1640s Collection

Flag of the Scottish Covenanters
The Flag of the Scottish Covenanters. They were Presbyterians sworn to defend their religion, part of a Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland against the English

English Royalists 1640-9
English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak

Battle of Edgehill, the rising of the people in defence of liberty. Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry. Date: 23 October 1642

Charge of the Clan Maclean infantry (a Highland Scottish clan) at the Battle of Kilsyth, near Stirling, Scotland, 15 August 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Edgehill, Warwickshire, 23 October 1642, during the English Civil War (1642-1646). Date: 1642

Oliver Cromwell on horseback, English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell on horseback, preparing to go into battle during the English Civil War. circa 1640s

King Charles I taking the Speaker's Chair in a failed attempt to arrest five MPs for treason Date: 1642

King Charles I before Gloucester, English Civil War Date: 1640s

King Charles I says farewell to his family, observed by Oliver Cromwell Date: 1649

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, Tower of London
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford receives blessing of Archbishop William Laud in the Bloody Tower, Tower of London, 1641. Date: 1641

The Battle of Naseby, English Civil War, 1645 Date: 1645

Coach of 1640 by Edward Penfield Date: 1640

Siege of Basing House, Hampshire
The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Date: between 1643 - 1645

The Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire, 14 June 1645, a Parliamentarian victory against the Royalists during the English Civil War (1642-1651). Date: 1645

The attack on Montroses cavalry at the Battle of Kilsyth, near Stirling, Scotland, 15 August 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Entry of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (fighting on the Parliamentarian side) into London after his victory in the First Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, September 1643

Death of Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, fighting on the Royalist side in the First Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, 20 September 1643, during the English Civil War (1642-1651). Date: 1643

Arquebusiers (infantrymen armed with arquebuses, a form of long gun) on horseback with snaphance carbines, reproduced from Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632

The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Three sieges took place, in 1643, 1644 and 1645. Date: 1643-1645

Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham, 1642
Opening scene of the English Civil War - Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham. 1642

King Charles I taking leave of his family. 1649

Trial of Charles I of England
From a print in Nalsons Report of the Trial of 1684

The Dentist by J M Molenaer. 1649

Strasbourg, France, c. 1650
A scene during winter Date: circa 1650

Costumes of the 1640S
Costumes of various European women not all of them ladies of fashion. N.B decollete bodice with lace falling collar & cuffs & gowns hitched up to reveal petticoats. Date: 1640

Matthew Hopkins - The Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins (circa 16201647) - The Witchfinder General - an English witchhunter whose career flourished during the time of the English Civil War. Date: circa 1646

Abel Tasman attacked at Massacre Bay, New Zealand
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659), Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, is attacked by native New Zealanders at Massacre Bay (now known as Golden Bay)

King Charles I (1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649). circa 1640s

Alfonso De Fuensaldana
ALFONSO PERES DE VIVERO, conde de FUENSALDANA Spanish administrator in the Netherlands in the service of the archduke Leopold, for whom he purchased many artworks. Date: CIRCA 1640S

Rinaldo D este, Cardinal
RINALDO D ESTE, cardinal Italian soldier, turned churchman : bishop of Reggio, son of Francesco I duca di Modena. (Warning, there are many persons of this name !) Date: flourished 1640s

Colonel Langhorne
COLONEL LANGHORNE Civil War soldier, but not mentioned in our reference books Date: flourished 1640s

Joseph Hall - Bishop of Norwich and Satirist
Joseph Hall (1574-1656) - Bishop of Norwich satirist and moralist. Chaplin to King James I. Date: circa 1640s

Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist
Giovanni Battista Doni (1594-1647), Italian musicologist who studied ancient music. He changed the name of the tonic note Ut, renaming it Do after his own family name. Seen here at the age of 50

Claudius de Chabot, margrave and chamberlain of Swabia
Claudius de Chabot (Claude Chabot, 1583-1653), margrave of the Holy Mauritius, knight of the order of the Holy Maria, head chamberlain of the general leader of Swabia; master of his royal majesty of

Sir James Calthorpe, Gentleman
Sir James Calthorpe of Norfolk (1604-1652) -- Vera Effigies Jacobi Calthorpe de East Basham (ie Barsham) in Comitatu Norfolciae Armigeri

John Trevanion
Colonel JOHN TREVANION Cornish military commander on the Royalist side during the Civil War. Date: circa 1640s

A Peasants Meal, 1642. Le Nain, Louis (1593-1648). Oil on canvas. Date: 1642

Bandits in Germany
German bandits attack their victims, one thrown to the ground and one pinned against a tree, during the Thirty Years War. 1643

Traditional preacher vs radical
Woodcut from a 17th century tract, " A Glasse for the Times, by which according to the Scriptures, you may clearly behold the true Ministers of Christ

Flemish tooth-drawer with patient and audience
A Flemish tooth-drawer has an audience gathered round him while he operates on a patient

Trial of King Charles I
The trial of King Charles I

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