Tag Archives: King Charles I

‘To Kill A King!’ From Execution to Restoration, The Act of Prohibition of 1649

Posted on January 29, 2021 by tartantombraider

The 29th January 1649 is perhaps the most momentous day in the history of the English Monarchy, for it was on this fateful Monday that the last of the fifty nine of the Commissioners, who had previously sat in judgement at the trial of King Charles I and would now make themselves complicit in his execution, came together in Westminster to sign the death warrant for the execution of the King. Continue reading →

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Charles Stuart ‘that Man of Blood’!

Posted on January 30, 2020 by tartantombraider

The execution of King Charles I on 30th January 1649 was perhaps the singlemost revolutionary act to have taken place on English soil since the Norman Conquest of 1066. The last time an English monarch had been deposed, apart from … Continue reading →

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Impeachment! A World Turned Upside Down?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by tartantombraider

With Donald Trump about to join Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson as only the fourth President in the history of the United States to face an impeachment trial, it is perhaps unsruprising that few in America and even … Continue reading →

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