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1646 Popular street culture on Shrove Tuesday led to vandalism of the church
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Popular street culture affected over half of the population, who were not in permanent employment and who from time to time gave public expression to their feelings. On Shrove Tuesday each year the popular street element of the town went on the rampage an
| 1626 | -1633 | Peter Tyler, Tyley or Titley, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1627 | In 1627 the notorious Altar controversy took place, which led to a fight in the church More info | |||
| 1633 | The Vicar of North Grantham, Thomas Dilworth, pawned his books to the Vicar of Dowsby, allegedly to buy food More info | |||
| 1633 | -1634 | Roland Greenwood, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1634 | -1639 | Edward Harryes, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1639 | -1669 | Edward Dixe, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1640 | Hurst, Rector of Barrowby and Sanderson, Vicar of Boothby Pagnell and later Bishop of Lincoln combined to bring about Archbishop Laud’s reforms of the church in Grantham. | |||
| 1640 | The bells were rehung in the tower. | |||
| 1640 | The Chancellor of Lincoln donated an organ to the church More info | |||
| 1642 | -1645 | The church suffered under Cromwell's troops More info | ||
| 1644 | Funeral parties were not immune from fighting More info | |||
| 1646 | Popular street culture on Shrove Tuesday led to vandalism of the church More info | |||
| 1646 | -1653 | Thoms Redman, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1652 | The spire was severely damaged by lightning | |||
| 1653 | -1655 | Seabrooke, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1655 | -1656 | Harrison, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1656 | -1662 | Humphrey Babbington, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1662 | -1666 | Henry Johnson, M.A., Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1666 | -1701 | John Hanson, M.A., Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1670 | -1710 | Samuel Burnet, M.A., Vicar of South Grantham |
| 1634 | Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, leased the manor's market rights to the Alderman and Corporation | |||
| 1634 | Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, leased the manor's market rights to the Aldermen and Corporation More info | |||
| 1634 | A plague killed 327 people in Grantham | |||
| 1637 | Bubonic plague killed 200 people in Grantham | |||
| 1642 | King Charles I stayed at the Angel Inn | |||
| 1642 | -1645 | Parliamentary troops were quartered in Grantham until the end of the Civil War More info | ||
| 1642 | -1642 | Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe near Colsterworth | ||
| 1643 | Oliver Cromwell won the first battle of the Civil War at Gonerby Moor | |||
| 1644 | -1645 | Cromwell's army demolished the Eleanor Cross on St Peter's Hill More info | ||
| 1650 | -1660 | The Civil War had left the church without its treasures and destroyed most of its beauty. | ||
| 1663 | Michael Solomon was born in the village of Pickworth, near Grantham | |||
| 1663 | A large fire did much damage to the town | |||
| 1665 | The Great Plague caused many deaths in Grantham |
| 1625 | -1649 | King Charles I | ||
| 1642 | -1649 | Civil War in England between the King and Parliament. More info | ||
| 1649 | -1660 | Life during the time of Oliver Cromwell was very different to that under a monarchy. More info | ||
| 1649 | Charles I beheaded. England was declared a republic, a Commonwealth led by Oliver Cromwell and his army More info | |||
| 1650 | Tea first imported into England | |||
| 1660 | -1685 | The monarchy was restored: Charles II | ||
| 1662 | The Act of Uniformity required the Puritans to accept the rites of the Anglican Church as written in the Prayer Book More info | |||
| 1664 | British take New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York | |||
| 1665 | The Great Plague | |||
| 1666 | The Great Fire of London | |||
| 1672 | The Declaration of Indulgence repealed all laws against Catholics and Non-conformists |
| Charles I | Crowned | 1625 | Died | 1649 | 1642-1645 English Civil War | Stuart |
| The Commonwealth | Crowned | 1649 | Died | 1660 | 1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector | Commonwealth |
| Charles II | Crowned | 1660 | Died | 1685 | 1666 Great Fire of London | Stuart |
