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A stop-press news item in 1642

ByDavid Shaw Home Page 6 June 202528 September 2025

The new year in 1642 saw an escalation of the friction between King Charles I and his Parliament. A ‘Grand Remonstrance’ had been drafted by M.P. John Pym and his colleagues, which detailed Charles I’s abuses, both real and imagined, since Charles’s accession in 1625. On 4 January 1642 the King entered the Commons chamber…

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The Canterbury Christmas Day riots, 1647

ByDavid Shaw Home Page 8 December 20166 July 2025

  On 10 June 1647 the Westminster Parliament passed an ordinance declaring that the celebration of Christmas was a punishable offence. There had been long-standing opposition on the part of the Puritans to the festivities of the twelve nights of Christmas and to special church services to mark Christmas Day.  The June ordinance was a…

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