Mayflower London
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In 1620 politicians in London and refugees in Leiden organised the voyage of the Mayflower. For trade and toleration not for war and conquest.
#Historynotes 📜 The enclosure of common land forbade rights & livelihoods of the rural poor. In May 1607 1,000s rioted in Northants, Leics & Warks targeting fences, ditches & hedges. In June at the #NewtonRebellion, Northants 40 rioters were killed with ringleaders hung & qtr'd.
LISTEN Politics, religion and the textile industry The inseparable intimate relationship between politics, production and trade in the years preceding the Civil Wars has often been underplayed or ignored. @Ed_Legon of @QMUL, has explored the connection. worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/nurtur…
OTD 6May 1621(Old Style Julian Calendar) was the date Captain John Smith recorded the #Mayflower arrived back in England Christopher Jones,despite his much depleted crew,had made good time on the return,arriving home in less than half the time it had taken to sail to New England
He once rented his house at Deptford to the Russian Tsar. The diarist, horticulturalist, Restoration intellectual and founder-member of the Royal Society John Evelyn died today in 1706 at his London home. Read about Evelyn here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/john-evelyn-2/
February is a good time to plan a visit to the Huguenot Library. The image is a French Hospital bill, one of numerous original documents you can view. The library’s archives contain many items to aid research. To book a visit to the library, email library@huguenotsociety.org.uk
Magnificent start to a day #Rotherhithe #Bermondsey #SE1 #SE16 #Millwall ⚽️
