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Acklington Park in the parish of Warkworth, Northumberland, England was the birthplace of John Rushworth (born c. Warkworth is a Village in Northumberland, England. It is probably best known for its well-preserved Medieval castle, church Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 1612) who achieved fame in both England and during the formation of the United States of America for compiling a series of works called Historical Collections covering the English Civil Wars throughout the 1600s. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. His writings became a part of the library of Thomas Jefferson and the second Library of Congress. Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress


Edward Miller (1915-2000) was born at Acklington Park, the son of a shepherd. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Morpeth and went on to excel at Cambridge, specialising in mediaeval history. Having grown up on a farm, he was drawn to questions of mediaeval agriculture and the peasants whose labour had sustained the clergy.

After a professorship at the University of Sheffield he returned to Cambridge to be master of Fitzwilliam College (1971-81), chairing the Victoria county history committee and the History of Parliament Trust. The University of Sheffield is a research University, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Fitzwilliam College (usually called 'Fitz' is a college of the University of Cambridge. With John Hatcher, he wrote Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change, 1086-1348 (1978), which soon became a standard work for students. A companion volume by the same authors Medieval England: Towns, Commerce and Crafts, 1086-1348 appeared in 1995. Miller was co-editor of the second edition of volume 2 (1987) of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe and editor of the third volume (1991) of the Agrarian History of England and Wales covering the period 1348-1500.


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