The Tudors and Stuarts

Charles I's nightcap

This is the embroidered linen nightcap worn by Charles I on the eve of his execution, the 29th-30th January 1649. With the death of the King, the monarchy was abolished and England became a republic governed by the Commonwealth. Charles' trial was unprecedented in world history, and the events that followed were unique in British history.

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Tudor and Stuart era objects on A History of the World

Sir Francis Drake's Atlas of the World owned by Plymouth Library Service.

Elizabethan Roundels from Kentwell Hall used to serve desserts.

Gold Elizabethan signet, possibly once worn by Shakespeare.

A gold llama statue made as an offering for an Inca mountain god.

A print of a rhinoceros created by Albrecht Dürer.

A mosaic of a double headed serpent, created in Aztec Mexico.

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In Our Time - The Tudor State

In Our Time - The dissolution of the monasteries

In Our Time - The Jacobite rebellion

1. In Our Time - The trial of Charles I
2. In Our Time - The death of Elizabeth I
3. In Our Time - The field of the cloth of gold

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