 | Charles I was the son of James I of England and James VI of Scotland. Charles I and his Parliament were on opposite sides in the Civil Wars known as The King's Wars. He believed in the divine right of kings and wanted to rule as absolute monarch. Protestant Parliament disagreed and the upshot was he was executed after a "trial" in Whitehall on a scaffold erected in front of his father's Banqueting Hall on 30th January 1649. It is recorded he died with great courage and dignity. This is not the only indication the Lynn was a Royalist town, the Duke's Head Hotel in Tuesday Market still bears the name of the disgraced Catholic James II deposed in 1688 as a result of Protestant Prince William of Holland coming over at the request of many Lords to claim the Crown and turn England away from catholicism. For more read CV Wedgwood's "The King's Peace 1637 - 1641" and "The King's War 1641 - 1647" |