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The destruction of Cheapside Cross and the burning of the Book of Sports, May 1643 (1903). The Cheapside Cross (or Eleanors Cross) in London was demolished on 2 May 1643

The execution of King Charles I, 30 January 1649, c1735 (1903). Charles I (1600-1649), was King of England, Scotland and Ireland

Plan of London and Westminster, 1749 (1903). A plan of London published in The Gentlemans Magazine in June 1749 showing the 1643 defences for the Civil War

A facsimile of the order for the burning of the Book of Sports, 1643 (1903). The Declaration of Sports was a declaration of King James I of England (1566-1625), issued in 1617

Gun Powder Treason, c1605 (1903). Dutch engraving depicting the Eye of Heaven condemning Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), the conspirator who was involved in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of

Triumphal arch erected at the time of the coronation of King James I, 1604 (1903). James VI of Scotlands (1566-1625) English coronation took place on 25 July 1603

Nell Gwynnes House, Bagnigge Wells, Clerkenwell, London, c1814 (1911). Artist: C J Smith
Nell Gwynnes House, Bagnigge Wells, Clerkenwell, London, c1814 (1911). Eleanor (Nell) Gwyn (1650-1687) was an actress and long time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland

Northumberland House, Charing Cross, Westminster, c1753 (1911). Artist: Thomas Bowles
Northumberland House, Charing Cross, Westminster, c1753 (1911). Northumberland House was a large Jacobean townhouse, so called because it was the London residence of the Percy family

Campden House, Kensington, c1900 (1911). The Jacobean seat of Viscount Campden, which stood on the site of the present Campden House Court, Kensington

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, c1890 (1911). The Royal Hospital was founded by King Charles II (1630-1685) in 1682 as a retreat for veterans

Buff coat embroidered with silver, c1666 (1928). A popular style of Persian vest introduced by Charles II to his court c1666. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

James Stuart, Duke of York, 1640. A portrait of the future King James II of England and VII of Scotland (1633-1701). From The Connoisseur Volume LXXX. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 1640. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 1640. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXX. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

Abraham Cowley, c1658. Artist: Peter Lely
Abraham Cowley, c1658. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet. Painting held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XC. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1932]

King James II, c1690. King James II of England and VII of Scotland (1633-1701) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685

Queen Mary II, 1793. From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J. Stratford, High Holborn, London, 1793]

Queen Anne, 1793. From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J. Stratford, High Holborn, London, 1793]

King James II, 1793. From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J. Stratford, High Holborn, London, 1793]

King Charles II, 1793. From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J. Stratford, High Holborn, London, 1793]

The five members of the House of Commons accused of high treason, 1642 (1793)
The five members of the House of Commons accused of high treason and demanded by Charles I in person, 1642 (1793). From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J

Charles II and Nell Gwynn, 17th century (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Reduced from the Plague, London, 1665 (1905). A victim of thee Great Plague of London. From Cassells History of England, Vol

Landing of King Charles II at Dover, 1660 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Antechamber at Whitehall during the Dying Moments of Charles II, 1685 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Titus Oates before the Privy Council, 1678 (1905). Oates fabricated the so-called Popish Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to murder King Charles II

The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon 1667 (1905)
The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon after His Last Interview with the King in Whitehall Palace, 1667 (1905). Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Clarendon was King Charles IIs Chief Minister after the King`s

The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). Artist: AB Frost
The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

James II entering Dublin after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

A Lost Cause: the Flight of James II after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Queen Marys Closet, Holyrood. (Scene of the Murder of Rizzio), c1850. Artist: Ebenezer Challis
Queen Marys Closet, Holyrood. (Scene of the Murder of Rizzio), c1850. David Rizzio (c1533-1566), was an Italian courtier, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots

John Lilburne on the pillory at Westminster, 1638 (1905). Lilburne (1614-1657) was an English Leveller who campaigned for what he described as `freeborn rights` which every human being was born with

Scene in the House of Commons: the Speaker coerced, 1629 (1905). Members holding down the Speaker, Sir John Finch, in his chair while resolutions against King Charles I are read out

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington and 2nd Earl of Cork, 1892 (1934). A Cavalier, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork (1612-1698)

King Charles II, 1660s (1934). Artist: John Michael Wright
King Charles II, 1660s (1934). After the execution of his father, Charles I, in 1649 during the English Civil War, Charles II (1630-1685) went into exile

Charles II and his court at the palace during the Plague of London, c1665-1666 (1890). From left to right: Lady Castlemaine, Charles II and Queen Catherine, attended by her Spanish duennas

A Gentleman of the Stuart Period, (17th century), c1910
A Gentleman of the Stuart Period, c1910. The Stuart period usually refers to the period between 1603 and 1714 and sometimes from 1371 in Scotland

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), 1912
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567

King James II of England and VII of Scotland (1633-1701), 1912
King James II of England and VII of Scotland (1633-1701) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685

Robert Cecil (c1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman, 1912
Robert Cecil (c1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman. The son of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, chief advisor to Elizabeth I

Henrietta of England (1644-1670) youngest daughter of King Charles I, 1912
Henrietta of England (1644-1670), youngest daughter of King Charles I and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France, 1912. She married Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, by whom she had four children

King Charles I, (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1912
King Charles I. Charles (1600-1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649

John Hampden (c1595-1643) English Politician, 1924
John Hampden, (c1595-1643). English Parliamentary leader (1594-1643) who opposed King Charles I over ship money, an episode in the controversies that ultimately led to the English Civil Wars

William Harvey, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
William Harvey (1578-1657) by an unknown artist at the National Portrait Gallery. Harvey was an English physician who was the first to describe accurately how blood was pumped around the body by

Bishop Thomas Ken, 17th century English cleric, late 19th or early 20th century. Ken (1637-1711) became Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1684

Oliver Cromwell as Christ, c1650s(?). Cromwell (1599-1658) as Christ, triumphing over evil in the shape of the Whore of Babylon and the beast of the apocalypse

Queen Marys Descent from James I, 1910. Family tree showing the ancestry of Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. A print from The Sphere, 21st May 1910

Alexander Turney Stewart, American entrepreneur and retailer, 19th century (1955)
Alexander Turney Stewart, American entrepreneur, 19th century (1955). Stewart (1803-1876) was the merchant prince who gave Mathew Brady a job as a clerk when he first came to New York City

Deism: Lord Herbert of Cherbury, c1603-1605 (1956). Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, poet, historian and religious philosopher

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