1600-1649 | 1650-1699 | All Timelines
17 – 19 August 1648 – Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian troops defeat a Scottish-Royalist Army
6 December 1648 – ‘Pride’s Purge’ turns away half of parliament
30 January 1649 – Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London
15 May 1649 – ‘Leveller’ mutiny crushed by New Model Army leadership
11 – 12 September 1649 – Oliver Cromwell’s troops storm the town of Drogheda, Ireland
1 January 1651 – Charles II is crowned king of Scotland
3 September 1651 – Oliver Cromwell defeats Charles II at the Battle of Worcester
16 December 1653 – Oliver Cromwell makes himself Lord Protector
3 September 1658 – Oliver Cromwell dies and is succeeded by his son, Richard
1 January 1660 – Samuel Pepys starts his diary
29 May 1660 – Charles II is restored to the throne
March 1665 – Great Plague of London begins
2 September 1666 – Great Fire of London destroys two-thirds of the city
1672 – Royal African Company is established to regulate the African slave trade
September 1678 – ‘Popish Plot’ to murder Charles II is ‘revealed’
5 November 1688 – William of Orange lands with an army at Torbay
13 February 1689 – William and Mary are formally proclaimed king and queen
March 1689 – James II lands in Kinsale with a French army
27 July 1689 – Jacobite Highlanders defeat William III’s troops in the Battle of Killiecrankie
16 December 1689 – ‘Bill of Rights’ is confirmed by an act of parliament
1 July 1690 – William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
13 February 1692 – Government troops massacre the MacIains of Glencoe
1694 – Bank of England is established to manage mounting debts
1699 – 80% of those living in the Caribbean are African slaves
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.
Charles I death warrant states that he was beheaded on Tuesday 30 January 1649. Following this the British monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared on 19th May 1649.
1653 to 1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)
1658 to 1659 Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)
1660 to 1685 Charles II
1685 to 1688 James II and VII Scotland
1689 to 1702 William II and Mary II (1689 – 1694)
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.
By the late Stuart period, (1603 – 1714) the Treasury was often run not by a single individual (i.e. Lord High Treasurer) but by a commission of Lords of the Treasury, led by the First Lord of the Treasury.
St Mary – East Worlington
1645 John Elston
1661 Edward Smale
1687 Nicholas Lasky
1675 Francis Eliston
1687 Nicholas Laskey
1700 Thomas Alden
St Mary – West Worlington
1614 Ferdinand Carpenter
1661 Edward Smale B.A.
1675 John Doddridge
1682 William Shepheard B.A.
1727 Christopher Bedford M.A.
1679 Interesting Fact 8 – Barn Construction
Barn believed to have been built between 1613 and 1679. Glebe Terrier 1613 refers to land and holdings but no barn recorded. Glebe Terrier 1679 listed the rooms of the house, concludes with a reference to outbuildings, viz:
Dairy with a chamber over it, malt house with a chamber over it, a drift (?) for drying of malt, a barn built with mud walls, a shiping (shippon) and stable.
