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Happy 409th birthday (or at least, baptism) to Edward Dobson, stationer, bookseller, pamphleteer, Royalist rebel and literary pain in the neck to the #EnglishCivilWar Parliament in London. Brother to painter William, who was over in Oxford doing portraits of Charles I, Ned fought the King's enemies in his own unrepentant - and dangerous - way: he slayed them in print. Edward disappeared from the records in 1644. I hope one day to find out what happened to him.

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In 1603, a thirteen-year old boy called Jean Grenier from La Roche-Chalais, a small barony in France’s Dordogne region, stubbornly confessed that he was a werewolf. The young shepherd boy’s troubles had begun in May when he encountered three female cowherds who were discussing the latest wolf attacks in the region.

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#DYK that during the Cromwellian period cider-making benefited from scientific advances? But even with these advances, cider-drinking still came with risks. Find out more👇 http://ow.ly/3mru50MY5mu

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#OTD 1610/1611 At St Andrew's church, Holborn, to William and Alice, the baptism of eldest son William Dobson, later to become court painter and portraitist of King Charles I at Oxford, during the English Civil Wars.

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Tomorrow is #StDavidsDay, so this #ConstituencyTuesday, we are looking at the county of Denbighshire! Denbighshire was created by the 1536 Act of Union and was physically divided by a range of mountains. Find out about this constituency in the early 17thc: http://ow.ly/qyXP50MPj84

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#DYK tucked away in Cambridge, there is a declaration of same-sex love surviving from early-17th-century England? Find out more about Thomas Legge and John Gostlin, and their joint monument👇 #LGBTplusHM http://ow.ly/hJ4350Mlrnq

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The Parliament of 1659 opened in such confusion that its membership was unclear and a stranger could sit undetected. Find out about the implications this had for Richard Cromwell's Parliament...👇 http://ow.ly/ZoGi50MFqpN

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It is #ShroveTuesday, the feast before #Lent starts. Lent has traditionally been a period of fasting. #DYK that in the mid 17thc. fasts were ordered during times of national crisis as a form of 'collective repentance'? Find out more👇🥞 http://ow.ly/U4Eg50I6SXO

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What a great idea! 😄

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In the 17th century, along the Cornish coast, pilchards became politicised. Find out about the regulations, including duty and tax, that Parliament tried to impose on pilchards and the reactions from merchants 👇 http://ow.ly/yUVZ50MyQTk

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My #17thcentury #EarlyModern book recommend is "London & the 17th Century" by Margarette Lincoln.

It starts in the final days of Elizabeth's reign & walks us through to the end of the century, explaining often complicated topics, such as the Catholic/Protestant/Puritan disagreements, in enough detail to give a grounding, but not too much to bog us down. Also great research into the livery companies & apprentices, & their influence on national events. Give it a go!

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I'm searching for any contemporary sketches, descriptions, engravings or even fictional interpretations of St Paul's Churchyard around the 1630s when numerous booksellers had their businesses there, before it was all condemned & cleared.

Can anyone point me towards material that might help? Do we know if there even ARE any contemporary-ish images? I've found Hollar's sketches of Paul's from 1656, but these only show the Cathedral. Thank you!

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In 1613, Sir Thomas Overbury died in the Tower of London in agony. In this blog, Dr Andrew Thrush takes a look at the infamous murder of Overbury, and asks why foul play wasn’t suspected until two years later👇 http://ow.ly/AH4W50MrATN

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Born #OTD 1617, William Sancroft. Sancroft opposed King James II's Declaration of Indulgence; he was imprisoned for seditious libel against James. Sancroft features in our Lords 1660-1715 volumes, available in print. Find out more about the Declaration: http://ow.ly/6N8o50MlzYa

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#OTD 1649, King Charles I was executed at Whitehall. In this blog, Dr Patrick Little looks at one of the individuals who signed Charles' death warrant, Sir Hardress Waller, and asks, 'how did a fairly unremarkable country gentleman become a king-killer?'👇 http://ow.ly/ViBW50MlAu8

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Remember.

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Remember.

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Today's 'why on earth did I start this?' project is to try to identify and connect the early/mid 17th century naval Harmans of Norfolk.

Given that in the 1600s all you had to do was throw a metaphorical rock and you'd hit at least ten sailors called Harman every time, this may not have been the brightest idea! 🤦‍♂️

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From the will of Robert Clarke, Gent, "of Suttons Hospital, commonly known as Charterhouse in the suburbes of London" (1647).To a friend he leaves:

"....a paire of culloured plush slippers cased with silver spangles, never worne, and three paire of culloured silk stockings, viz. pearle cullour, scarlett cullour, and oliff [olive?] cullour."

Sounds like an eBay offer! Who wouldn't want a pair of as new plush slippers with silver spangles! 😃

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