Stuart (1603 – 1714)
Explore objects, stories and blogs to investigate life in London under the Stuart monarchs – a time of civil war, plague and the Great Fire.
Blogs-And-Stories
Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
Six things you didn’t know about executions in London
London’s courts condemned more people to die than the rest of England, and six facts you may not know
The Great Plague of 1665
An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic
Wenceslaus Hollar’s etchings of fashion & fire
A 17th-century recorder of women’s clothes and London's skyline
Oliver Cromwell: The man who could have been king
Cromwell’s victories in the Civil Wars took him to the very top
How the Great Fire of London created insurance
The Great Fire of London in 1666 had a surprising outcome: the creation of modern property insurance
Why Charles I was executed
A tale of religion and Parliament which ends abruptly in 1649
What connects Elias Lindo and the Hanukkah lamp?
A 17th-century Jewish broker in London brings together objects from the collections of two museums in the most fascinating way
What's this object from our Archaeological Archive?
You have three hints. Can you guess the right answer?
Is this burnt bible a survivor of the Great Fire of London?
Hidden away for years, we trace its journey from flames to museum shelves
Quiz: The Great Fire of London
Think you know the devastation caused by the Great Fire of London? Test your knowledge
The story of Samuel Pepys’ silver plate
From counting pennies to splashing out on silver
How the Great Fire caused a London housing crisis
Rent rises, homelessness and migration to the suburbs
A Spanish view of the Great Fire of London
A 1666 report shows the fire made international news
