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22 August 1620 Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier, daughter of a London fur dealer, at St Giles Church, Cripplegate. They had a devoted relationship & a family of 9 children (8 surviving infancy). Portraits in our collection.

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2022-08-22

18 August 1654 a committee chaired by John Disbrowe was appointed to prepare the Western Design, an attack by the Protectorate on Spanish colonial territories in the Caribbean. The strategy was misconceived and poorly planned, ending in failure.

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2022-08-18

17 August 1658, after a bout of ill health exacerbated by the shock of his daughter Elizabeth’s death, Oliver Cromwell's health improved enough to go riding in Hampton Court Park where he met George Fox, who said that he looked “like a dead man".

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2022-08-17

13 August 1659 part of Booth's Uprising, a Royalist insurrection against the republic, took place when Viscount Mordaunt declared for the King at Barnstead Down in Surrey. He only raised 80 men, who melted away as soon as government troops appeared.

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2022-08-13

Venture into the dark alleys and rich mansions of 17th Century London -- a compelling tale of sisters and how childhood stories formed their characters.

https://t.co/w7B2iF03jR

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2022-08-06

9 July 1643 the Earl of Essex wrote to Parliament complaining his army was inadequate; as such he proposed that peace negotiations with the King should be resumed. The letter backfired, being seen as evidence of Essex's unreliability.

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2022-07-09

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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2022-07-05

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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2022-06-30

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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2022-06-30

A cure for freckles forming in hot sun:

"Steep a piece of copper in the juice of a lemon till it be dissolved.

Anoint freckles with feather morning and evening.

Wash off with white wine."

Art: Simon Vouet: 'The Muses Urania and Calliope'

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2022-06-17

11 June 1646, John Lilburne, having been summoned before the House of Lords for criticising the Earl of Manchester, refused to accept their authority. As a result he was imprisoned in gaol. Image of Lilburne from our collection.

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2022-06-11

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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2022-05-04

For the 15th of April, our is
'Crucifixion with Donor', by Jan Cossiers.
Musée de Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose, Lessines.

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2022-04-15

14 April 1655 General Venables landed Protectorate troops west of Santo Domingo, as part of Cromwell's 'Western Design' to seize Spanish Hispaniola (Haiti). The poorly planned and conceived expedition was a disaster, denting the regime's confidence.

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2022-04-14

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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2022-04-09

29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller's Parliamentarians defeated Royalist forces under the Earl of Forth and Lord Hopton, ending their advance in the south-east.

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2022-03-29

For the 25th of March, our is 'Leda and the Swan', 1598-1602, by Peter Paul Rubens.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.

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2022-03-26

For the 22nd of March, our is 'Frozen Canal with Skaters and Hockey Players', 1668, by Adriaen van de Velde.
Musée du Louvre, Paris

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2022-03-23

For the 20th of March, our is: 'Music-Making Company on a Terrace', c. 1620, by Dirck Hals.
Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.

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2022-03-20

Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester
https://t.co/acjqnL1WGn via

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2022-03-09