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18/10/2023

Sad to discover a building that once existed, but now lost ~
Old Star & Garter Inn
Wolverhampton where
King Charles I wrote to people of Lichfield from, October 1642
How many more have been lost since?
Progress is vital, preserving History paramount.

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18/10/2023

Visit to Birmingham Museums Collection department tomorrow.
Be interesting to see some hidden gems. 🙌
Birmingham Museum Collection Centre

Allegory of Charles I of England and Henrietta of France in a Vanitas
Artist unknown
Photo Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (UK)

15/10/2023

Remarkable photo of
Star & Garter Inn from 1836.
King Charles I wrote to people of Lichfield from there, October 1642

A building now sadly lost to sands of time 😥
Photo Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies


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06/10/2023

The weekend is upon us!
Wishing all my great, good & new followers a majestic weekend.
Thank you for your love & support as ever 🙌👏

Holdenby House

03/10/2023

About to begin reading a book published 1870 about the
Siege of Lichfield
which is quite close to home
Chapter 1 ~ Lichfield Cathedral

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22/09/2023

Thank you so much
Mark Turnbull Author
Looking forward very much to reading ~ Charles I's Private Life

The cover by Danelo Yarnold is truly stunning to see up close
🙌

Pen and Sword Books
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21/09/2023

The sun will shine again!

'Holed' & once worn to remember the King ~ Medal by Jan Roettier in my collection Commissioned by Charles II following restoration 1660

29/08/2023

Collar of English needle lace 1635. Believed to have belonged to King Charles I

Made of linen cutwork & geometric needle lace.

Rare survivor in
Blackborne Lace Collection
The Bowes Museum

Wonder if anyone can make this in 2023?

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29/08/2023

Faisons quelques pas dans le royaume secret de Marie-Antoinette...
https://maria-antonia.forumactif.com/t46018-le-royaume-secret-de-marie-antoinette #403239

25/08/2023

To this day, debate continues over the date this war without an enemy began. From the moment that Parliament seized control of the militia, to various military or civilian clashes, many options are proposed. I’ll explore the two main ones in more detail, before moving onto a third option, which ca...

25/08/2023

Charles I's boyhood is important to be aware of if we are to understand the man who would later be king, argues his biographer, Mark Turnbull

25/08/2023

Lace collar, 17th century

Venetian lace collar, c 1610.
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

08/08/2023

The heresy, known as Catharism, had taken root in the region of southern France and was destroying the souls of Catholics. The sect’s clerical leaders had devised a doctrine of two Gods — one good, the other evil — and declared that all matter was evil, including the body of Jesus Christ “made flesh.” Those unwilling to follow the extreme dictates of fasting, lifelong virginity and marital abstinence were required to deny the Roman faith and the sacraments of baptism, confession, Eucharist and marriage. As Father Jarrett summarized the toxic ideal, “The only real act of goodness was getting rid of life.”

Recognizing his gifts, in 1203, the bishop of Osma invited Dominic to accompany him on a journey to negotiate a marriage between a French prince and a Spanish princess. Although the meeting never transpired due to the unexpected death of the princess, the journey provided both men with their first e...

02/08/2023

22/07/2023

Truly A-Mace-ing!
In 1648 King Charles I was presented with the Royal Mace of Wi******er by the Mayor at medieval Westgate that still stands.
I shall be there Sunday.
(Pictured Mace given to Jersey by Charles II 1663)

King Charles II Restored
******er

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08/07/2023

Engraving showing awe & splendour of Pontefract Castle.
Now a ruin, it now exists wholly in the imagination, but it's essence very much alive!
Looking forward to being there Sunday 1.30pm 🙌

Image Society of Antiquaries of London

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03/07/2023

03/07/2023

Font in St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark-on-Trent
Destroyed during English civil war by troops from Parliament entering after siege 1646. Restored 1660.

30/06/2023

The road to Cropredy..

A place name
now cemented in historical legend. Remembering those that fought & died at the Battle of Cropredy 1644

28/06/2023

Pontefract siege coin featuring the castle, struck during the has to be one of the most beautiful ever made, during a dark time.

Pontefract on my list of ~ must visit 2023!

Image ~ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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28/06/2023

24/05/2023

Crystal and Ruby ring belonging to King James II & VII
Britain's Last Catholic King.
In private collection.

24/05/2023

There is perhaps no home lovelier than the collected home—one that has “grown up” with a person or a family to tell their unique story. Fortunately, for those of us on a budget, this decorating philosophy is also quite practical and attainable, especially in modern culture, where history, and the beauty found therein, is valued by so few.

A place for friends to meet... with reflections on politics, history, art, music, books, morals, manners, and matters of faith. A blog by Elena Maria Vidal.

13/05/2023

1648 handwritten, coded letter by King Charles I, folded many times for smuggling out. There is so much intrigue around his time at Carisbrooke Castle. So many twists & turns where outcomes could have been very different.

13/05/2023

A visit to Athelstan Museum Malmesbury soon.

One piece of it's History ~ Letter signed by King Charles I from to nephew Prince Rupert July 31st 1643
with his intentions to travel to & stay in Malmesbury.
Image Athelstan Museum Malmesbury

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