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the
17th century
Puritan
physician
Alexander Leighton
incurred the wrath of
King Charles I
for publishing a pamphlet denouncing bishops, and was sentenced by his
Star Chamber
to public whipping,
branding
, and having his ears cut off?
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Charles I of England
George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
(pictured)
who was killed at the age of 24 at
Edgehill
, the first pitched battle of the
English Civil War
, was a cousin of King
Charles I of England
?
John Harrison
(pictured)
, seventeenth century benefactor of
Leeds
, is reputed to have slipped
Charles I
a tankard of gold coins disguised as
beer
?
William Marshall
produced an engraving
(pictured)
of
Charles I of England
as a Christian
martyr
for the
Eikon Basilike
, published ten days after the King was executed in 1649?
William Wroth
founded the first
independent
chapel
in
Wales
in 1639, after he refused to obey
King Charles
' instruction to allow
sports
to be played on Sundays?
Judges Cave and Regicides Trail in
West Rock Ridge
,
Connecticut
, USA were named for two judges who hid in the area in 1660 after signing the
death warrant
of the
King Charles I
?
despite being appointed to the usually profitable post of
comptroller
to
Prince Charles
in 1616,
John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery
later claimed that serving the Prince had cost him £20,000?
during the
English Civil War
,
Charles I
was staying in
Gamul House
,
Chester
,
Cheshire
, when his army was defeated at the
Battle of Rowton Moor
?
during the reign of the
English Commonwealth
, worshippers at
St. Stephen Coleman Street
seeking
Communion
had to first be approved by a committee partly staffed by signatories of
Charles I
's
death warrant
?
in 1649,
Thomas Andrewes
attended the execution of
King Charles I
, was responsible for proclaiming the abolition of the
English monarchy
, and was appointed to be the
Lord Mayor of London
?
one of
Sir Henry Firebrace
'
s escape plans for
Charles I of England
failed when the king got stuck in a window frame?
English Civil War
Carlbury
hill was the site of an
English Civil War
battery
emplacement for a
Royalist
contingent at the Battle of
Piercebridge
?
Cliffe, Richmondshire
, where the "
clock stopped, never to go again
", is surrounded by archaeological features including
barrows
, a
Roman road
and an
English Civil War
battleground?
Cothelstone Manor
was largely destroyed during the
English Civil War
and rebuilt 200 years later?
Denton Hall
(pictured)
, once the home of
General Fairfax
, the
English Civil War
commander-in-chief, was later sold for less than the value of the
timber
on the estate?
George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
(pictured)
who was killed at the age of 24 at
Edgehill
, the first pitched battle of the
English Civil War
, was a cousin of King
Charles I of England
?
Gilbert Mabbot
(1622–1670) was a pioneering
journalist
during the
English Civil War
who also served as an official licenser of the press?
Sir Trevor Williams
of
Llangybi
in
Wales
changed sides between
Royalists
and
Parliamentarians
four times in the
English Civil War
, before being imprisoned for the crime of
scandalum magnatum
?
Skinnand
is a
deserted medieval village
in
Lincolnshire
, and that its
Norman
church was probably burned down by
Oliver Cromwell
in the
English Civil War
?
St Symphorian's Church
in
Durrington, West Sussex
, was wrecked during the
English Civil War
by
Parliamentarian
villagers, who disliked their rector's
Royalist
views and unintelligible preaching?
during the
English Civil War
,
Royalist
soldiers fired
artillery
at
Leicester
from
Raw Dykes
Roman
earthwork?
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