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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Shakespeare Resource Center @shakespearerc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sep 6, 1586: John #Shakespeare, father of William, is removed from his position as alderman for failing to attend council meetings. #OTD
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Meeting of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation at which John Shakespeare and John Wheeler are removed from the office of aldermen

Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.

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Chasqui Penguin @chasquipenguin.bsky.social · Sep 21

Have long been aware of John Shakespeare's absences resulting in his being removed as alderman, so have found it very interesting to read this document. Many thanks for posting it. Am looking forward to reading more of your contributions here on BlueSky.

Chasqui Penguin @chasquipenguin.bsky.social · Sep 5

His name seems to be eternally linked to 3 September!

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Sep 5

#OliverCromwell caused havoc by delaying battle at #Worcester till the #Dunbar anniv & then doing 2 more things of note on 3 Sep. #OTD posts? Where do ya start!?

So sod it. The escape:
5 Sep 1651
#CharlesII rubbed his feet raw walking crosscountry in the dark & slept in a barn.
#royal #history #war

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Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger @pitt-the-younger.bsky.social · Sep 5

A picture of me and Rowan, taken for the Radio Times, June 1987! #Blackadder #bbccomedy, #80stv

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Chasqui Penguin @chasquipenguin.bsky.social · Sep 5

chasquiswritingworld.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/s... #comedy #standupcomedy #humour #humor #grammar #surrealism #1980s #WritingCommunity #writing #blog Apologies for gaps in the piece but it looked fine in draft but transferring to website created these and I have been unable to rectify the problem

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Hello Friends and welcome back to Chasqui’s Writing World – after nearly a year’s break. Over the last 12 months or so I have had to give priority to family, some with health problems, but I am bac…

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Chasqui Penguin @chasquipenguin.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 10

#CharlesII age 10

His tutor is an Anglican bishop. Charles I deems spiritual learning most important.
But life's disrupted as #Parliament is back.
The boy's on show at the Earl of Strafford's trial, then delivers a vital letter to Westminster, where he receives 'scant civility'.
#c17 #legal #royals

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 9

#CharlesII age 9

After 11 years without #Parliament, Charles I dissolves a 3-week-old parliament & continues preparing for a second #war against Covenanters, but MP John Pym has already made an impact.

The king does not like what 9yo Charles now decides to say...

#history #c17 #royals #prediction

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 8

#CharlesII age 8

Leaving female care (at last), he gets a household led by the Earl of Newcastle.
The earl's into science, writing, music, sport & more and is turning Charles into a top horseman. He also advises Charles on life, education & how to respect women.

#royals #horseriding #c17 #history

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 7

#CharlesII age 7

Rage fills #Scotland as Charles I forces a new prayer book on the Kirk. Within months, thousands of Scots sign the National Covenant to defy his stand for episcopacy.
Prince Charles meanwhile clamours to join the Order of the Garter, excited by its heroic image.
#c17 #rebellion

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 6

#CharlesII age 6

Now based at Richmond, he's not allowed back to #London for a while, as #plague has hit the city.
His father issues orders to limit the spread, and pesthouses thus appear, but plague kills 1,000 Londoners a year for most of the prince's childhood.

#medicine #childhoodmemories #c17

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Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger @pitt-the-younger.bsky.social · Jun 17

On this day in 1497 the Battle of Blackheath - also known as the Battle of Deptford Bridge - took place! This painting depicting the Cornish on the march to take on Henry VII is by Donald MacLeod! ❤️

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Chasqui Penguin @chasquipenguin.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · Jun 17

Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral has had its listed status upgraded, but I had to smile at the Guardian's report.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The annoying popular nickname of 'Paddy's Wigwam' clearly can't pass the Guardian's Political Correctness filter, so it has become simply 'the Wigwam'!

Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral has listing upgraded to Grade I

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, AKA ‘the Wigwam’, recognised as one of UK’s most important buildings

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 5

#CharlesII age 5

His father Charles I is like a father to the sons (aged 7 & 6) of the late 1st Duke of Buckingham, so they live at the palaces and play with Prince Charles, who loves the comedic talents of the elder—the 2nd Buckingham, but this duke is becoming a bad influence. #royals #history

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 2

#CharlesII age 2

He falls alarmingly ill. Doctors are worried by his pulse, temperature and discharge oozing from his neck. Before long, he's also vomiting blood. Treatment, however, is similarly traumatic.

#CharlesIICradle

#17thC #medicine #history #royals

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · Jun 1

#CharlesII age 1

Venetian ambassador Vincenzo Gussoni arrives, and Charles needs to be taught how to receive visitors.

Seats of differing heights help demonstrate hierarchy, but the prince has so much to learn.

#CharlesIICradle
#c17 #history #royals #antiques #childdevelopment #KeepItStuart

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · May 31

#CharlesII age 0

His mother holds back his portrait, saying she's 'ashamed' of him. She hopes some of his features will lighten, and she's fed up that he's so advanced for his age.

Others react with surprise when they see him.

He's no average baby.

#CharlesIICradle
#c17 #History #babies #royals

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Phillip Barlow ⚒️ @hammerslibrary.bsky.social · May 23

Written by Thomas Thatcher, and published by John Foster of Boston, the paper (actually a pamphlet) was entitled “A Brief Rule to Guide the Common People of New England How to Order Themselves and Theirs in the Small Pocks, or Measels”
#RestorationAge365

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Phillip Barlow ⚒️ @hammerslibrary.bsky.social · May 23

21 January 1677
The first medical paper to be published in America is released in Boston
#RestorationAge365

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · May 29

A super-informative thread!

History that lives on

Phillip Barlow ⚒️ @hammerslibrary.bsky.social · May 27

16 January 1666
The Duke and Duchess of Monmouth receive a charter of novodamus regranting their Scottish titles to both of them independently.

#RestorationAge365

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Mark Turnbull Author @1642author.bsky.social · May 25

All About Books - a lovely review by Sheena Macleod of the charity anthology, 'The Ring'.
Several authors contributed historical short stories to this anthology in aid of The Reading Agency.
allaboutbooks.blog/2025/05/24/a...
#books #charity #anthology #shortstories #readersgonnaread

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Claire Hobson 📚 @restorationhat.bsky.social · May 26

Thanks for all #RestorationAge365 posts!
Here's the fundraiser page www.justgiving.com/page/claire-...

If you want to donate, you may fancy adding a few pence to mark a day (e.g. £10.11 for 10 Nov/Oct 11).
Or maybe a year (e.g. £16.65)?
Any figure's welcome though. Thank you.

#c17 #cancerresearch

Restoration Age 365 for Cancer Research UK

Help Claire Hobson raise money to support Cancer Research UK

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to Claire Hobson on the launch of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-II-C... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #BookLaunch #Booksky 💙📚

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