Jon McGovern wins prestigious Gordon Forster Essay Prize

This is an annual prize established in memory of Gordon Forster, former chairman of the School of History at the University of Leeds who edited the journal Northern History for fifty years.  The journal publishes scholarly work on the history of the seven historic Northern counties of England: Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.  

 

Jon's essay, 'The Sheriffs of York and Yorkshire in Tudor England', is an analysis of the responsibilities of the municipal and county sheriffs in Yorkshire, and of interactions between them. The winning essay will be published in Northern History.