FOBO - The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (page 2/3)

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Dress of the Commonality, Time of Charles I. A.D. 1630.

A colour engraving showing a cluster of people coming out of the door of a church, presumably after a service. They may be the common people but these are not working clothes.

The man in the foreground has a red robe and, under it, a yellow vest or shirt wit a white lace collar. he wears blue pantaloons down to just below his knees, white stockings, and shoes with flowers on the buckles. he carries his hat, which has a large feather. It’s hard to be sure but his belt, which is worn high, may well have a holster for a pistol.

The woman to his right has a large green dress hanging down, perhaps pleated, and a yellow and red bodice with a white shawl. She is bare-headed.

Outside the chich another woman, with ringed curls to her hair, a Dutch-style black hat, a white shawl, a [more...] [$]

John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol.

John Bunyan was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in 1628. His parents were poor, and he received the merest rudiments of education. As a youth he became notorious for his profanity, but his vigorous nature underwent a great change, and after a severe mental struggle which he has described, he became connected with the Baptist Church at Bedford in his [...] [more...]

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John Bunyan’s chained leg in prison

This detail from John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol shows a manacle or leg-iron around John Bunyan’s black-stocking’d leg fastened to a heavy chain which is set into the wall of the prison. [more...]

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Cavalier Costumes, Time of Charles II. A.D. 1670.

The coloured engraving shows four adults in a room decorated with pictures in ornate frames and wallpaper; the room has pillars leading to an entrance with a view. [more...]

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Psalter

Part of a page from Fust & Schoiffer’s second Psalter. A.D. 1459. [more...]

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Halfpenny, William III

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a halfpenny from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portrait on the front [more...] [$]

Shilling, William III

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a shilling from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portait in profile on one side and shields on the other for Ierland, England, Scotland and Wales.

“It was resolved that the money of the kingdom should be recoined according to the old standard both of weight and of fineness; that all new pieces should be milled [that is, have a texture around the circumference to that you can tell if a coin has been clipped or shaved]; that the loss on the new pieces should be borne by the public; that a time should be fixed after which no clipped money should pass, except in payments to the government; and that a later time should be fixed, after which no clipped money should pass at all. The loss was to be met by the imposition of a tax on windows, which continued to be levied long after the immediate occasion had passed away. (p. 401)

The coin shown here was one of the new ones at the Restoration of the Coinage. You still see older houses in England with windows [more...] [$]

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of the apple. [more...]

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Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

A wood-engraved line drawing of various items of Queen Anne furniture arranged in a group. there are three chairs, a stool, a clock on a table, an armoire or [...] [more...]

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Queen Anne Clock

An sketch or line-drawing of an ornate clock from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail from Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne. [more...]

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