1959 Joyce Hill

1959-1960 Miss Lincoln

1960 Costella Daniels

1960-1961 Miss Lincoln

1961 Bessie Bean

1961-1962 Miss Lincoln

1962 Beverly Wells

1962-1963 Miss Lincoln

1963 Velois Hill

1963-1964 Miss Lincoln Homecoming Queen

1964 Barbara Hill

1964-1965 Miss Lincoln

1965 Chequita Shaw

1965-1966 Miss Lincoln

1966 LaJoyce Tyson

1966-1967 Miss Lincoln

1969 Jacqueline Jones

1969-1970 Miss Lincoln

1975 Carole P. Bowden

1975-1976 Miss Lincoln

1976 Andrea Jackson

1976-1977 Miss Lincoln

1979 Gayle Bonds

1979-1980 Miss Lincoln

1992 Tisha Lambert-Harden

1992-1993 Miss Lincoln

1999 Danielle Bradsfield

1999-2000 Miss Lincoln

Profits and patriotism: Nicholas Weston, Old English merchants, and Ireland’s Nine Years’ War, 1594–1603

Ireland’s Old English merchants, and especially those of the Pale, provided the English crown with vital material supplies, finance and intelligence throughout the Nine Years’ War (1594–1603). Yet, surviving official correspondence criticised the mercantile community for providing weak support and accused its members of favouring the queen’s Irish enemies. The reality was that they did both, but their reasons for doing so were complicated. Too often described as a homogenous group, Old English merchants did not all share the same economic ambitions, political views or faith. Examining the specific actions of certain individuals alongside those of the wider community provides a fresh angle on the conflict and sheds new light on the role of Old English merchants.