What was the double armed man? ⚔️ 🏹

Parliamentarian soldiers attempt to hold out for as long as possible at Brentford.

How Did This Man Escape The Tower of London? 🏰 Many leading figures of the English Civil Wars became prisoners during the conflict, but few proved as elusive as Sir Edward Massey. 📷: Katherine Corr

What happened at the Battle of Powick Bridge? ⚔️🐴

How did a church in Wigan become the scene of a last stand? ⚔️ The town of Wigan was stormed by Parliamentarian troops on the 1st of April, 1643. 📷: Christopher Buckenham

Carrying an important message across a river 🌊

“Parliament demands your surrender!” ⚔️ When Aston Hall in Birmingham was completed in 1635, it would become a home for Sir Thomas Holte and his family, but just eight years later it was devastated by cannon and musket fire. 📷: Dawn Cobe

How about a game of chance 🎲

What Was The Largest Battle Of The War? ⚔️ Fought on the 2nd of July, 1644, the Battle of Marston Moor was the largest of the English Civil Wars, and one of the largest in British history, with over 40,000 men taking to the field. But how did so many come to be involved? 📷: Mel Green

Early modern name of the day: Mrs Easter Trollop, who consulted Napier in September 1626. @lsangha.bsky.social

Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern

Easy, affordable, and fun – you could be joining us for just £10 (with free camping and all your reenactment kit provided)! Hear from our members why we love taking to the battlefield and bringing history to life! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/join-us/

THAT. WAS. Newent Celebrates! We're still reeling from a cracking end to our 2025 season – our limbs have happy aches, our homes smell of wet wool & wood smoke, our memories full. Come make memories with us – sign up now for 2026 & be part of something completely different! earlofmanchesters.co.uk

Don’t harm the messenger 🥁💥

Why did the fall of Bristol almost cost Prince Rupert his career? The Royalists had held Bristol for much of the first civil war, but in the autumn of 1645, its garrison of 1,500 troops found itself surrounded by a Parliamentarian army of around 12,000. 📷: Mel Green

What happened at the Siege of Manchester 1642?

How fast can they eat an onion? We're deep in training for the onion-eating contest at Newent Celebrates! this weekend, where we'll be going up against our Royalist foes to see how fast someone can snaffle down an onion! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/newent-celeb...

How fast can they eat an onion? We're deep in training for the onion-eating contest at Newent Celebrates! this weekend, where we'll be going up against our Royalist foes to see how fast someone can snaffle down an onion! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/newent-celeb...

Died #OTD 1644, Sir John Coke. MP for various constituencies from 1621 to 1628, he was also Secretary of State under Charles I from 1625 to 1640, responsible for domestic policy throughout the 'personal rule'. www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-...

A Royalist trooper cuts down a musketeer attempting to flee the battlefield. "The knife edge between surviving and being massacred was most acute when cavalry charged infantry," wrote Charles Carlton in 'Going to the Wars'... 🧵 📷 Levitt Parkes

"From the Devils a*se did guns beget!" — Ben Jonson. A gunner sits next his gun enplacement, during a lull in a siege... With their dreadful 'sakers', 'minions', 'drakes' and 'culverins', and complicated mathematical formulae, gunners in the 17th Century were seen as masters of satanic arts 🧵

Plague,war with the Dutch - what more,you ask?The Great Fire of London of 1666 which OTD was only sttarting to die down as winds eased.Started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, it spread quickly thru thatched houses in the medieval city. Few died,but c 13,000 houses burned along with 87 churches.

Believe it or not, this is a parish register from the seventeenth century that was damaged during a fire! 🔥 Heat causes the collagen fibres in the parchment to denature and shrink and eventually turn to gelatine, which sometimes has a ‘glassy’ appearance. #EarlyModern #Skystorians

“Now let God arise, and his enemies shall be scattered!" – 375 years ago today, the heavily outnumbered and exhausted New Model Army destroyed a Scottish army in one of the most dramatic battles of the English Civil Wars... 🧵 📷 Mel Green

Locked away on a fortress island, the Leveller officer Robert Lilburne died 360 years ago 🧵

“Art thou poor and in prison? Then thou art buried before thou art dead.” – Thomas Dekker, dramatist. A man and wife find themselves incarcerated in the Fleet prison in London over unpaid debts... 🧵 📷 John Beardsworth

“Art thou poor and in prison? Then thou art buried before thou art dead.” – Thomas Dekker, dramatist. A man and wife find themselves incarcerated in the Fleet prison in London over unpaid debts... 🧵 📷 John Beardsworth

BRB, just assaulting the walls of a Royalist stronghold! 😂😂😂 Into history? There's nothing better to do with friends than storm a bastion – that's the life of a pikeman in the Earl of Manchester's Regiment of Foote! #HistoryTok #LoveHistory #History #HistoryBuff

‘I bring a demand for your surrender.’

Want to see us in action? Check out this great gallery of photos of us at work and in battle: earlofmanchesters.co.uk/gallery/

This is possibly the only complete set of King James VI & I's 9th Scottish coinage in existence. It was struck from 1605 to 1609 and consisted of 12 denominations that ranged in value from £12 to 6 pence Scots. The coins are from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the Hunterian.

BRB, just assaulting the walls of a Royalist stronghold! 😂😂😂 Into history? There's nothing better to do with friends than storm a bastion – that's the life of a pikeman in the Earl of Manchester's Regiment of Foote! #HistoryTok #LoveHistory #History #HistoryBuff

The Battle of Worcester was a real blast – in more ways than one! Find out what we got up to on August Bank Holiday weekend earlofmanchesters.co.uk/besieging-th...

The Fate of Basing House 🔥 Hampton Court may be the most famous Tudor palace in England, but did you know there was once a manor in Hampshire that rivalled it in grandeur and status? 📷: Colin Hart Photography

New soldiers march to war!

New soldiers march to war!

In Hope Bowdler churchyard lies Francis Phillips (1657); his gravestone is one of the oldest in Shropshire. On the stone, it wishes for "an untroubled mold" which expresses his desire to lie in the grave undisturbed. It is an incredible piece of history and reminds us how special churchyards can be.

#OTD in 1642 Thomas Nash, grandson-in-law of William Shakespeare, made his will. I recently found an original copy of the will in an unlisted box of Chancery deeds, which was very exciting (as you can imagine). [Last bit of #ShamelessSelfPromotion (for a bit), I promise]

The Civil Wars End at Worcester ⚔️ The Battle of Worcester on 3rd September 1651 was the final pitched clash of the British Civil Wars, and secured Parliament’s ultimate victory. 📷: Levitt Parkes

This weekend!

Fighting at clubbed musket!

THIS WEEKEND – don't miss the huge reenactment weekend at Worcester! An entertaining & educational day out for the whole family! 📌 10am-4pm each day 📌 Sunday 24 & Monday 25 August 📌 Bennetts Willow Barn Manor Farm, Worcester WR2 4BS Buy tickets bennettswillowbarn.co.uk/the-sealed-k...

The Career of John Lambert ⚔️ Widely regarded as one of the finest Parliamentarian commanders, John Lambert distinguished himself throughout the English Civil Wars, but the years after the conflict were to be just as turbulent for him. 📷: Mel Green

Rewarded for good service 🥇🫡

We're marching to 'Worcester Under Siege' this Bank Holiday weekend, an enthralling weekend of history and battle on the site "where England's sorrows began and where they are happily ended". See more: www.thesealedknot.org.uk/event/worces...

Friendly Fire! 🤕

We're marching to 'Worcester Under Siege' this Bank Holiday weekend, an enthralling weekend of history and battle on the site "where England's sorrows began and where they are happily ended". See more: www.thesealedknot.org.uk/event/worces...

What happened at the Battle of Preston?

Interesting project here. So many churches I visit round Suffolk have traces of Dowsing's activities; seeing them plotted like this really hammers things home.