Green Collection (page 100)

Royal mandate to erase the name of Locke from the students of Christ Church, Oxford, 1684, (1894)
Royal mandate to erase the name of John Locke from the students of Christ Church, Oxford, 1684, (1894). Locke was expelled from the college after he fell under suspicion of involvement in the Rye

Coronation of a king, early 14th century, (1893). From a manuscript in the collection of Corpus Christ College, Cambridge

Sir Christopher Wrens original model for St Pauls cathedral, London, c1670-1672 (1893). Artist: Arthur Robertson
Sir Christopher Wrens original model for St Pauls cathedral, London, c1670-1672 (1893). Wren was commissioned to design the replacement for the cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of London

An Irish chief and his attendants, 1581, (1893). From The Image of Irelande by John Derrick, 1581. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

An Irish banquet, 1581, (1893). From The Image of Irelande by John Derrick, 1581. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Conference of the Earl of Gloucester and an Irish Chief, Richard IIs campagne in Ireland, 1399, (18)
Conference of the Earl of Gloucester and an Irish Chief, Richard IIs campaign in Ireland, 1399, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Ships bringing provisions to the English host, Richard IIs campaign in Ireland, 1399, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Ireland just before the English (Norman) invasion, 1169 (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

Old London Bridge, c1600 (1893). The earliest genuine full view, from a unique drawing in Pepys collection in Magdalen College, Cambridge

Title page of Francis Bacons Instauratio Magna, 1620 (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

The Swan Theatre, London, 1596, (1893). The Swan theatre was built by Francis Langley in c1595. The last known mention of the theatre dates from 1632

The Redcrosse Knight, 1598, (1893). From The Faerie Queene, the epic poem by Edmund Spenser, third edition, 1598. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

February, 1597 (1893). Illustration from Shepherds Calendar, 1597. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

January, 1597 (1893). Illustration from Shepherds Calendar, 1597. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

Journey-ring, or Viatorium, 1587 (1893). A form of timepiece for travellers. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588 (1893). Pines engraving of 1739, of a tapestry then in the House of Lords. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Acts of Parliament, 1585, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York

Title page of The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, third edition, 1598 (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex, 1688, (1893). Audley End was one of the grandest Jacobean houses in England, built between 1605 and 1614 for Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk

Coiners at work, 1577, (1893). From Holinshed d History, 1577. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

The States General at Orleans, France, 1560, (1893). The first meeting of the French legislative assembly for 76 years. From an engraving of 1570 by Jacques Tortorel

South-east corner of the Lady Chapel, Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland, 1893. Rosslyn Chapel, or the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew as it was to have been, was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair

Queen Elizabeth I at prayer, 1569, (1893). Frontispiece to Christian Prayers, 1569. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Tower of London, c1543, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

The Charter House Hospital, London, 1775, (1893). Originally a Carthusian monastery, it became a hospital and school founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611

York Minster, 1893. The building of York Minster began in 1220, when Archbishop Walter de Gray decided to rebuild the existing Norman Minster in a style and on a scale to rival Canterbury Cathedral

Title page of the Great Bible, 1539, (1893). From Cromwells Bible, also known as the Great Bible, the first authorized translation of the Bible into the English language

Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). Artist: Charles Tomkins
Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). The entrance to the Tower from the Thames, Traitors Gate afforded many prisoners their last glimpse of the outside world

Holbein Gate, Whitehall, London, (1893). The gate was built in 1532 by Henry VIII, but was demolished in the 18th century

Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, London, 1893. Started by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514, Hampton Court Palace passed to King Heny VIII in 1529 when Wolsey fell from favour

High Street, Shrewsbury, 1825 (1893). From Hugh Owen and JB Blakeway s, History of Shrewsbury, 1825. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by J R Green, illustrated edition

Friars Street, Worcester, 1893. From John Britton s, The Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Lucian, 1521, (1893). Printed in Cambridge, 1521. Lucian (120-c180) was a Greek rhetoritician and satirirical author

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, scholar and humanist, (1893). Erasmus (1497-1543) was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Printing press, 1511, (1893). Title page of Hegesippus, printed by Jodocus Badius Ascensius, Paris, 1511. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Kalendarium by Regiomontanus, 1476, (1893). Regiomontanus (Johannes Mueller von Konigsberg) (1436-1476) was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer

Aesop, 15th century (1893). Frontispiece to Fables of Aesop, printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Toll collector, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Smith, 15th century (1893)
Smith, 1893. From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

The Fox and the Grapes, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Aesops Fables printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The New Inn, Gloucester, 1893. The inn was built in the 1450s to provide accommodation for pilgrims to Gloucester Cathedral

Advertisement for a book printed by William Caxton, 15th century (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Rectory House, Great Snoring, Norfolk, end of the 15th century, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Court of Kings Bench, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard1893 Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Castle Gate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Reception of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 15th century, (1893). Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382-1439) was an English nobleman and military commander

One hundred clerks, New College, Oxford, c1453, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London

King Richard II of England and his patron saints, 14th century (1893). The reign of Richard II (1367-1400) was characterised by intermittent periods of tension between the king and the barons

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