This brave gentleman, born at Great Hampden, in Buckinghamshire, distinguished as a patriot, was the first to refuse payment of the shipmoney levied by Charles I. He was one of the foremost of those who reasonably opposed the king’s unconstitutional acts. He was killed at the battle of Chalgrove, near Oxford.
VANDYKE.
Born 1598.—Died 1641.—Elizabeth.—James I.—Charles I.
This famous Flemish portrait painter was a pupil of Rubens, but imitated Titian in his warm, rich colouring. He lived in England for many years, being much patronised by Charles I.
WILLIAM LAUD,
Born 1573—Died 1644.—Elizabeth.—James I.—Charles I.
Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in Berkshire, and educated at the grammar school, Reading, and at St. John’s College, Oxford, of which he became President. As Primate in the turbulent reign of Charles I., he was associated with repressive measures against the Puritans, to whom he made himself so obnoxious that through their instrumentality he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
INIGO JONES.
Born 1572.—Died 1652.—Elizabeth.—James I.—Charles I.
An architect, born in London in 1572. He designed many imposing public buildings in his own peculiar style—the Banqueting House, Whitehall, the Church and Piazza of Covent Garden, etc.; many stately brick and stone country houses were also built by him. He has been called the “British Vitruvius.”