Charles I became King of England in 1625. He fell out with the English Parliament for several reasons. The disputes escalated into a civil war in 1642. After nearly seven years of war, Charles was ...

Basing House was a thorn in Parliament’s side. Commanding the road to London (held by the parliamentarians) the mansion hampered the city’s communications and its prosperous wool trade. It was ...

Exactly 400 years ago this month, King James I of England died and his son, King Charles I, took the throne. In 1625, no one ...

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Historic texts associated with Charles I are being displayed near his birthplace to mark 400 years since he was crowned king.

Campbell, controller of the Scottish Committee of Estates, had agreed to intervene in the ongoing English Civil War, on the Parliamentarian side, while King Charles I had already commissioned ...