SAH Commons | Gavin Robinson | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/gavinrobinson/activity/ Activity feed for Gavin Robinson. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:43:27 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 23dfe4f50d3bef1b2746d6987cf6755e Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Sources for military careers in the British Civil Wars, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=312 Thu, 29 May 2025 12:14:45 -0400 Since uploading old data and notes to Github has gone well and I’ve got some spare time, I’ve added some notes about sources for tracing the careers of parliamentarian military units and their personnel. This is […]

]]> 95a3757af58371c668f07b0da861036d Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, New Model Army artillery establishments, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=308 Fri, 09 May 2025 07:15:55 -0400 The final Github upload for now is some notes and references about the establisment of the New Model Army’s artillery train. The army was mainly planned by the Army Committee, but the Accounts Committee objected […]

]]> a33056d6d92b9b7b37fb25d3923e9c3c Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Catalogue of Buckinghamshire loss accounts, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=303 Tue, 06 May 2025 09:44:26 -0400 During the British Civil Wars, Parliament appointed committees to collect accounts from each parish of losses and contributions to the parliamentarian war effort, including taxes, sequestration, voluntary […]

]]> c89a806a1aa59bcb80f1d81650ee285a Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Compounding case data, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=299 Thu, 01 May 2025 08:16:08 -0400 The latest upload to my Github is a fairly large dataset about compounding cases. These relate to people whose property was confiscated by Parliament during the British Civil Wars. The system started with the […]

]]> 455233c64ab3248701c0bf801f806e13 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, London building signs, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=295 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:38:02 -0400 This is about some of the data I uploaded to Github last week, but it deserves a short post of its own. In the 17th century, many business premises were identified by sign boards with a picture painted on them, […]

]]> 8eee0c3223d00f065f54e43b6e65ee48 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Propositions accounts transcribed, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=292 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:01:23 -0400 This week I’ve uploaded to Github a fairly large amount of data and documentation about the Propositions. This was a system of voluntary contributions to the parliamentarian war effort in the early part of the […]

]]> eddaa2383737e90833a67b1206786e59 Gavin Robinson commented on the post, Essex's army treasurers' accounts transcribed, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/essexs-army-treasurers-accounts-transcribed/#comment-2601 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:44:46 -0400 Another fact that I forgot about but have now added to the readme file at Github, with references to the original document: Anthony Allen was Scoutmaster General of Essex’s army before Sir Samuel Luke.

]]> 9b87f0e864bc98eea357b9ade59e2da9 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Essex's army treasurers' accounts transcribed, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=288 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:26:20 -0400 This week I’ve uploaded to Github transcripts of accounts of money paid out by two of the treasurers of the Earl of Essex’s army in the First Civil War (there was a third treasurer but I haven’t found any […]

]]> 966eec4605e0dc375977beae38718653 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, New Model Army procurement records for business history, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=284 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:30:08 -0400 Now that the wiki is out of the way, I’m uploading some separate datasets to Github in case they’re of any use for anyone else’s research. To start with, I’ve added a catalogue of manuscript volumes created by […]

]]> 640fed6e3fbd959ee0b1a9a163336fa8 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Project ended, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=281 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:01:11 -0400 The wiki has now been deleted. All content is archived and freely reusable at Github. The domain name will redirect to Github for some time. From now on, I will be working on sharing more datasets about the […]

]]> d263f8cf28dc41937a665a68e7681db9 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, MediaWiki import scripts, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=278 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:55:52 -0400 As part of the process of decommissioning By The Sword Linked, I’ve shared at Github the python scripts that I used to generate batches of pages to import to the wiki, along with documentation and some example […]

]]> 6694514ffaf14efc0a02a633b08e1a24 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1913498/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:05:38 -0400 0 dac34cdd1772d6b700c809e2fc39985e Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, End date: 31 March 2025, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=265 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:36:47 -0500 The By The Sword Linked wiki will be deleted on Monday 31 March 2025. All contents of the wiki will be permanently archived at Github and reusable under a CC-BY-SA licence. The domain name will redirect to Github […]

]]> fabbfc254bf557f03170b740beba8626 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Winding down, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=258 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:13:21 -0500 By The Sword Linked will end this year. There are more detailed explanations below the cut, but the main reason is that I don’t have time to give the project the work it needs. All contents of the wiki will be […]

]]> eeeaf277926d8fe44735c2007bd725fe Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901550/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:42:21 -0400 0 38c5c909dbe2fd88c197f0a75e4352d4 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, More British Library manuscripts imported, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=255 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:51:49 -0400 Since the last post, I’ve added catalogue data for around 300 more volumes and multi-volume collections of British Library manuscripts. As before, many of these link to the relevant pages in the printed […]

]]> 31d81f8ecf99262d4a4e065b48b5e82a Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, The British Library situation, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=251 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:00:26 -0500 If you have anything to do with historical research, you probably know that most of the British Library’s online services have been out of action since October 2023 because of a ransomware attack. The knock-on […]

]]> 1a37b582bdd8cf7c9b906f7f057d3c4a Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, New content imported, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=246 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:00:29 -0500 Before and after the server move, I imported some new content to the wiki (at last!):

Most peers and peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1669. There are probably errors and omissions because I […]

]]> 591f568653ace9ad0d41c768e713645c Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Maintenance finished, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=238 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:18:07 -0500 The wiki is now up again. The address is the same but it’s hosted on a different server with newer versions of Mediawiki and extensions. This has fixed some minor problems, although there could be some new […]

]]> ccdf33b51e1a1f274149ab84d0a2bf1e Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Downtime for Maintenance, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=236 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:29:23 -0500 The By the Sword Linked wiki will be temporarily unavailable because of a server move and software upgrade. I can’t predict exactly when it will go down and come back up but it should all be done within 2 weeks. […]

]]> e83c6f9f202c522e0746fcce276c284c Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1860184/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:37:55 -0400 0 b4b227e0064c823328aaec01e3428096 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Update July 2023, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=231 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:59:50 -0400 After long delays because I’ve been too busy, I’ve finally found a week to get back to this project. This hasn’t led to much new content, but I’ve made some changes behind the scenes which will make things easier […]

]]> e24304b1ed76f6f1274da6f89eefc9ce Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Index Villaris needs help to identify places, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=223 Sun, 21 May 2023 07:57:57 -0400 Things have been quiet here for longer than I expected because I’m busy earning money, which is the best thing to do at a time like this. Meanwhile, someone else’s project needs help, and it will also help By The […]

]]> 363833cef062e8c55234ed9f3534d783 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1766561/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:52:21 -0500 0 5d6191cd065cc6512b8400b5eca1828a Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1754662/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:48:52 -0400 0 41d0333b868fe23e40371d4f3d01b12c Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Ecclesiastical units, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=218 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:44:47 -0400 The wiki now has pages for ecclesiastical units in England and Wales. You can drill down from the Church of England to find provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries and rural deaneries. The relationships in this […]

]]> e6c24337a08d711dc2b78e29386f942e Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Spring/summer cleaning, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=194 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:11:46 -0400 Covid interferes with everything eventually but it has only interfered with this project in a very indirect way: I needed new glasses and I waited to get vaccinated before booking an eye test. Then when I got new […]

]]> c6807f4b404e9826503cd6486c3480cd Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1732274/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:48:13 -0400 0 2a4c04a6262aa6dc36269cffceb0bcb9 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1729677/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:46:31 -0500 0 dd0b2f04c976e77d3a26c34c1b926124 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Progress, hiatus and future plans, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=190 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:25:44 -0500 One of the advantages of doing this project on my own with no funding or institutional support is that there are no deadlines. A disadvantage is that working on the project has to come third behind paid work and […]

]]> 7632d721fa8eee17596b78d4eaa33e90 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Importing English places, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=163 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:30:09 -0400 I’ve been working on importing wiki pages for settlements in England. This post follows on from the one about importing Scottish places and will refer back to that instead of repeating all the details, but for […]

]]> cf6a62ed1e67ccf18f5bbd463844b429 Gavin Robinson posted a new activity comment https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/2020/05/08/final-overhaul-until-the-next-one/#comment-999 Mon, 11 May 2020 07:33:46 -0400 I thought the software upgrades hadn’t broken anything but yesterday I found that Page Forms 4.9 was causing problems so I reverted to 4.3.

In reply to - Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Final overhaul (until the next one), on the site By The Sword Linked Every time I think I’ve finalised the data structures of the semantic wiki, I realise that something could be […] ]]> e32753ac6e150773c006a072faf55dc2 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Final overhaul (until the next one), on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=161 Fri, 08 May 2020 09:22:11 -0400 Every time I think I’ve finalised the data structures of the semantic wiki, I realise that something could be done better or that querying for a certain thing is too difficult. This week I’ve given the wiki a big […]

]]> 1b21ce0312c8de2cbed4f364035ce6c4 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Importing Scottish places, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=129 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:57:38 -0400 This month I’ve started working on importing large amounts of data for places in Great Britain. I’m writing this blog post as I go, so that I can easily remember what I did. Imports of authors seem like old news […]

]]> a372a898398c09f2086bbd8a52c98219 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Quick update, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=124 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:41:10 -0400 I’ve finished working on The Power of Petitioning, and the shutdown is giving me plenty of time to work on By The Sword Linked, so here’s a quick summary of where I am and where I’m going.

The biggest news is […]

]]> ca94b2f88d00e3a563d3b3053362f336 Gavin Robinson wrote a new post, Start of year roundup, on the site By The Sword Linked https://bytheswordlinked.hcommons.org/?p=119 Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:46:38 -0500 As it’s the start of a new year, this post is a review of progress so far and a rough plan for the coming year.

The blog and the wiki have been fairly quiet because I’m still busy transcribing petitions for The […]

]]> 59e40d6ae281510ecb298de2dc52eba6 Gavin Robinson created the site By The Sword Linked https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633190/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:32:33 -0500 0 460be9e5ec600f5e486e2c3a4cabe807 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1631172/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:13:07 -0500 0 0c02d1d09b2af9355ca44ec9a62c9cf1 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1611860/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:53:32 -0400 0 4e21240c69948fc769daf036ad8c3632 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1608344/ Mon, 14 May 2018 16:25:40 -0400 0 a0f278c74e4ba51a2f85aec8b01ce817 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1608135/ Wed, 09 May 2018 18:40:04 -0400 0 4f9d8bf4a41ce6866cd2f5680d4e41df Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1606497/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:11:05 -0400 0 ff5cce9686ac4674e7f9e93175480b28 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1606242/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:58:05 -0400 0 8c2d27e01baf7b20481f2caaf073d959 Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591364/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:47:09 -0500 0 88da86f690131e6415429979630981bf Gavin Robinson's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591316/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:13:03 -0500 0 14e84a1b7d6eaee1600e76733fa0903e Gavin Robinson deposited Horse Supply and the Development of the New Model Army, 1642-1646 in the group War Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579767/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:16 -0400 The debate over whether the creation of the New Model Army represented continuity or change in the supply systems of parliamentarian armies has suffered from a lack of detailed research on the Earl of Essex’s army. This article begins to redress the balance by examining the supply of horses and saddles to the armies of Essex, Manchester, Waller, a…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3dbcad48baeca454937a5d766a1066b Gavin Robinson deposited Horse Supply and the Development of the New Model Army, 1642-1646 in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579766/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:15 -0400 The debate over whether the creation of the New Model Army represented continuity or change in the supply systems of parliamentarian armies has suffered from a lack of detailed research on the Earl of Essex’s army. This article begins to redress the balance by examining the supply of horses and saddles to the armies of Essex, Manchester, Waller, a…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3dbcad48baeca454937a5d766a1066b Gavin Robinson deposited Horse Supply and the Development of the New Model Army, 1642-1646 in the group Animal Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579765/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:15 -0400 The debate over whether the creation of the New Model Army represented continuity or change in the supply systems of parliamentarian armies has suffered from a lack of detailed research on the Earl of Essex’s army. This article begins to redress the balance by examining the supply of horses and saddles to the armies of Essex, Manchester, Waller, a…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0c6aa0ec3917e82d442310112697551 Gavin Robinson deposited Social-Political Animals: Humans and Non-Humans in Early-Modern Society in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579764/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:12 -0400 Speculation about how the social history of early-modern England could be made more sophisticated by including animals.

]]> 0 d0c6aa0ec3917e82d442310112697551 Gavin Robinson deposited Social-Political Animals: Humans and Non-Humans in Early-Modern Society in the group Historiography https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579763/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:12 -0400 Speculation about how the social history of early-modern England could be made more sophisticated by including animals.

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