1600-1649 | 1650-1699 | All Timelines
August 1604 – James I ends the war with Spain
5 November 1605 – Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I is discovered
1611 – ‘King James Bible’ is published
23 April 1616 – William Shakespeare dies
August 1620 – ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ sail for America in the ‘Mayflower’
14 May 1625 – Barbados comes under British control
10 March 1629 – Charles I dissolves parliament and begins 11 years of personal rule
13 April 1640 – ‘Short Parliament’ opens at Westminster
28 August 1640 – Scots defeat the English at Newburn on the River Tyne
3 November 1640 – ‘Long Parliament’ opens at Westminster
October 1641 – Rebellion breaks out in Ireland
22 August 1642 – Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham
15 September 1643 – Royalists sign a ceasefire with the Irish
25 September 1643 – Parliamentarians enter into an alliance with the Scots
2 July 1644 – Scottish and Parliamentarian armies destroy Charles I’s northern army
15 February 1645 – Parliament establishes the ‘New Model Army’
14 June 1645 – Royalists are crushed by the New Model Army at Naseby, Northamptonshire
5 May 1646 – Charles I surrenders to the Scots
1603 – 1713 A generally ‘cold’ era * Atlantic storm tracks consistently further south than modern-day . . . * many severe winters * some spells of warm & dry weather * significantly colder than current / 21st century values * by the late 1600’s, temperatures across N. Atlantic 1 to 3 degC lower than latter part of 20th century . . . the ‘peak’ period for the Little Ice Age (in British Isles) is regarded as 1550-1700.
1558 to 1603 Elizabeth I
1603 to 1625 James I
1625 to 1649 Charles I
Prior to 1721, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. The Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in the government.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, succeeded his father as chief minister to Elizabeth I (1598–1603) and was eventually appointed by King James I as Lord High Treasurer (1608–1612).
St Mary – East Worlington
1591 Thomas Uppname M.A.
1603 John Briant M.A.
1623 John Cogan M.A.
1645 John Elston M.A.
1661 Edward Smale
St Mary – West Worlington
1577 Richard Taylour
1614 Ferdinand Carpenter
1661 Edward Smale B.A.
The barn that became the Parish Hall was not built during this period but the rectory did exist.
