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.

His name seems to be eternally linked to 3 September!

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

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”
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