King Charles I Gallery

Charles I and Speaker Lenthall, c1850, (1947). Creator: Unknown

Charles I and Speaker Lenthall, c1850, (1947). On 4 January 1642, King Charles I (1600-1649, standing, in hat) entered the House of Commons to arrest five Members of Parliament for high treason. Speaker William Lenthall (1591-1662) defied the King to uphold the privileges of Parliament. The King had to leave without arresting the Five Members. No monarch has entered the House of Commons since then. After Speaker Lenthall Asserting the Privileges of the Commons Against Charles I when the Attempt was made to Seize the Five Members, painting by Charles West Cope in the Palace of Westminster in London. From "The House of Commons", by Martin Lindsay M.P. [Collins, London, 1947]

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Portrait of King Charles I as the Prince of Wales, full length

990125 Portrait of King Charles I as the Prince of Wales, full length, before a green velvet drape, wearing the Order of Saint George, a gold embroidered doublet and breeches, his left hand resting beside his hat on a table, (oil on canvas) by Mytens, Daniel (c.1590-c.1648) (attr. to); 217.4x147.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of King Charles I as the Prince of Wales, full length, before a green velvet drape, wearing the Order of Saint George, a gold embroidered doublet and breeches, his left hand resting beside his hat on a table. Attributed to Daniel Mytens I (1590-c.1648). Oil on canvas. 217.4 x 147.7cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; Dutch, out of copyright

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Front page of Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer , February 1643, (1945)

Front page of "Mercurius Civicus: London's Intelligencer", February 1643, (1945). Portraits of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, with news of the Civil War: Letters intercepted from the King, Queene, L. Digby [George Digby], and Iermin [Henry Jermyn], to the Lord Goring in France. "Bandon-bridge neere Chester taken by Sir Thomas Fairfax. The Irish Rebels joyned with Cardinall Williams in Wales"...The interest which every good subject hath in the actions of the King and Parliament, is sufficient to defend him from the imputation of being a Busie-bodie, in maintaining the Justice of them, That, and my desire not onely to give satisfaction unto my countrymen in the most certaine intelligence that should come to my hands, but also to admonish (especially the City... "Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer, or, Truth impartially related from thence to the whole Kingdome to prevent mis-information" was a weekly newspaper which supported the Roundhead (Parliamentary) cause. It was published by John Wright and Thomas Bates between 1643 and 1646. From "British Journalists and Newspapers", by Derek Hudson. [Collins, London, 1945]

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