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When Henry Brouncker (cofferer to Charles II) died in 1688, he bequeathed Sheen Abbey to Sir Charles Lyttelton (1629–1716) (colonial governor/politician), not because they were related, but because they had fought together at the Siege of Colchester (1648) #BrothersInArms
@TrixieGadd @LaytonTrust @EcclesHistSoc @r_a_poe @puritanjenny @TheJohnRylands @MuseumCromwell @monknunCofE @ASoulieuxEvans @DevonMuse1 @jamielatham15 @NPGLondon Introducing the many faces of #17thCentury clergyman Joseph Hall (1574–1656). In the first portrait, Hall is trying to induce some serious #ShelfEnvy &, unlike his other poses, is seen writing rather than reading. Source: https://t.co/rHaskYpSAL
For this week's #TitleThisThursday a dramatic woodcut from Thomas Jackson's Canterbury lectures, 'The raging tempest stilled' (1623). Question is, who is that female figure emerging from the clouds with the two parallel (but not crossed) keys?