Participant Info
- First Name
- Jessica
- Last Name
- Ayres
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State
- jess.ayres@york.ac.uk
- Affiliation
- University of York/The London Archives
- Website URL
- jessica-ayres.co.uk
- Keywords
- early modern, civic orphanage, women, record-keeping
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a historian of early modern England, specialising in the social and economic lives of women in the seventeenth century, and the history of institutional record keeping. I hold a PhD from the University of York, and currently work at The London Archives.
- Recent Publications
Ayres, Jessica. “Women in London’s Court of Orphans, 1660-1720.” Unpublished PhD thesis, University of York, 2023.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- England
- Expertise by Geography
- British Isles, England
- Expertise by Chronology
- Pre-17th century, 17th century, Early Modern
- Expertise by Topic
- Economic History, Urban History, Women
