Basing House was a thorn in Parliament’s side. Commanding the road to London (held by the parliamentarians) the mansion hampered the city’s communications and its prosperous wool trade. It was ...

The English Civil Wars were a series of battles fought ... by Parliament to raise taxes in support of the Parliamentarians’ war effort. This particular one outlines the case of a woman named ...

It seems likely to have been worn by a Parliamentarian in the English Civil War as the accompanying ... in London which was the headquarters of the Parliamentarians. Armour made at this time ...