On the 5th of August 1100, Henry I, known as Henry Beauclerc, is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. Henry was the youngest surviving son of William the Conqueror (#Normans) and his wife, Mathilda of Flanders.

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4 Aug 1719: Meinhard Schomberg, Duke of Leinster and 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Williamite commander who crucially attacked across the Boyne river on the day of the battle, buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault in Henry VII Chapel (National Trust images)

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4 Aug 1688: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond buried at Abbey Politician, survivor, royalist

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Westminster school. or - Dr Busby settling accounts with Master-Billy and his playmates (1785)
露骨な風刺画。しかし状況を非常にうまく表現しています。このお仕置きは当時の名門校では頻繁に行われていたようですね。

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Westminster from Lambeth by David Cox 1813
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Since twitter has compressed this video like its life depended on it please remember you can check out a more high res version on Vimeo! https://t.co/jsHo1IqPgF

And please indulge me as I share some details from the paintings I spent a month on. First up! Dragony Westminster

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London As It Is: Westminster, from Waterloo Bridge, Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842 https://t.co/BczwyJBcT4

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dragony Westminster is kicking my ass but you should see the other guy

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At the end of July, 1441, Eleanor Cobham fled to sanctuary in Westminster Abbey. It quickly became clear why; members of her household had accused her of hiring them to predict the king's death and, by implication, kill the king with nefarious magic.

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22 June 1665: A hero's funeral at Abbey for Charles Berkeley Earl of who had been killed at the Battle of Lowestoft

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1239 the future Edward I was born in Westminster. He lends his title to Kingston-Upon-Hull, the free borough, town and port he established, taking the settlement of Wyke from the monks of Meaux Abbey.

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Hi! I'm Amber! I've just graduated from the University of Westminster! I'm an animator and character designer, but can also do illustration 😀 my website is https://t.co/2uZmGeOZD2

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For those of you wanting a protest that's actually organized, hit Westminster on Saturday (but be prepared for speeches 😀). Meanwhile, Orange is asking everyone to the Block tomorrow.

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Sometimes one must have a care for the cartoonists. Poor 's cartoon in this morning's now seems significantly more sensible than the procedures actually adopted at Westminster today.

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When Westminster and SE centric news dominates us it is so important to have quality reportage from regional TV - eg Inside Out I’m sad to see that we might loose the programme how can we pitch in to support this flagship programme giving us a voice?

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These buffoons in Westminster are asking you to take part in their ‘Track and trace’ they tell you it’s your civic duty🤔 Rules they flout. They have shown zero goodwill. is still there and we all did our civic duty. They risk our lives...

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Maybe there are people who still have trust in Westminster’s government. They should be few and far between.

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Trust in the Westminster government was already very low but now...

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New cartoon on SNP and Scottish Tories screwing tenants over at Hollyrood and BoJo screwing Scotland over at Westminster - for

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