#otd 30 Jan. 1649 Charles I was executed. For Alice Thornton, looking back on this c.1669, Charles I was a 'martyr' who was 'cruelly murdered by the hands of blasphemous rebels, his own subjects, at Whitehall, London' (Book 1). https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2023-01-27-last-days-charlesI/
#BritishCivilWars #17thcentury #Memoirs @histodons @histodon @litodons

There's a mystery surrounding a meeting which Alice Thornton (1626-1707) reported to have happened the day before Charles I was sentenced to death on 27 Jan 1649 #otd. I've blogged about her 'curious account'. Read it and decide... did this secret meeting take place to try and save Charles I? https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2023-01-27-last-days-charlesI/ @histodons @histodon @litodons #17thcenturyhistory #BritishCivilWars

We have a new most read post for 2023! Thank you for counting down to 2024 with Alice Thornton's Books, and we wish you a very Happy New Year. Our most read blog post is my 'A House Divided', about the Restoration of Charles II and a domestic quarrel. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-09-12-a-house-divided/ #BritishCivilWars #17thcentury #Memoirs #LifeWriting @litodons @histodons @histodon #WomensHistory

As we look over our top 5 blog posts, what better time to dip into the world of Alice Thornton (1626-1707). We'll keep you reading about the #17thC till the Eve of 2024. At no. 4, project postdoc Jo Edge brought us 'Alice Thornton, Memory and Middleham Castle'. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/
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Check out version v1.3.0 of our #Digital edition of Alice Thornton's Books. We have a new search function for people and places. Links that go to our partial release are live (others show up but are currently disabled). We also have some sample bios up for the 14 people named in the first 22 pages of her 'Book of Remembrances'. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/entities/
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If you are interested in learning more about the four Thornton manuscripts, see our page here:
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/books/

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I spoke to Mark Turnbull
about Alice Thornton, finding two of her missing manuscripts and her life in the turbulent #17thCentury. Subscribe to CavalierCast & listen on your regular podcast platform: episode 28, 'Alice Thornton's manuscripts'.
https://buzzsprout.com/1194917 #earlymodern #podcast #BritishCivilWars @histodons @histodon @litodons

The Alice Thornton's Books project is partnered with Durham Cathedral. We will have four days and nights of public events there
18-21 October so I decided to blog about five links between Alice Thornton and Durham Cathedral to hopefully whet your interest.
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2023-09-07-Thornton-Durham-cathedral/
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#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/

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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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#BritishCivilWars
#art
#artist
#portraits

I just finished a book of historical fiction about the manhunt for those who sentenced Charles I to death, Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris. First time I’ve read fiction about a historical period I have studied as a scholar. https://bookshop.org/p/books/act-of-oblivion-robert-harris/18429818 1/ (thread) #bookstodon #history #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms #BritishCivilWars

A major revamp and update for the #ECWtravelogue entry for Derbyshire including: skirmishes, garrisoned houses, and a landlord being thrown out of his own pub. #EnglishCivilWar #BritishCivilWars #Wars3Kingdoms

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2019/04/bolsover-castle.html

At no. 3, is my #Blog post on the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and how the Thorntons felt about having a King Charles again. #BritishCivilWars
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-09-12-a-house-divided/

Our 4th most popular #blog, was by Dr Jo Edge on Alice Thornton's connection with Middleham Castle in Yorkshire during the #BritishCivilWars
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/

Just come over from the Dying Bird. If you are interested in #EnglishCivilWar #WarOfTheThreeKingdoms #BritishCivilWars please follow me so I can follow you back!

Good morning world. Here's yet another rules review to help ease you gently into a new working week. This time it is Pike and Shotte's turn. #wargaming #EnglishCivilWar #BritishCivilWars #Warsof3Kingdoms https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2022/11/pike-and-shotte.html

A new blog has been posted on the civil war petitions website, bringing the total to 59! You can read the blog here:
https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/blog/

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Hi everyone! I'm redoing my intro as I joined in May, but am only poking my head out of lurk-mode today with so many new folks to talk to. :) Main interests are:

#History
#BritishHistory
#EnglishCivilWar
#BritishCivilWars
#17thCentury
#EarlyModern
#Art #ArtHistory
#WilliamDobson (artist)
#genealogy
#familyhistory
#JackRussellterriers. 😁

Please come and say hi!