Monarchy Guidelines: What Happened To The Home Of Stuart?
James was expanding old, and controlling parliament proved specifically difficult. Through the last year of his father’s life, Charles and the Duke of Buckingham held power. On 23 April 1642, the new parliamentary governor of Hull, Sir John Hotham, arrived just in time to refuse the king entry to the town that housed the big arsenal in the northern portion of the kingdom. But what the lives of Charles 1 and Charles Two inform us about the future part of…