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English Civil War (1640 - 1660)

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of religious freedom. It was part of the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The first (1642–1646) and second (1648–1649) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The wars also involved the Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates. The war ended with Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.

Online Sources: English Civil War

An act prohibiting the proclaiming of any person to be King of England and Ireland or the dominions thereof
The British Civil Wars, 1637-1652: Contexts and Consequences
Charles I (1625-1649)
Commonwealth & Protectorate Era
The Diary of Isabella, Wife of Sir Roger Twysden of Royden Hall, East Peckham, 1645-1651
English Civil War Publications
The Execution of Charles I, 1649
The full proceedings of the High Court of Iustice against King Charles in Westminster Hall, on Saturday the 20 of January, 1648 together with the Kings Reasons and Speeches and his Deportment on the Scaffold before his Execution
The humble petition of the gentry and commons of the county of Yorke, presented to His Majestie at Yorke, Aprill 22. 1642. and His Majesties message sent to the Parliament Aprill 24. 1642.
I go from a Corruptible to an Incorruptible Crown
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Presents the last speech by King Charles I of England, given before those attending his execution on January 30, 1649. His defense of his actions as a ruler and accusations against those rebels who took over the government; His claims to be a Christian and a martyr.
Trial of Charles the First, King of England
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before the High Court of Justice: begun Jan. 20, in the 24th year of his reign, and continued to the 27th. To which is prefixed, the Act of the Commons of England, assembled in Parliament, for erecting a High Court of Justice, for the Trial of his Majesty; also the Journal of the said Court, as it was read before the House of Commons. With additions, by J. Nalson, Doctor of the Civil Laws.
VII. Military Memoir of Colonel John Birch, sometime Governor of Hereford in the Civil War between Charles I and the Parliament
The Westminster Confession of Faith
Works by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1609-1674)
Works by Oliver Cromwell via HathiTrust
English Civil War research resources

Book Sources: English Civil War

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Acts and ordinances of the interregnum, 1642-1660 by Great Britain
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Collected and ed. by C. H. Firth and R. S. Rait for the Statute law committee.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's Speech by William Laud
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or, His funerall sermon, :
preacht by himself on the scafolld on Tower-Hill, on Friday the 10. of January, 1644. Upon Hebrews 12.1, 2, also the prayers which he used at the same time and place before his execution.
Articles Exhibited in Parliament against William Archbishop of Canterbury, 1640 by William Laud
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Calendar of the proceedings of the Committee for Advance of Money, 1642-1656 by Mary Anne Everett Green, editor
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Charles I in 1646 letters of King Charles the First to Queen Henrietta Maria by Charles I, King of England
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Letters of King Charles the First to Queen Henrietta Maria ; edited by John Bruce.
Charles I in Captivity, from Contemporary Sources by Gertrude Scott Stevenson, editor
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The Commonwealth of England by Charles Blitzer (editor)
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Documents of the English civil wars, the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1641-1660
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
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Correspondence of Sir Robert Kerr, first Earl of Ancram, and his Son William, third Earl of Lothian by Robert Kerr
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The Court and Times of Charles the First
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containing a series of historical and confidential letters, including memoirs of the mission in England of the Capuchin friars in the service of Henrietta Maria, and a variety of other particulars not mentioned by our historians / transcribed from the originals in the British Museum, state paper office, and private collections, by Thomas Birch.
Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army: During the Great Civil War by Charles Edward Long, editor
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The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin by Ralph Josselin
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of Jean de Montereul and the Brothers de Bellie̲vre by Jean de Montereul
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The Hamilton papers being selections from original letters in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, relating to the years 1638-1650 by Hamilton, William Hamilton, Duke of, 1616-1651.; Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, 1829-1902.
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ISBN: 9781554938551
History of his Own Time by Gilbert Burnet
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with the suppressed passages of the first volume and notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke and speaker Onslow, hitherto unpublished. To which are added the cursory remarks of Swift, and other observations
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
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to which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland.
By Edward Earl of Clarendon
King Charles, Prince Rupert and the Civil War by Charles Petrie
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ISBN: 9781000220179

Publication Date: 2020-10-27
Letters Between Col. Robert Hammond... Relating to King Charles I by Robert Hammond
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Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson by Lucy Hutchinson
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection DA407.H9 H7 1973

ISBN: 9781842121085
The Several Speeches of Duke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge, Henry Earl of Holland, and Arthur Lord Capel
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upon the scaffold immediately before their execution, on Friday the 9. of March
Sydney Papers by R.W. Blencowe
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Consisting of a journal of the Earl of Leicester, and original letters of Algernon Sydney
The Trial of Charles I: A Documentary History (ebook) by David Lagomarsino (Editor); Charles T. Wood (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780874514995

Publication Date: 1989-11-01
A true copy of the journal of the High Court of Justice, etc. The trial of Charles the First, King of England, before the High Court of Justice, for high-treason by Charles I (King of England), John NALSON
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To which is added, The journal of the High-Court of Justice ... With additions, by J. Nalson
The Works of King Charles the Martyr by Charles I (King of England), William Fulman, Richard Perrinchief
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Note: The author is questioned by historians. It has also been attributed to Bishop John Gauden.
with a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, and Other Papers Concerning the Differences Betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament
Yorkshire Royalist Composition Papers by John William Clay, editor
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