Lynn Marriott

I am a PhD History student at the University of Warwick, funded by Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. I am researching how religious nonconformity changed the religious landscape over the seventeenth century in the Diocese of Lincoln, and the role that women held in relation to this. One strand of my research focuses on how the Canons Ecclesiastical of 1604 were in practice applied to some individual cases, but not to others, and how some people fled to the Continent. Another considers the role of unauthorised religious gatherings in Leicestershire in the 1620s and how these were dealt with by the authorities. A theme throughout my research is the relationships between the various Bishops of Lincoln and their clerics. I am supervised by Professor Mark Knights and Dr Naomi Pullin both of the University of Warwick.

 Research Interests

• • Religious nonconformity and how that manifested 1550-1750
  • Women’s role in encouraging nonconformity
  • Clerical nonconformity
  • Religious exiles – The Netherlands and the Great Migration of the 1630s
  • The role of conventicles (religious gatherings) in nonconformity
  • The individual’s religious journey from conformist to heterodoxy
  • Parish networks

Contact Details

• • Email: lynn.marriott@warwick.ac.uk
  • Bluesky: @lynnmarriott.bsky.social
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-marriott/

I would be pleased to have the opportunity to showcase my findings to date by either presentation or journal article. Please use my contact details as above.

 

Academic Journey

May 2026 - Co-organiser for the Twenty-Fourth Warwick Symposium for Parish Research, held at the University of Warwick. Co-chair of one session and co-author of the resulting report.

December 2025 - Article published in the Leicestershire Historian (Volume 61, 2025), ‘Exacting Revenge from Beyond the Grave: The Tale of Anthony Wadd – Eighteenth-Century Gentleman and Lawyer’, one strand of my MA thesis.

October 2025 - Presentation of MA dissertation, ‘St Mary’s Memorials – An Eighteenth Century Tale of Middle-Class Friendships, Revenge and Tragedy in Melton Mowbray’ to the Melton Mowbray U3A Local History Group.

May 2025 - Attended the Twenty-Third Warwick Symposium for Parish Research, held at the University of Warwick, and authored the subsequent report.

October 2024 - Started PhD journey with the working title of ‘Religious Nonconformity and Gender in the East Midlands c. 1600-1689’.

2023 – 2024 - Master’s Degree at Nottingham Trent University - Distinction

July 2023 - Winner of the Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society's BA History Dissertation Prize

2019 – 2022 - BA History at Nottingham Trent University - First Class (Honours), Winner of the History Prize. Dissertation 'Local Responses to the Reformations - A Case Study of Melton Mowbray'.

June 2022 - East Midlands Centre for Learning and Teaching - Undergraduate Historical Research Showcase. This was a virtual event which brought students together from across the history departments of universities of the East Midlands to deliver a series of papers based on undergraduate research projects. My lecture was an overview of my BA Dissertation.

2018 – 2019 - Access to Higher Education - Grantham College and University Centre

 

Previous Experience

2005 – 2019 - Owner and Director of The Fairtrading Post, a limited company based in Melton Mowbray selling certified fairly traded goods across a range of categories, from food to handbags. Responsibilities included Health and Safety, food ordering, accounts, Christmas hamper sales, day-to-day running of the shop and giving talks in the local area.

 

Other Information

I am a mum to two girls, one of whom is training to be a midwife and the other is aspiring to work for N.A.S.A. I enjoy visiting historic buildings, particularly religious sites. I also have a fascination for the lives and people of Ancient Egypt. I am a lead singer in my church band and find cross-stitching and other craft work very relaxing and rewarding.