Claire Breay, MBE FRHistS (born 18 October 1968) is an English manuscript curator and medieval historian.
[1][2] Breay studied history and classics for her bachelor's degree at Newnham College, Cambridge,[3] after which she proceeded to do a one-year archival work experience post at the Borthwick Institute for Archives in York, and then trained as an archivist at Aberystwyth University.
Breay started her career as an archivist at Lambeth Palace Library for two years after her PhD.
She also worked on the acquisition of the St Cuthbert Gospel (2010–2012) and was a co-investigator for the AHRC-funded Magna Carta Project (2012–2015).
[10][11] She jointly supervised an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership student (2015–2018) with Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester.