''The Roman Occupation of Britain'' * 1907–08

Alfred Comyn Lyall Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (4 January 1835 – 10 April 1911) was a British civil servant, literary historian and poet. Early life He was born at Coulsdon in Surrey, the second son of Alfred Lyall and Mary Drummond Broadwood, daughter of James Sh ...

* 1908–09

Arthur Johnson Arthur Johnson may refer to: Sports *Arthur Johnson (athletic director), athletic director for Temple Owls *Arthur Johnson (boxer) (born 1966), U.S. Olympic boxer * Arthur Johnson (rugby league), Widnes and Great Britain 1908/09 - 1922/23 *Arthur J ...

, ''The Disappearance of the Small Landowner'' * 1909–10

George Edmundson George Edmundson (4 February 1848 – 3 July 1930) was a clergyman of the Church of England and academic historian of the University of Oxford. He took up benefices in Northolt and Chelsea and in retirement lived in the south of France. Early ...

, ''Anglo-Dutch rivalry during the first half of the 17th century'' * 1910–11

John William Fortescue The Honourable Sir John William Fortescue (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933) was a British military historian. He was a historian of the British Army and served as Royal Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle from 1905 until 1926. Ea ...

, ''British Statesmen of the Great War, 1793–1814'' * 1911–12 Reginald L. Poole, ''The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century'' * 1912–13

T. F. Tout Thomas Frederick Tout (28 September 1855 – 23 October 1929) was a British historian of the medieval period. He was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906. Early life Born in London, he was a pupil of St Olave's Grammar Sch ...

, ''The place of the reign of

Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to ...

in English history'' * 1913–14

Peter Hume Brown Peter Hume Brown, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (17 December 1849 – 1 December 1918) was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline. As well as tea ...

, ''The legislative union of England and Scotland'' * 1914–15

Andrew George Little Andrew George Little (28 September 1863 – 22 October 1945) was an English historian, specialising in the Franciscans (known as the Greyfriars) in medieval England. He was Professor of History at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, ...

, ''Studies in English Franciscan History'' * 1915–16 No Election * 1916–17 A. G. Little, ''Studies in English Franciscan History'' * 1917–18 No Election * 1918–19 No Election * 1919–20 John E. Lloyd * 1920–21

Arthur Frederic Basil Williams Arthur Frederic Basil Williams (4 April 1867 – 5 January 1950) was an English historian. Williams was born in London, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Marlborough College and then read Classics at New College, Oxford. He was a ...

* 1921–22 Sir

Richard Lodge Sir Richard Lodge (20 June 1855 – 2 June 1936) was a British historian. He was born at Penkhull, Staffordshire, the fourth of eight sons and a daughter of Oliver Lodge (1826–1884) – later a china clay merchant at Wolstanton, Staffordshire ...

, ''Great Britain and

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

in the 18th century'' * 1922–23

J. Armitage Robinson Joseph Armitage Robinson (9 January 1858 – 7 May 1933) was a priest in the Church of England and scholar. He was successively Dean of Westminster (1902–1911) and of Wells (1911–1933). Biography Robinson was born the son of a poor vicar i ...

, ''The times of

Saint Dunstan Saint Dunstan (c. 909 – 19 May 988) was an English bishop. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life i ...

'' * 1923–24 C. L. Kingsford, ''Prejudice and promise in 15th century England''

1925–1949

* 1924–25

Henry William Carless Davis Henry William Carless Davis (13 January 1874 – 28 June 1928) was a British historian, editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History. Early career Davis was born in Ebley, near Stroud, Glouc ...

, ''The age of Grey and Peel'' * 1925–26 * 1926–27

F. M. Powicke Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke (1879–1963) was an English medieval historian. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford and was a professor at Queen's University, Belfast and the Victoria University of Manchester, and from 1928 until his re ...

, ''

Stephen Langton Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over hi ...

'' * 1927–28

Albert Frederick Pollard Albert Frederick Pollard, FBA (16 December 1869 – 3 August 1948) was a British historian who specialized in the Tudor period. He was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906. Life and career Pollard was born in Ryd ...

* 1928–29 F. M. Stenton, ''The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166'' * 1929–30 Alfred Francis Pribram, ''England and the International Policy of the European Great Powers, 1871–1914'' * 1930–31 Keith Feiling * 1931–32

Keith Grahame Feiling Sir Keith Grahame Feiling (7 September 1884 – 16 September 1977) was a British historian, biographer and academic. He was Chichele Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, 1946–1950. He was noted for his conservative interpret ...

, ''The tories in opposition and in power, 1714–1806'' * 1932–33

A. Hamilton Thompson Alexander Hamilton Thompson, (7 November 1873–4 September 1952) was a historian. He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds from 1924 to 1939. Early life and education Thompson was born on 7 November 1873 at Clifton, Br ...

, ''The English clergy and their organisation in the later Middle Ages'' * 1933–34

Lewis Namier Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier (; 27 June 1888 – 19 August 1960) was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background. His best-known works were ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (1929), ''England in the Age of the Amer ...

, ''King, Cabinet, and Parliament in the Early Years of George III'' * 1934–35

Herbert Edward Salter Herbert Edward Salter, FBA (1863–1951) was an English historian and clergyman. Early life and education Born at Montague Street, Bloomsbury, London on 6 February 1863, Salter was the son of the physician Henry Hyde Salter, FRS, and his wif ...

, ''Medieval Oxford'' * 1935–36

Richard Henry Tawney Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist,Noel W. Thompson. ''Political economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005''. 2nd e ...

* 1936–37

George James Turner Sir George James Turner (5 February 1798 – 9 July 1867) was an English barrister, politician and judge. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal in chancery. Life Born at Great Yarmouth on 5 February 1798, he was the youngest of eight sons of Richa ...

* 1937–38

Harold William Vazeille Temperley Harold William Vazeille Temperley, (20 April 1879 – 11 July 1939) was an English historian, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge from 1931, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Overview Temperley was born in Cambridg ...

* 1938–39

Eileen Power Eileen Edna Le Poer Power (9 January 18898 August 1940) was a British economic historian and medievalist. Early life and education Eileen Power was the eldest daughter of a stockbroker and was born at Altrincham, Cheshire (now part of Greate ...

, ''The Wool Trade in English Medieval History'' * 1939–40 James A. Williamson, ''The Ocean in English History'' * 1940–41

Robin Ernest William Flower Robin Ernest William Flower (16 October 1881 – 16 January 1946) was an English poet and scholar, a Celticist, Anglo-Saxonist and translator from the Irish language. He is commonly known in Ireland as "Bláithín" (Little Flower). Life He wa ...

* 1941–42 V. H. Galbraith, ''Studies in the public records'' * 1942–43

Wilhelm Levison Wilhelm Levison (27 May 1876, in Düsseldorf – 17 January 1947, in Durham) was a German medievalist. He was well known as a contributor to ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'', especially for the vitae from the Merovingian era. He also edited Wi ...

, ''England and the Continent in the Eighth Century'' * 1943–44 Admiral Sir

Herbert Richmond Admiral Sir Herbert William Richmond, (15 September 1871 – 15 December 1946) was a prominent Royal Navy officer, described as "perhaps the most brilliant naval officer of his generation." He was also a top naval historian, known as the "Bri ...

, ''Statesmen and Sea Power'' * 1944–45

Austin Lane Poole Austin Lane Poole, FBA (6 December 1889 – 22 February 1963) was a British mediaevalist. Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole (archive keeper at the University of Oxford), the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole ( ...

, ''Obligations of Society in the XII and XIII Centuries'' * 1945–46 David Mathew, ''The Social Structure in Caroline England'' * 1946–47 T. F. T. Plucknett, ''Legislation of Edward I'' * 1947–48 Sir Charles Webster * 1948–49 David Knowles, ''The episcopal colleagues of Archbishop

Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

'' * 1949–50

Ian Richmond Sir Ian Archibald Richmond, (10 May 1902 – 5 October 1965) was a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford. In addition, he was Director of the British School at ...

1950–1974

* 1950–51

G. N. Clark Sir George Norman Clark, (27 February 1890 – 6 February 1979) was an English historian, academic and British Army officer. He was the Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford from 1931 to 1943 and the Regius Profes ...

, ''King James I and Dutch "Imperialism" in Asia'' * 1951–52

Richard Pares Richard Pares (25 August 1902 – 3 May 1958) was a British historian. He "was considered to be among the outstanding British historians of his time." Family life and education The eldest son of the five children of the historian Bernard Pare ...

, ''

King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great B ...

and the politicians'' * 1952–53

K. B. McFarlane Kenneth Bruce McFarlane, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (18 October 1903 – 16 July 1966) was one of the 20th century's most influential historians of late Mediæval Britain, medieval England. Life McFarlane was born on 18 October 1903, the ...

, ''The Nobility of Later Medieval England'' * 1953–54

Thomas Southcliffe Ashton Thomas Southcliffe Ashton (1889–1968) was an English economic historian. He was professor of economic history at the London School of Economics at the University of London from 1944 until 1954, and Emeritus Professor until his death in 1968. ...

* 1954–55 C. R. Cheney, ''From Becket to Langton: English church government 1170–1213'' * 1955–56

A. J. P. Taylor Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his televis ...

, ''The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792–1939'' * 1956–57

Philip Grierson Philip Grierson, FBA (15 November 1910 – 15 January 2006) was a British historian and numismatist, emeritus professor of numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years. During his long an ...

* 1957–58

Norman Sykes Norman A.J. Sykes (16 October 1936 – 9 December 2009) was a professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County, and Doncaster Rovers between 1953 and 1967. Sykes played youth f ...

* 1958–59

, ''From Sheldon to Secker: aspects of English church history, 1660–1768'' * 1959–60

G. Kitson Clark George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (14 June 1900 – 8 December 1975) was an English historian, specialising in the nineteenth century. Historian George Kitson Clark was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He lived the ...

, ''The making of Victorian England'' * 1960–61 Sir

Goronwy Edwards Sir John Goronwy Edwards (14 May 1891 – 20 June 1976) was a Welsh historian. Early life Edwards, who was proficient in Welsh before he could read English, was educated at Holywell Grammar School before matriculating at Jesus College, Ox ...

, ''The second century of the English Parliament'' * 1961–62 Christopher Hill, ''Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution'' * 1962–63

D. C. Douglas D. C. Douglas is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Albert Wesker in the ''Resident Evil'' series, Legion (Mass Effect), Legion in the ''Mass Effect'' series and Yoshikage Kira in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. On camera, ...

, ''William the Conqueror: the Norman impact upon England'' * 1963–64

Norman Gash Norman Gash (16 January 1912 in Meerut, British Raj – 1 May 2009 in Somerset) was a British historian, best remembered for a two-volume biography of British prime minister Sir Robert Peel. He was professor of modern history at the University ...

, ''Reaction and reconstruction in English politics, 1832–1852'' * 1964–65

Eleanora Carus-Wilson Eleanora Mary Carus-Wilson (1897 – 1 February 1977) was a British economic historian. She is known for her work on rural Medieval textile industries in England. She made significant contributions to the understanding of Medieval technology in ...

, ''The rise of the English woollen industry'' * 1965–66

J. H. Plumb Sir John (Jack) Harold Plumb (20 August 1911 – 21 October 2001) was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th-century history. He wrote over thirty books. Biography Plumb was born in Leicester on 20 August 1911. He was educate ...

''The growth of political stability in England: 1675–1725'' * 1966–67

Beryl Smalley Beryl Smalley (1905–1984) was an English historian best known for her work ''The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages'', originally published in 1941, but revised many times, a book that laid the foundations of modern study of the medieval ...

, ''Intellectuals and Politics in the twelfth century'' * 1967–68

Robert Blake Robert Blake may refer to: Sportspeople * Bob Blake (American football) (1885–1962), American football player * Robbie Blake (born 1976), English footballer * Bob Blake (ice hockey) (1914–2008), American ice hockey player * Rob Blake (born 19 ...

, ''The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill'' * 1968–69 Charles Wilson, ''Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands'' * 1969–70

J. M. Wallace-Hadrill John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, (29 September 1916 – 3 November 1985) was a senior academic and one of the foremost historians of the early Merovingian period. Wallace-Hadrill was born on 29 September 1916 in Bromsgrove, where his father ...

, ''Early Germanic kingship in England and on the continent'' * 1970–71

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posit ...

, ''The continental commitment: the dilemma of British defence policy in the era of the two world wars'' * 1971–72

G. R. Elton Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (born Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg; 17 August 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge, and w ...

, ''Policy and Police: the enforcement of the Reformation in the age of Thomas Cromwell'' * 1972–73

Rodney Hilton Rodney Howard Hilton (17 November 1916 – 7 June 2002) was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Biography Hilton was born in Middleton in Lancashire. He studied at ...

, ''The English peasantry in the later Middle Ages'' * 1973–74 John Gallagher, ''The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire''

1975–1999

* 1974–75

Joan Thirsk Irene Joan Thirsk, (''née'' Watkins; 19 June 1922 – 3 October 2013) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as ...

, ''Economic Policy, Economic Projects and Political Economy, 1540–1700'' * 1975–76

J. P. Kenyon John Philipps Kenyon, FBA (18 June 1927 – 6 January 1996) was an English historian and Fellow of the British Academy. His area of expertise was 17th-century England. Life Kenyon was born in Sheffield where he attended King Edward VII School, ...

, ''Revolution principles: the politics of party, 1689–1720'' * 1976–77 G. W. S. Barrow, ''The Anglo-Norman era in Scottish history'' * 1977–78

F. S. L. Lyons Francis Stewart Leland Lyons (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974 to 1981. Biography Known as Le among his friends and family, Lyons was born in Derry, ...

, ''Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890–1939'' * 1978–79

Patrick Collinson Patrick "Pat" Collinson, (10 August 1929 – 28 September 2011) was an English historian, known as a writer on the Elizabethan era, particularly Elizabethan Puritanism. He was emeritus Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, ...

, ''The religion of Protestants: the church in English society, 1559–1625'' * 1979–80 Donald A. Bullough, ''

Alcuin Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...

: Achievement and Reputation'' * 1980–81

Owen Chadwick William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international,

, ''Britain and the

Vatican Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum The Holy See * The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized ...

during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

'' * 1981–82 J. J. Scarisbrick, ''Religious Attitudes in Reformation England'' * 1982–83 J. O. Prestwich, ''The Place of War in English History 1066–1214'' * 1983–84

Ian R. Christie Ian Ralph Christie, (11 May 1919 – 25 November 1998) was a British historian specialising in late 18th-century Britain. He spent most of his academic career at University College London (UCL), from 1948 to 1984. Early life He was born in ...

, ''Stress and stability in late 18th-century Britain: Reflections on the British avoidance of revolution'' * 1984–85 John Habakkuk, ''Marriage, debt, and the estates system: English landownership 1650–1950'' * 1985–86 S. F. C. Milsom, ''Law and Society in the 12th and 13th centuries'' * 1986–87 Keith Robbins, ''Nineteenth-century Britain: England, Scotland and Wales: the making of a nation'' * 1987–88 Conrad Russell, ''The Causes of the English Civil War'' * 1988–89 Barbara Harvey, ''Living and dying in England 1140–1540, the monastic experience'' * 1989–90 Paul Langford, ''Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, 1689–1798'' * 1990–91 Lord Briggs, ''Culture and Communication in Victorian England'' * 1991–92 David Underdown, ''A Freeborn People: politics and the nation in seventeenth-century England'' * 1992–93 Peter Hayes Sawyer, P. H. Sawyer, ''Wealth in Anglo-Saxon England'' * 1993–94 F. M. L. Thompson, ''Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture: Britain 1780–1980'' * 1994–95 Paul Slack, ''From Reformation to improvement: public welfare in early modern England'' * 1995–96 James Campbell (historian), James Campbell, ''Origins of the English state'' * 1996–97 Jose Harris, ''A land of lost content? Visions of civic virtue from Ruskin to Rawls'' * 1997–98 R. R. Davies, ''The first English empire: power and identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343'' * 1998–99 T. C. Smout, ''Use and delight: environmental history in Northern England since 1600'' * 1999–00 Keith Thomas (historian), Keith Thomas, ''The ends of life: roads to fulfilment in early modern England''

From 2000

* 2000–01 Christopher Dyer, ''An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages'' * 2001–02 Peter Clarke (historian), Peter Clarke ''Britain's image in the world in the twentieth century'' * 2002–03 Quentin Skinner, ''Freedom, Representation, and Revolution, 1603–51'' * 2003–04 John Maddicott, ''The Origins of the English Parliament'' * 2004–05 Marianne Elliott (historian), Marianne Elliott, ''Religion and Ireland'' * 2005–06 John Morrill (historian), John Morrill, ''Living with Revolution'' * 2006–07 Robert Bartlett (historian), Robert Bartlett, ''The Learned Culture of Angevin England'' * 2007–08 Ross McKibbin, ''Parties People and the State: Politics in England c.1914–1951'' * 2008–09 John Brewer (historian), John Brewer, ''The Politics of Feeling in the Age of Revolutions, 1760–1830'' * 2009–10 David Bates (historian), David Bates, ''The Normans and Empire'' * 2010–11 Peter Lake, ''Bad Queen Bess? Libelous Politics and Secret Histories in an Age of Confessional Conflict'' * 2011–12 R. F. Foster (historian), Roy Foster, ''Making a Revolution in Ireland, c.1890–1916'' * 2012–13 John Blair (historian), John Blair, ''Building the Anglo-Saxon Landscape'' * 2013–14 Susan Pedersen (historian), Susan Pedersen, ''Internationalism and Empire: British Dilemmas, 1919–1939'' * 2014–15 Steven Gunn (historian), Steven Gunn, ''The English people at war in the age of Henry VIII'' * 2015–16 Christine Carpenter (historian), Christine Carpenter, ''The Problem of the Fourteenth Century: Politics, State and Society in England 1307–1399'' * 2016–17 Stefan Collini, ''History in English Criticism, 1919–1961'' * 2017–18 Alexandra Walsham, ''The Reformation of the Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in England, 1500–1700'' * 2018–19 Mark Bailey (rugby union), Mark Bailey: ''After the Black Death: Society, economy and the law in fourteenth-century England'' * 2019–20: Margot Finn, ''Family and Empire: Kinship and British Colonialism in the East India Company Era, c. 1750–1850''. * 2020–21: Jane Ohlmeyer, ''Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World'' * 2021–22: Robin Fleming, ''Dogsbodies and Dogs' Bodies: A Social and Cultural History of Roman Britain’s Dogs and People'' * 2022–23: Colin Kidd, ''Peculiarities of the English Enlightenment: Ancients, Moderns and Pagan Pasts'' (forthcoming)

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