Parties at the Stuart Court

Discover the fun, games, dance, music and politics surrounding the spectacular masques performed at the Stuart court!
#stuartparties
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[Claire Hobson 📚 @RestorationHat]

#Restoration360Online talk titles taster

Providence and Power: Why was the Monarchy Restored in 1660?
Plague and Hellfire
Pepys and the Navy of Charles II
Making Fiction from Fact: Childbirth in the Restoration Era
Sex, Love, & Scandal in Restoration Britain

Bonus talk's coming

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

29 May 1660: Matthew Wren Bishop of #Ely (PCC) organises thanksgiving service for Charles II’s return in #Westminster Abbey #otd The king boycotts it. #preferredtoparty

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7 May 1633: Antoon Van Dyck paid £444 for 9 portraits of Charles I & Henrietta Maria #otd (RoyalColl)

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

19 Apr 1632: d. Mary Villiers [née Beaumount] #otd suo jure Countess of Buckingham, mother of George, Duke of Buckingham, at the Gate House, #Whitehall

[𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 @KingCharlesIRTN]

Was wonderful meeting Steve Howe in #Chester Sunday at the Pied Bull & chatting History of the city
Thank you for this superb #17thCentury style #photo 👌
Check out his website

https://t.co/9YrQigcqIy

#photographs #Style #Cavalier

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

13 Apr 1605: John Bull composer awarded extra £40 p.a. #otd by James VI&I for organ-playing in addition to singing (OU/Bridgeman) #music

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

5 Apr 1613: George Chapman, #poet, dramatist, #translator complains to the Master of the Rolls #otd that he hadn't been paid for services he provided for court masques (BM)

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

31 Mar 1665: The #Catalan born Louis Grabu appointed composer to Charles II #otd He provided the music for John Dryden's opera Albion & Albanius

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

29 Mar 1622: Sir John Astley succeeds the insane Sir George Buckas as James VI & I's Master of the Revels #otd (National Trust Images)

[Lord Grey's Regiment @joinLordGrey]

#OTD Queen Henrietta-Maria lands at Bridlington with Dutch arms and ammunition for the Royal war-effort. In the background, Parliament ships thoughtfully provide her with a 21-gun salute. #EnglishCivilWar
#17thCentury #FridayFeeling
https://t.co/p88Z9sLv8S

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

22 Feb 1631: Ben Jonson's last masque at Court performed #otd ‘Chloridia'

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

20 Feb 1626: William Gregory appointed flautist to the royal court of Charles I #otd (Faculty of Music Collection, Oxford University/Bridgeman Images) #music

[𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 @KingCharlesIRTN]

We are so lucky to have such beautiful heritage in the UK
The past is real drama!
The excitement and challenge in it's interpretation

#TuesdayMotivation #CharlesI
#Oxford #History

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

6 Feb 1668: Charles II attends #otd George Etherege's 'She Would if She Could' launched by Sir William Davenant; Charles likes it a lot (eebo)

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

20 Jan 1626: John Dowland, #composer's, last payment from the royal court made #otd (eebo)

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11 Jan 1668: Samuel Pepys #diarist & officeholder learns #otd that Moll Davis would be leaving the Duke's #Theatre Company as Charles II had given her a ring worth £600 & was furnishing a house for her #showbiz

[𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 @KingCharlesIRTN]

Was highly excited to see the Darnley jewel (Left in photo) in #MaryQueenofScots outer chamber Holyrood Palace #Edinburgh
Made of similar materials i recognised to Naseby Jewel which i recreated out of clay/#craft materials (Right)

#CharlesI #16thCentury #17thcentury #Scotland

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

10 Jan 1608: Ben Jonson's Masque of #Beauty performed at the New Banqueting House #London #otd (NPG)

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

8 Jan 1604: Anne of Denmark plays Pallas Athene in 'Vision of 12 Goddesses' at Hampton Court #otd

[Parties at the Stuart Court @stuartparties]

So, Twelfth Night was a night of fun and parties for the Stuarts with masques as a central component to the days of Christmas celebrations preceding it!
#17thCentury #stuarthistory

[Parties at the Stuart Court @stuartparties]

Twelfth night celebrations were a big event for the #stuartparty scene. It was for twelfth night that most Stuart masques were performed
#historicaldancing #partyingwiththeking

[Parties at the Stuart Court @stuartparties]

The ‘Masque of Blackness’, was described by Nicoló Molin to be ‘very beautiful and sumptuous’. It was a collaboration between 3 people; Inigo Jones ( set and costume designer) Ben Jonson (the writer) and Alfonso Ferrabosco (the composer).
#partyingwiththebest #stuartparties