Scotland's History Covenanters Charles II becomes King after Cromwell's death The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...

With around 63 monarchs spanning over 1,200 years, the UK have been sharing their thoughts on their favourite of the historic ...

Sculptures of William of Orange and Oliver Cromwell, which were stolen from an Irish stately home eight years ago, have been found in County Clare. The life-size busts, carved out of limestone ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...

The life of Oliver Cromwell is to be commemorated during a ... the monarchy that ultimately led to the trial and execution of King Charles I in 1649. Mr Goldsmith said Saturday's service would ...

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and ...

Sir Thomas and Lady Ingilby put historic residence that hosted Oliver Cromwell and King James I on the market for the first time The castle estate dates back to the 1300s and has played a part in ...

On the anniversary of the execution of King Charles I on 30th January the bodies were hung. A 19th century stone over the vault where he was buried (now the Royal Air Force chapel) reads: In this ...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England ... on a magnificent hearse for the lying-in-state at Somerset House, as though he had been a king. Later this effigy was erected to a ...