King Charles I on horseback outside the city walls of Hull: the Parliamentarians inside, led by Sir John Hotham, refuse to surrender the city. Engraving by N. Tardieu after C. Parrocel.

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King Charles I on horseback outside the city walls of Hull: the Parliamentarians inside, led by Sir John Hotham, refuse to surrender the city. Engraving by N. Tardieu after C. Parrocel.