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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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2023-03-29

24 February 1655 a proclamation was issued banning horse racing for 6 months. The ban was introduced as it was feared Royalist agents were using races as a cover to meet, but was only temporary as Oliver Cromwell was rather fond of horse racing!

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2023-02-24

It's the famed 'headless horseman' image - another example of recycled 1600s imagery (17thC photoshopping...). Here's the same image by Lombard with Cromwell's head replacing that of Charles; he also did ones with Louis XIV's head on too! 🙂

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2023-02-22

21 January 1645 the House of Commons voted Sir Thomas Fairfax to become commander-in-chief of Parliament's 'Army New Modelled', with Philip Skippon as his Major-General. A number of Colonels were also appointed.

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2023-01-21

19 January 1644 the Scots Army of the Covenant under the command of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven crossed the River Tweed into England, walking 20 miles knee deep in snow, as allies of the Parliamentary Cause.

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2023-01-19

Happy birthday Sir Thomas Fairfax - Parliamentary general and too often unsung hero of the born 17 January 1612. Portraits of him in our collection.

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2023-01-17

Basilius Besler 🖌

Garden at Eichstätt: Hibiscus Sabdariffa | 1613 🌺🍃



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2023-01-13

Shop in the Frost Fair on the frozen Thames, or visit the beauty shop under the sign of The Gilded Lily.
Can thieving sisters Ella and Sadie escape the hangman's noose?

https://t.co/XJKxuvEKFh

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2023-01-13

13 December 1643 in a surprise attack, Sir William Waller's Parliamentarian forces stormed Alton in Hampshire. The Royalist defenders conducted a last stand in the Church of St Lawrence, which still has scars of the fighting today.

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2022-12-13

Today I'm studying the work of John Ray (1627–1705), an early English natural historian. Image from "History of Fishes" (1686) shows Rana piscatrix (the Pond, or Frog-fish).

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2022-12-01

'Drinking Man with a Big Hat', by Charles David, after Monogrammist GL, 1613 - 1638. Rijksmuseum.

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2022-11-10

29 September 1654, Oliver Cromwell narrowly escaped death or serious injury during a coaching accident in Hyde Park, the crash also causing a loaded pistol in his pocket to go off! Equestrian portrait of Cromwell c.1657 in our collection.

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2022-09-29

British School 17th century, Portrait of a Lady, Called Elizabeth, Lady Tanfield, 1615 https://t.co/SqVzz3jlUr

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2022-09-21

14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial.

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2022-09-14

13 September 1645 was the battle of Philiphaugh near Selkirk. Covenanter forces under Lt Gen David Leslie decisively defeated Royalist forces under the Marquis of Montrose. Images of the generals from our collection.

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2022-09-13

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2022-09-07

Died 1688 John Bunyan, teenage soldier in the New Model Army, preacher & writer best known for the Pilgrim's Progress

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2022-08-31