Monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1600-1649)

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King Charles I. Engraving by J.H. Robinson after A. van Dyck.

King Charles I. Engraving by T. Woodman and H. Mutlow, ca. 1784, after A. van Dyck.

King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.

King Charles I. Engraving by J. Taylor after A. van Dyck.

King Charles I as Prince of Wales, on horseback. Engraving by S. de Passe, 1616.

William Harvey demonstrating his theory of circulation of blood before Charles I. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

King Charles I at Holdenby House (Holmby House), Northamptonshire, is summoned by Cornet Joyce, who shows the King his pistol as his authority. Engraving after P. Angelis.

King Charles I. Engraving after A. van Dyck.

King Charles I. Engraving by B. Reading after E. Bower.

King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1742, after A. van Dyck.

King Charles I. Engraving by H. Bourne after J.L. Williams after A. van Dyck.

The illness of Charles, Duke of Albany (Charles I), from 1600 to 1612 : an historical case of rickets / J.J. Keevil.

By the King. A proclamation to summon the persons therein named, who sate, gave judgment, and assisted in that horrid and detestable murder of His Majesties royal father of blessed memory, to appear and render themselves within fourteen days, under pain of being excepted from pardon.

Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.

Essays and orations, read and delivered at the Royal College of Physicians; to which is added an Account of the opening of the tomb of King Charles I / By Sir Henry Halford.

By the King : A proclamation for adiouring the Terme [on account of the plague; also forbidding any citizen from seeking the royal touch as a cure for the King's Evil. 9 Sept. 1630].

Certain necessary directions, as well for the cure of the plague, as for preventing the infection with many easie medicines of small charge, very profitable to His Majesties subjects / Set downe by the Colledge of Physicians by the Kings Majesties speciall command. With sundry orders thought meet by His Majestie, and his Privie Councell for prevention of the plague. Also certaine select statutes ... Together with His Majesties proclamation for further direction therein and a decree in Starre-Chamber. Concerning buildings and in-mates.

By the King : a proclamation for the adiournament [sic] of part of Michaelmas tearme.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repaire to the court, for their cure of the disease, called, the Kings euill.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish-dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repayre to the court, for their cure of the disease called the Kings euill.

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By the King : a proclamation for the adiournament [sic] of part of Michaelmas tearme.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repaire to the court, for their cure of the disease, called, the Kings euill.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish-dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repayre to the court, for their cure of the disease called the Kings euill.

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Charles I of England

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Images by Charles I of England

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By the King : a proclamation for the adiournament [sic] of part of Michaelmas tearme.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repaire to the court, for their cure of the disease, called, the Kings euill.

By the King : a proclamation for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish-dayes, appointed by the law, to be hereafter strictly obserued by all sorts of people.

By the King. A proclamation for the better ordering of those who repayre to the court, for their cure of the disease called the Kings euill.

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