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:D Correct, well done.

I put it forward thinking that all the parliamentarians would have remembered this date and known the answer!

No names mentioned 8)


In March 1643, a large force of Royalists from Newark commanded by Sir Charles Cavendish and Sir John Henderson marched into Lincolnshire and captured the town of Grantham in a surprise attack. The Royalists did not garrison Grantham but marched on towards Boston. Parliament's commander in Lincolnshire, Lord WIlloughby of Parham, attempted to block the Royalist advance with a force of 1,500 troops, but in a brief engagement at Ancaster Heath on 11 April, the Parliamentarians were easily routed by the larger Royalist force.

Alarmed that Cavendish's manoeuvres might herald a march south by the Earl of Newcastle's northern army, Parliament ordered Lord Willoughby to make another attack on Newark. Willoughby joined forces with Colonel Cromwell of the Eastern Association and Captain Hotham with a contingent from Nottingham at Sleaford on 9 May. They advanced to Grantham on 11 May but remained there for a further two days, which gave Cavendish and Henderson time to prepare a counterstrike. In the early hours of 13 May, Cavendish made a surprise attack on Lord Willoughby's troops quartered at the village of Belton, killing 70 and taking 40 prisoners. Later in the day, the Royalists made a second advance. After an exchange of musket fire, Cromwell, in his first independent action as a cavalry commander, led a charge that drove the Royalists from the field. Despite the Parliamentarian victory, however, the march on Newark was abandoned.
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Jimbob wrote:Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists? but is Grantham (Thatcher's home town) Is it classed as Northern eh lass? northern?
It`s north of Watford anyway.
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No....its still in Southern Poof territory.

The North starts on the northern end of Wolverhapton.

From the top down it runs like this

The Isles of Fogandfreezeyerbollocksoff
Icy wet bits
Jockland
Sausageland/Geordieland aka The Reaver Marches
The Independant Rose States of Lancashire and Yorkshire aka The Blessed Lands
Sheepshaggerland/The Black Country/Ramtuppersville/The Cheesy Hills
The Watford Gap
Southern Poof Land/Carrot Country aka The Flatlands
The legendary lands of Ooo Arrrr aka The Zyder States/The Plains of Hops
Wet bits
The Tax Dodger Havens
More Wet Bits
Frogland

Quoted from the Boycott Boys Own Book of Bostin British Geography


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Anyways, enuff of the japery

Whats going on here then...,???
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sandman67 wrote:Anyways, enuff of the japery

Whats going on here then...,???
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The person on the far right is a plumber holding a toilet plunger
The man on the far left is pointing to the offending toilet, the woman, second from left is disgusted with the toilet and showing visible sign thereof and the man between the plumber and the woman is the offending person raising his hand voluntering his guilt.

This is a fine example of early 16th century toilet rubbings and I salute Sandman for bringing this much misalligned history to the forefront :thumb: :cheers:
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"Keep an eye on that arrow Harold" "Watch that archer he'll have someone's eye out " ;)
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I have no idea but maybe if we talk through it a bit. The 3 on the left all have gloves on and a double tablet insignia on their robes. The one swinging the nightstick does not. Perhaps the 3 are from some religious group. I assume that is Latin at the top, but my eyes aren't ready yet this morning to try to figure out the letters.

Perhaps something to do with when Henry VIII cracked down on the RCC? Pete
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If there was a bit more finery I'd think it might be taking place on the Isle of Dogs.
Can't make out the Latin!

Clue please...

Late thought - 3 blokes with beards, one without. The bearded ones look a bit fed up. Almost as if they're used to being pushed around. Fresh-faced fellow is definitely doing the pushing. Could we be looking at one of those examples of Jews being expelled from England? Or somewhere else?
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Deleted, as I'm blind. :mrgreen: Pete :cheers:
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It could be a nun going to be burnt at the stake during the medieval times? Joan of Arc? Possibly Catherine of Aragon?
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Siani wrote:It could be a nun going to be burnt at the stake during the medieval times? Joan of Arc? Possibly Catherine of Aragon?
I also thought about Friday 13th October 1307 (hence the superstition) -- 15,000 were arrested in France. Some historians believe that this was because the Knights Templar had become corrupt.

Another thought...The Luttrell Psalter ....religion in the medieval world?

Am I close? :shock:
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It looks like an image from the Luttrell Psalter, but I can't access this link from my computer.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredte ... books.html
Many wonderful illustrations of medieval rural England
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Having looked at it, I think that was a good guess, but no cigar, JD! Wonderful site, though. Having let me flick through the Psalter, it wouldn't let me look into anything else or get back into the Psalter again. But I think it may well be in one of the other tomes on that site... (I wanted a look at the Lisbon Bible...)

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JD wrote:It looks like an image from the Luttrell Psalter, but I can't access this link from my computer.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredte ... books.html
Many wonderful illustrations of medieval rural England
I've just loaded it, and it aint in there.
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