English Collection (#87)

Skirmish between English and Dutch ships, under Admiral Robert Blake and Admiral Maarten Van Tromp, 19 May 1652, known as the Battle of Dover or Battle of Goodwin Sands

White doeskin cavalier glove worn by Captain Lench at the Battle of Worcester, 3 September 1651, marking the end of the English Civil War (1642-1651). Date: 1651

General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Siege of Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, February 1651. The castle was bombarded with cannon fire for twelve days, and left in ruins. Date: 1651

Attack on the port of Leith, Scotland, July 1650, by Cromwells English New Model Army against Scottish forces (under David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark) during the English Civil War (1642-1651)

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

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

General Alexander Leslies troops crossing the River Tyne at Newburn Ford, near Newcastle, 27 August 1640, prior to the Battle of Newburn Ford, part of the Second Bishops War

The Duke of Buckingham (George Villiers) and his army on the island of Re, during the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Re, near La Rochelle, France, 1627, part of the Anglo-French War (1627-1629). Date: 1627

Battle of Sesimbra Bay, Portugal (then under Spanish rule), 3 June 1602, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1602

The storming and capture of Cadiz, Spain, by English and Dutch troops, 30 June 1596, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596

The English fleet before Cadiz, Spain, 30 June 1596, prior to an attack on the harbour, followed by the storming and capture of Cadiz, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596

Spanish attack on Penzance, Newlyn and Mousehole, West Cornwall, 23 July 1595. Supplies were seized, buildings raided and burned, and a mass was held

The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands), 19-30 May 1591, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, near Edinburgh, 6 April 1560, part of the European Wars of Religion. Weapons were fired after a supposed cessation of hostilities

The Fight for the Standard at the Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh, Scotland, 10 September 1547, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, near Leicester, 22 August 1485, towards the end of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). Date: 1485

The Battle of Flodden, Northumberland, between England and Scotland, 9 September 1513, part of the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1516). Hand-to-hand fighting at the height of the battle

The Battle of Ancrum Moor, near Jedburgh, Scotland, 27 February 1545, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

Plan of Flodden Field, Battle of Flodden, Northumberland, between England and Scotland, 9 September 1513, part of the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1516). Date: 1513

Obelisk at Chipping Barnet commemorating the Battle of Barnet and the spot where the Earl of Warwick died, 14 April 1471, during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). It was a Yorkist victory. Date: 1471

The Battle of the Herrings (the Battle of Rouvray), in Northern France, during the Siege of Orleans, fought between France and Scotland against England, 12 February 1429

Hotspurs (Henry Percy) night attack at the Battle of Otterburn, Northumberland, August 1388, against the Scottish leader James Douglas, one of several Anglo-Scottish border conflicts. Date: 1388

View of Harfleur, Normandy, France, where the Siege of Harfleur took place from 18 August to 22 September 1415, part of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). The town surrendered to King Henry V

King Edward III knighting his son, Edward the Black Prince, in Normandy, France, during the Crecy campaign of 1346. Date: 1346

Charge of the Scots under Sir Archibald Douglas at the Battle of Halidon Hill, near Berwick-on-Tweed, 19 July 1333, against the English army under King Edward III

King Edward II of England turned away from Stirling Castle after losing the Battle of Bannockburn, June 1314, part of the First War of Scottish Independence

Plan of the Battlefield of Bannockburn, Scotland, 23-24 June 1314, part of the First War of Scottish Independence. Date: 1314

The Battle of Dover (Battle of Sandwich), 24 August 1217, part of the First Barons War (1215-1217). An English fleet led by Hubert de Burgh attacked a French armada, forcing them to return to Calais

Walter Espec (d Espec) and the Earl of Aumale (Albemarle) at the Battle of the Standard (Battle of Northallerton), 22 August 1138

Advance of the English fleet, Battle of Damme, County of Flanders, 30-31 May 1213, part of the Anglo-French War (1213-1214). Date: 1214

King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Date: 1066

Queen Elizabeth I addressing her troops at Tilbury, Essex, in preparation for the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada, August 1588. Date: 1588

Ightham Mote, Kent - a medieval moated manor house. Date: 1961

English Electric Canberra E. 15 WH964 4
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra E.15 WH964 4 (msn SH1689), of No. 98 Squadron, at RAF Cottesmore. The Canberra E.15s were conversions from B.15 reconnaissance-bombers

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

English Electric Canberra B. 6 mod. WH953
Royal Aircraft Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.6 (mod.) WH953 (msn SH1678), at RAF Greenham Common on 27 June 1981 for the 1981 International Air Tattoo. Date: 1981

Embarcation of King Henry VIII from Dover, 1520
Embarcation of King Henry VIII from Dover, 31 May 1520, for his meeting in France with Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Date: 1520

Queen Elizabeth I, entry into Kenilworth Castle, with fireworks Date: 1575

Thomas Cromwell presents translation of Bible to Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell presenting an English translation of the Bible to King Henry VIII Date: 1538

Old Town, Eastbourne, Sussex Date: circa 1910

Jessie Bateman, English actress, member of Frank Bensons Shakespearean touring company Date: 1890s

Lewis Waller in La Tosca and in The Wifes Secret
Lewis Waller, English actor and theatre manager, as Cavaradossi in La Tosca, and as Lord Arden in The Wifes Secret Date: 1890s

Florence Dysart, English mezzo-soprano and actress Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century

An Anglo Chinese Lady
Western interpretation of a Chinese Lady on an English greetings postcard Date: circa 1905

Domesday Book - the larger volume
English Social History - The Domesday Book - the larger volume. A manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror

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