Hyde to King Charles I: “He desired the King to consider his ill condition… how unlike it was to be improved by the continuance of the war.” Whitelocke to his ... It is commonplace to observe that the ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist stronghold and communications centre. The Nottinghamshire town was ...

With around 63 monarchs spanning over 1,200 years, the UK have been sharing their thoughts on their favourite of the historic ...

This coming Sunday morning, you could watch several hundred people in English Civil War attire march along the Mall in central London. This is a ceremony to remember the “Horrid Murder” of King ...

Prince Harry photobombs Meghan and Nelly Furtado’s Invictus selfie - The Invictus Games began on Saturday, bringing together ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

Never before, or since, has a king met such an untimely ... in May 1646 Charles was captured and handed over to the English Parliament by the Scots, bringing a conclusion to the First English Civil ...

Battle of Marston Moor. With such mnemonics - and three weeks' swotting - I managed to pass my A-Level History Special ...

Dartmoor national park is 368 miles of beautiful English ... 1 per day. This month marks 371 years since the execution of King Charles I. He met the executioner’s axe on the 30th January, 1649, ...

Charles I became King of England in 1625. He repeatedly fell out with the English Parliament, which resulted in the outbreak of a civil war in 1642. The execution of Charles I In 1649, Charles I ...

A FORMER Evesham man has released a two-book historical fiction series based on the town. Roger Higginson has written The Evesham Saga which incorporates Evesham Book 1: Origins and Evesham Book 2: ...