http://hdl.handle.net/1983/593 The Department is an internationally recognised centre for the research and teaching of history at one of the UK's leading universities. 2013-05-15T22:40:12Z http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1830 Thomas Nash of Bristol, bowyer, vs. John Day alias Hugh Say: Chancery petition, c. 1502 Condon, Margaret; Jones, ET Annotated transcription of a chancery petition by Thomas Nash of Bristol, accompanied by a 1,700-word introduction. The following conventions were employed when transcribing the document: the line spacing, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation follow the manuscript; reconstructions of suspensions are in italics; ‘u’ and ‘v’ have been rendered according to the document rather than to modern usage. Instances in which it is not clear whether an abbreviation is intended have been indicated by an apostrophe. Squared brackets indicate editorial additions. Continuous lines of dots indicate areas of loss from the manuscript itself: about 20 per cent of the bottom left of the parchment is missing. Most, but not all, of the missing material is likely to have consisted of stock phrases, as suggested in the footnotes to the transcript. 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1812 "What matters is what works": Labour's journey from "national superannuation" to "personal accounts" Pemberton, HR A key element of Labour’s response to the Pensions Commission’s recommendations for ‘a new pension settlement for the twenty-first century’ is a system of ‘personal accounts’ that will be administered and invested by the private sector. The contrast with 50 years ago, when Britain faced similar pressures, is striking. Then, Labour presented to the British public proposals for a state-run scheme embodying redistribution between higher and lower-paid workers and the accumulation of a very large fund that would be directly invested in stock markets by the state to promote faster growth. Today’s scheme embodies neither redistribution nor collective control of the scheme’s assets, and investment and risk-taking will be the responsibility of individuals rather than the state. This article explores the differences between Labour’s proposals in 1957 and the scheme it proposes today. It considers what these differences tell us about the party’s changing conception of social democracy, and highlights the irony that, with consumers’ faith in financial markets shattered by the most severe financial crisis since 1929, New Labour’s embrace of a private sector solution on the grounds that ‘what matters is what works’ now seems badly mistaken. 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1805 Will of George Smith, merchant of Bristol, 1490 Condon, Margaret; Jones, ET Annotated transcription of the will of George Smith of Bristol, accompanied by a 2,900-word introduction. The following conventions were employed when transcribing the document: the line spacing, spelling, capitalization, underlining, emphasis, deletions and punctuation follow the manuscript; reconstructions of suspensions are in italics; ‘u’ and ‘v’ have been rendered according to the document rather than to modern usage. ‘ff’ and ‘ss’ have been rendered as capitals where it seems clear that this was the writer’s intention. ‘Thorn’ has been transliterated conventionally as ‘th’, but all occurrences have been footnoted. 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1795 Warrant for the payment of John Cabot’s pension, 22 February 1498 Condon, Margaret; Jones, ET An annotated transcription of a pension warrant for John Cabot, dated 22 February 1498. This is accompanied by a 1,400-word introduction to the document and a photograph of the manuscript. The following conventions were employed when transcribing the document: the line spacing, spelling, capitalization, emphasis, and punctuation follow the manuscript; reconstructions of suspensions are in italics; ‘u’ and ‘v’ have been rendered according to the document rather than to modern usage. Elided words (‘thesaid’) have been separated for the sake of comprehension. Squared brackets indicate editorial interventions. 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z