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31 July 1645 Bath in Somerset was captured in a surprise attack by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel John Okey. Okey was a commissioner at Charles I's trial in 1649, and executed as a Regicide in 1662. Image in our collection.

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2020-07-31

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert: 'Triumph of Love and Beauty', 1630.
Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

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2020-07-27

History (& crafting King Charles I in armour sculpture) is all about detective work.
Learned what a 'Lance rest' is.
Curious looking appendage spied in one of his portraits. Can rest now and happily sculpt it 🙌

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2020-07-06

5 July 1643 was the Battle of Lansdown in Somerset. Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller were narrowly defeated by the Royalist western army; the Cornish Cavalier Sir Bevil Grenville was killed in the fighting.

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2020-07-05

Love, Betrayal and War at the Stuart Court.
Cavalier or Roundhead? Pick your side.




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2020-07-02

30 June 1644 compounding his defeat at Cropredy Bridge the previous day, Sir William Waller and his officers were almost killed when the floor of the room in which they met collapsed and they all fell into a cellar...

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2020-06-30

30 June 1643 was the Battle of Adwalton Moor in Yorkshire, where Royalist forces under the Earl of Newcastle defeated Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax. As a result all of Yorkshire was left under Royalist control except for Hull & Bradford.

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2020-06-30

24 June 1643 John Hampden died of his wounds sustained days before at the Battle of Chalgrove Field. His loss was a severe blow to the Parliamentarian cause, as he was a moderating force between the various factions in Parliament.

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2020-06-24

2 June 1643 Parliamentarian Midlands & Eastern commanders met at Nottingham: Lord Grey, Lord Willoughby, Oliver Cromwell, Sir John Gell & Capt. Hotham. Cromwell's plan to advance into Yorkshire to support the Fairfaxes was rejected.

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2020-06-02

Today we celebrate the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and also the birthday of Charles II. Learn more with : https://t.co/PrneVkR5Js

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2020-05-29

Eustache Le Sueur:'The Muses: Clio, Euterpe and Thalia', 1652-55. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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2020-05-25

15 May 1660, Parliament passed Acts of Attainder against Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw, Henry Ireton and Thomas Pride in preparation for the return of Charles II. Given that all four men were already long dead they weren't terribly aware of this...

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2020-05-15

May 14, 1685 the news of Argyll's departure from Orkney arrives in Edinburgh. It is sent by fast packet boat to Whitehall. The Militia is mobilised and Scotland prepares for war.

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2020-05-14

11 May 1645 Parliamentary commander Sir John Meldrum was mortally wounded whilst besieging Castle. This was only days after he had survived a fall over a 200 foot cliff there, as his cloak then acted like a parachute!! 😳

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2020-05-11

7 May 1631 Oliver Cromwell, together with his wife, mother & sisters, sold their property in moving to St Ives. Cromwell left his home town due to financial problems & political issues, but returned there to recruit during the Civil War.

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2020-05-07

4 May 1643 Royalist forces commanded by William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, stormed the town of after a skirmish at the town's bridge, defended by local Parliamentarians including 30 boys from the town's grammar school.

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2020-05-04

20 April 1643 Prince Rupert's engineers detonate the first ever explosive mine used in England to breach the defences and retake Close.

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2020-04-20

Author Charles Spencer discusses the flight of King Charles II after his military defeat in 1651 and his hiding place at Boscobel House in this podcast:
https://t.co/iHtbwSnYOc

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2020-04-15