Exclusion Crisis

A 17th-century ring found beside Loch Lomond…

Aug 8, 2019

archaeology, art, battles, heraldry, religion

“Popish Plot”, Bosworth, Charles II, coins, Dix Noonan Webb, Dr. Edward Coleman, Exclusion Crisis, executions, James VII/II, Loch Lomond, Mary of Modena, Michelle Vall, perjury, Scotland, Test Act, Titus Oates, Warwickshire

Yes, 17th century, in spite of this headline elsewhere, it is this to which I am drawing your attention. The headline says the ring is 15th-century, which I suppose it might be, if it was 200 years old when it was lost, but examination seems to confirm that it is 250 years old, and therefore of…
The Bones in the Urn again!…a 17th Century Hoax?

Mar 24, 2018

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“Popish Plot”, “Princes”, Charles II, Cleopatra, diaries, Dr. Creighton, Exclusion Crisis, Fair Rosamund Clifford, Helen Maurer, Henry VII, James VII/II, Jane Shore, Mary II, More, Parliament, Peter Lely, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, Sir Thomas Critchley, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall

UPDATED POST @ sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/the-bones-in-the-urn-again-a-17th-century-hoax/ 19th century painting of the Henry VII Chapel by an unknown artist. The entrance to the area where the urn stands is to the left of the tomb of Henry VII Helen Maurer, in her wonderful article, Whodunnit: The Suspects in the Case mentioned in the notes ‘As for why…
The Propaganda of Charles II

Feb 19, 2016

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“Princes”, 1674, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Barbara Villiers, Catholicism, Charles II, Commonwealth, drama, Exclusion Crisis, Great Fire of London, Great Plague, Henry VII, James VII/II, John Crowne, Louise de Kerouaille, Mary of Modena, Nell Gwynne, Oliver Cromwell, propaganda, Puritans, Richard III, Royal Charles, Shakespeare, Sir Christopher Wren, theatres, Tower of London

Guest author Richard Unwin explains the context behind the discovery of those convenient bones: Charles II came to the throne in 1660 after the period of Commonwealth when England, and particularly its entertainments, had been suppressed by Puritan authority. The security of the new reign was precarious and there were many in the country opposed…

Exclusion Crisis

A 17th-century ring found beside Loch Lomond…

The Bones in the Urn again!…a 17th Century Hoax?

The Propaganda of Charles II