O Horrable Murder

by Partridge, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780948695582
• ISBN10: 0948695587
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Rubicon Pr

Summary

'Almost three hundred and fifty years ago on a cold January afternoon, Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland, Ireland and France stepped through a window of the Banqueting House in Whitehall onto a scaffold erected in the street. In front of a silent crowd, he was executed by the severing of his head from his body'. This is the fascinating story of the last days of Charles I, reconstructed in vivid detail. The author has not only examined contemporary accounts. He also discusses medical evidence from the king's body, unearthed when nineteenth century workmen accidentally broke through the unmarked vault in St George's Chapel, Windsor, where the monarch was buried. Written by a leading member of the world's largest historical reenactment society, 'The Sealed Knot', this is a book which will appeal to anyone interested in the most troubled time in English history.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Principal Players
King Henry VIII	p. 3
Queen Jane Seymour	p. 3
King James I	p. 4
Queen Anne of Denmark	p. 5
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford	p. 5
William Juxon, Bishop of London	p. 5
Oliver Cromwell	p. 6
Sir Thomas Herbert	p. 8
John Bradshaw	p. 9
John Cook	p. 10
Edward Hyde (Lord Clarendon)	p. 10
Henry Ireton	p. 11
Sir Thomas Fairfax	p. 11
Prince Rupert	p. 12
King Charles II	p. 13
King James II	p. 14
King George IV	p. 14
King Edward VII	p. 15
Charles Stuart: From Prince to Prisoner - 1600 to 1646	p. 16
Imprisonment	p. 36
Trial	p. 53
Preparations	p. 74
Execution	p. 83
The King is Dead	p. 97
Burial	p. 103
Republic, Restoration and Regicides	p. 109
Reburial?	p. 115
1649 to 1813	p. 122
Exhumation	p. 127
1813 to 1888	p. 136
Epilogue	p. 148
The Banqueting House and the Window Leading to the Scaffold	p. 151
Signatories to the Death Warrant of King Charles I	p. 156
The Death of a Monarch	p. 158
The Sealed Knot	p. 170
Bibliography	p. 173
Index	p. 175
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