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Cromwell’s Head and Other Frightful Civil War Miscellany

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Start
23/06/2022
End
23/06/2022 (All day)
Address
The Great Hall, The Commandery, Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU   View map

£7.00

When King Charles II returned in 1660, one of his first acts was to exhume the body of Oliver Cromwell (who had died in 1658) and remove the head, in revenge for the same fate that befell his father, King Charles I in 1649. BoWS Member Robbie Porter will reveal what happened to the head.

£5 for BoWS members £7 for guests.

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When King Charles II returned in 1660, one of his first acts was to exhume the body of Oliver Cromwell (who had died in 1658) and remove the head, in revenge for the same fate that befell his father, King Charles I in 1649. BoWS Member Robbie Porter will reveal what happened to the head.