Dr Sadie Jarrett

Dr Sadie Jarrett is a historian of early modern Britain with particular research interests in Wales, gentry culture, and colonialism. Her doctorate was awarded in 2021 for her thesis entitled ‘"Of Great Kindred and Alliance": The status and identity of the Salesburys of Rhug and Bachymbyd, c.1475-c.1660'.

Sadie joined ISWE in 2017 to undertake a doctoral project on the Salesbury family of Rhug and Bachymbyd, which was generously supported by the Rhug Estate. Through a case study of one gentry family, her thesis examined how the early modern Welsh gentry established and retained their status and Welsh identity. After the completion of her doctorate, Sadie was awarded the Economic History Society Postan Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research. She was then appointed Career Development Fellow in Early Modern History at The Queen's College, University of Oxford.

Based on her doctoral and postdoctoral research, Sadie published Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salesbury Family, 1450-1720 with University of Wales Press in 2024. It traces the history of the Salesbury family from the fourteenth century to eighteenth century and covers myriad themes present in British history over this period, including the Reformation, the reigns of the Tudors and Stuarts, the English Civil Wars, the wars of religion in Europe, and the developing British colonies in the Atlantic world. The monograph was awarded the 2024 Francis Jones Prize.

Sadie is currently available as a freelance historian, author and public speaker. Visit her website for more information.