Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more A huge amount of the information in this episode comes from Timothy Riordan’s book, The Plundering Time. So little survives from the event that virtually nothing was known before Riordan made his extensive and detailed survey & analysis of existing data and testimony. In addition, it was well written, Read more about English Civil War 7: The Plundering Time[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more How did things ever get so far? Royalists, and indeed Presbyterians, in every colony were probably asking themselves that in 1644, but nowhere moreso in Bermuda, Virginia and Maryland. In slightly different ways, but at the same time, those royalist-dominated colonies became the first in the Americas to really Read more about English Civil War 6: War comes to America[…]
Listen on: iTunes Subscribe on Android Stitcher and more From company-owned to royal control The years 1625-1630 saw Virginia stabilize and grow, under governors like Francis Wyatt, George Yeardley, Francis West and John Pott. The King’s quo warranto proceedings to take over the Virginia Company were popular in the colony, but some new and recurring issues did Read more about Virginia under Charles I, ep. 1: Transition[…]