Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219.
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King Charles I
Standard Name: Charles I, King
Used Form: King Charles the First
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lucy Hutchinson | In the Civil War John Hutchinson
(commissioned a colonel in January 1643) became commander of the parliamentary forces in Nottinghamshire, and of the stronghold of Nottingham Castle. In 1646 he became Member of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Jane Cavendish | The then Earl of Newcastle
offered hospitality at Welbeck to Charles I
on his journey north to be crowned King of Scotland: probably the first taste of court life for the children Lady Jane
and... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Mary Wroth | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Hester Pulter | Hester's father, James Ley
, was a lawyer (in time a judge) who sat for many years as Member of Parliament for Westbury (under Queen Elizabeth, James I and Charles I). At the time of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ellis Cornelia Knight | ECK
's father, Sir Joseph Knight
, was a Rear-Admiral of the White squadron. He entered the Royal Navy
at the age of fourteen, needing a profession since his family had lost a considerable amount... |
| Fictionalization | Ephelia | In 2007 Cheryl Sawyer
, in a historical novel entitled The Winter Prince, presented a triangular relationship between the happily-married Duchess of Richmond (already a poet, identified as the future Ephelia), her husband
... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Lady Eleanor Douglas | In the same year, in the poem To Sion most Belov'd I Sing, she compared Charles I
to King Belshazzar in her favourite book of Daniel, whose feast was interrupted by the divine... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Lady Eleanor Douglas | This two-part allegorical tract or prophecy, To the High Court (which repeats almost exactly a title LED
had used in 1641) and Samsons Legacie, makes Charles I
and Henrietta Maria
modern avatars of the... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Joan Whitrow | This offers praise to God for the king's safe return from waging war in Holland, but deplores the money spent in official welcome celebrations, which would have been better given to the poor. By... |
| Leisure and Society | Ephelia | From an early age, the personal beauty of Lady Mary Villiers and her prominence at court ensured that she was painted many times: by Van Dyck
(especially), John Michael Wright
, and possibly Lely
... |
| Literary responses | Mary Ferrar | The hold exerted on T. S. Eliot
's imagination by Little Gidding seems to have been produced by the idea of the community, not by their texts. His poem Little Gidding gives little hint that... |
| Literary Setting | Caryl Churchill | The play takes place in the period immediately following Charles I
's defeat by Cromwell
, when for a short time . . . anything seemed possible. Churchill, Caryl. Light Shining in Buckinghamshire. Pluto Press, 1978. prelims |
| Literary Setting | Cassandra Cooke | The novel opens [t]owards the end of Oliver Cromwell
's usurpation, Cooke, Cassandra. Battleridge. C. Cawthorn, 1799, 2 vols. 1: 1 |
| Literary Setting | Anna Maria Mackenzie | The title-page bears a quotation from Shakespeare
; the dedication argues that the rebel Monmouth was wrong but deserving of pity. The story traces the fate of a family named Bruce; it opens with a... |
| Literary Setting | Anna Eliza Bray | The book is set in the English countryside at the estate of Warleigh in Devon during the reign of Charles I
. Bray, Anna Eliza. The Novels and Romances of Anna Eliza Bray. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845–1846, 10 vols. 1: xxiii-xxiv Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge, 1989. Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge, 1989. |
Timeline
18 December 1640: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...
National or international item
18 December 1640
William Laud
, Charles I
's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, was arrested and charged with high treason. He was sent to the Tower of London in spring 1641.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
99, 373-4
12 May 1641: Charles I's favourite, the Earl of Strafford,...
National or international item
12 May 1641
Charles I
's favourite, the Earl of Strafford
, was executed on Tower Hill, London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
17
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
100
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
89, 117
23 October 1641: Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many...
National or international item
23 October 1641
Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many as reported) were killed in a Rebellion or massacre in Ulster.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
99, 107
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
314
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
109, 114
22 November 1641: Late at night John Pym's demand, the Grand...
National or international item
22 November 1641
Late at night John Pym
's demand, the Grand Remonstrance, passed through Parliament
.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
118-19
4 January 1642: Charles I entered the House of Commons with...
National or international item
4 January 1642
Charles I
entered the House of Commons
with the intention of arresting the five men he regarded as opposition ringleaders, including Pym
and Hampden
; the result was a public-relations defeat for the monarchy.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
122-4, 126
23 February 1642: Queen Henrietta Maria parted from her husband,...
National or international item
23 February 1642
Queen Henrietta Maria
parted from her husband, Charles I
, and sailed from England to Holland, probably because her unpopularity was one of the problems he faced at home.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
248-9
20 August 1642: Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham...
National or international item
20 August 1642
Charles I
raised his standard at Nottingham with the intention of reducing his rebellious people to subjection: thus began the English Civil War.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
108
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
317
November 1642: After winning the first battle of Edgehill,...
National or international item
November 1642
After winning the first battle of Edgehill, Charles I
's forces marched on London, but instead of attacking the city's strong and still increasing fortifications they then retreated to Oxford.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
191-5, 275-6
30 March 1643: An altarpiece by Rubens in Henrietta Maria's...
Building item
30 March 1643
An altarpiece by Rubens
in Henrietta Maria
's Roman Catholic
chapel in Somerset House, London (his only depiction of Christ on the cross), was destroyed by iconoclasts.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
244-6
10 January 1645: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...
National or international item
10 January 1645
William Laud
, Charles I
's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, impeached the previous autumn, was executed.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
121-2
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
374
Lady Eleanor Douglas
had both prophesied this event and called for it to be done.
14 June 1645: Cromwell's New Model Army scored its first...
National or international item
14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
From Summer 1645: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army gradually...
National or international item
From Summer 1645
Oliver Cromwell
's New Model Army
gradually prevailed against Charles I
.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
292
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Cromwell
5 May 1646: King Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters,...
National or international item
5 May 1646
King Charles I
surrendered to the Scots Covenanters
, with whom he had been at war for seven years.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
3: 300
27 May 1647: Parliament ordered the New Model Army to...
Writing climate item
27 May 1647
Parliament
ordered the New Model Army to disband: a tactical error which merely intensified the army's politicization.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
484-5
June to 11 November 1647: Charles I was held captive in his palace...
National or international item
June to 11 November 1647
Charles I
was held captive in his palace at Hampton Court by Cromwell
's armies.
Cannon, John, editor. The Oxford Companion to British History. Revised edition, Oxford University Press, 2002.
189-90
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
459
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