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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

I love reading about projects of cataloguing natural world of 'The Orient'. One of my favourites is a mid-17thC text 'Hortus Malabaricus' compiled by van Rheede- a detailed study of plants in Malabar incl. these fascinating sketches!
Source: Wellcome

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2020-05-28

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

Five southern constellations: Hydra, Corvus, Centaurus with Lepus (appears here as a yellow long-tailed cat), and Lupus (shown here as a pink tiger); from a copy of Marvels of Things Created by al-Qazwīnī, produced in Mughal India, 17thC https://t.co/UyiSZg2CA5

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2020-05-08

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

Each month we showcase a work of art we helped to purchase for the collections of This month it’s the fabulous 17thC Wreck of the Amsterdam https://t.co/sCHj7bghhF

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2020-04-12

The Five Senses as a dinner, e17thC (BM)

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2020-04-11

9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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2020-04-09

Published in 1697, this edition of Myographia Nova, written by John Browne, has some interesting drawings added by an early hand.
https://t.co/ma4YXpOIlO

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2020-04-09

Here is a drawing from our youngest son James showing the Foot Regiment of Ralph Lord Hopton on the march. He loves to draw.

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2020-03-21

Joining in with so here's a lovely illustration of cardamom, known as ‘chief of all seeds’ by 17thc herbalists due to wide ranging medicinal properties. Was also used in folk medicine as a fertility treatment

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2020-03-20