An online lecture about the court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria in Oxford https://facebook.com/events/1567683286765486/?__mref=mb
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Cromwell Museum Lectures
The Cromwell Museum, in Huntingdon, is holding its customary winter season of lectures via Zoom this year. The programme is:Wednesday 13 January at 7.30pm - Paul Lay on 'Providence Lost: Cromwell's Western Design' Wednesday 20 January at 7.30pm - Andrea Zuvich on 'Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain' Wednesday 27 January at 7.30pm - Miranda
Covid-19 Pandemic
The King’s Army has, reluctantly, decided not to parade in London for the Charles I Commemoration in January 2021. The advice we have been given by The Royal Parks and the Police is that any such gathering would not be acceptable under the COVID-19 precautions. It follows that we are now planning
Cheriton – annual commemorative march
Unfortunately the Flowerpots is closed due to the corona virus situation so this event has had to be cancelled. The annual march to commemorate all those that fell in the 1644 battle will take place on Sunday 29 March from The Flowerpots Public House at 1030. This is also the day
The London – a seventeenth century Mary Rose
Captain Henry Hazzards Company Education Day at Southend on Sea, Essex 7th March 2020 The Forum Southend Elmer Square Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 1NS We open to the public from 10:00 – 17:00 to support the recovery of the wreck, and displaying it. You can book seats, which are free, they seek donations, via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-the-london-southends-time-capsule-tickets-88642446945 The London played a significant
The Exchequer
A new educational handout This new ECWS educational handout describes the evolution of the Exchequer department of government, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century. The term 'exchequer' comes from the squared coloured cloth or painted table on which the Exchequer officials used counters called 'jettons' to count income and expenditure
The Siege of Brampton Bryan
375 years on On Saturday and Sunday 10th and 11th of August 2019 the English Civil War Society will again return to Brampton Bryan to commemorate the two sieges of Brampton Bryan Castle that took place during the English Civil War.This year is the 375th anniversary of the second climactic siege,
Conference – 1643 (Part One) Events in the Second Year of the Civil War
Saturday 18th May 2019 At the National Civil War Centre, Newark The Battlefields Trust & Friends of the National Civil War Centre are running a conference covering some of the events during the second year of the English Civil War. 1000 – 1020 Registration and tea/coffee1020 – 1030 Welcome; Housekeeping.1030 – 1050 Where
The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database
This may be a little specialist for most of us but for some it will be an invaluable resource. To quote from their website: The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European (SSNE) database comprises of information relating to c.8000 individuals from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales who migrated to or worked in
“the most excellent painter that England hath yet bred”
There is an exhibition of the work of William Dobson at Tate Britain this winter. Following the death of Van Dyke in 1641, Dobson became a painter at the court of Charles I. He moved with the court to Oxford during the war and his paintings give us a unique perspective on