The History of Parliament trust was very sad to hear of the death of Tom Driver, who passed away earlier this week. Dr Driver specialised in 15th century political history; his Oxford B.Litt. thesis of 1951 was on the parliamentary representation of the Wiltshire boroughs in the 1420s and 1430s, and his Ph.D. at Liverpool in 1983 focused on 'The Parliament of 1472-5'.  Over the 60 years since 1951 he published many articles in local history journals on individual MPs of the 15th century, the last being in Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. cxxxi in 2011.

He was always extremely supportive of the History of Parliament and its staff, and generously shared his time and research with the medieval sections. All at the History, especially the members of the Commons 1422-1504 section, would like to convey our deepest sympathies to Dr Driver’s family.