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1644 Cromwell's army demolished the Eleanor Cross on St Peter's Hill
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After the battle Oliver Cromwell wrote his report at the Angel Inn
| 1600 | -1624 | Struggles over reform led to the formation of a series of 'Tuesday Lectures' to further 'true religion and conformity.' More info | ||
| 1601 | -1607 | Nicholas Walker, Clk., S.T.P. Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1604 | Death of Francis Trigge, who donated books for the chained library in the Church | |||
| 1607 | -1626 | Thomas Dean, Clk. Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1608 | -1646 | Thomas Dilworth, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1620 | -1630 | St Wulfram’s was in a dilapidated state and concern for its upkeep was low More info | ||
| 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 | -1634 | Roland Greenwood, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1633 | The Vicar of North Grantham, Thomas Dilworth, pawned his books to the Vicar of Dowsby, allegedly to buy food More info | |||
| 1634 | -1639 | Edward Harryes, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1639 | -1669 | Edward Dixe, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1640 | The bells were rehung in the tower. | |||
| 1640 | The Chancellor of Lincoln donated an organ to the church More info | |||
| 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. | |||
| 1642 | -1645 | The church suffered under Cromwell's troops More info | ||
| 1644 | Funeral parties were not immune from fighting More info | |||
| 1646 | -1653 | Thoms Redman, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1646 | Popular street culture on Shrove Tuesday led to vandalism of the church More info |
| 1604 | There was an epidemic that resulted in 327 deaths in 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. |
| 1600 | -1616 | William Shakespeare wrote many plays and sonnets | ||
| 1600 | -1640 | There was a growth in Puritanism | ||
| 1603 | -1625 | Union of England and Scotland by accession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne as James I . House of Stuart. | ||
| 1603 | Elizabeth I died. She was the last Tudor monarch. | |||
| 1604 | -1611 | James I commissioned a translation of the Bible in everyday English, which was published in 1611. We know it is as the King James Authorised Version. More info | ||
| 1605 | Gunpowder Plot by Catholic rebels, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up parliament | |||
| 1619 | African slaves first imported into North America | |||
| 1620 | The Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America in the Mayflower | |||
| 1622 | -1641 | The first continuously published weekly newspaper in England, The Weekly News | ||
| 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 |
| James I | Crowned | 1603 | Died | 1625 | 1605 Gunpowder Plot | Stuart |
| 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 |
