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King Charles the First


King Charls His Speech Made Upon the Scaffold At Whitehall-Gate, Immediately Before His Execution, on Tuesday the 30 Of Ian. 1648 with A Relation of the Maner of His Going to Execution.

A Groane at the Funerall of that Incomparable and Glorious Monarch, Charles the First, King of Great Brittaine, France, and Ireland, &c. On whose Sacred Person was acted That Execrable, Horrid, and Prodigious Murther, by a trayterous Crew, and bloudy Combination at Westminster, January the 30, 1648.
Written by I.B.
[London:] no publisher, 1649.

A Letter. Sent into France to the Lord Duke of Buckingham His Grace: of a Great Miracle wrought by a piece of a Handkerchefe, dipped in His Majesties Bloud. The Truth whereof, he himself saw, and is ready to depose it, and doth believe will be attested by 500. others, if occasion requires. Imprinted in the Yeare, 1649.

A Miracle of Miracles Wrought by the Blood of King Charles the First, Of Happy Memory, upon a Mayd at Detford, foure miles from London, who by the violence of the Disease called the Kings Evill was blinde one whole yeere; but by making use of a piece of Handkircher dipped in the Kings blood is recovered of her sight. London: Printed Anno Dom. 1649

The Confession of Richard Brandon the Hangman (upon his Death bed) concerning His beheading his late Majesty, Charles the first, King of Great Britain; and his Protestation and Vow touching the same; the manner how he was terrified in Conscience; the Apparitions and Visions which appeared unto him; the great judgment that befell him three days before he died; and the manner how he was carried to White-Chappell Church-yard on Thursday night last; the strange Actions that happened thereupon; With the merry conceits of the Crown Cook and his providing mourning Cords for the Burial.
[London:] no publisher, 1649.

Psalterium Carolinum. The Devotions of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, Rendred in Verse. Set to Musick for 3 Voices and an Organ, or Theorbo.
By John Wilson, Dr. and Musick Professor of Oxford.
London: Printed for John Martin and James Allestrey, 1657.
Partially digitized by Raymond H. Clark, 2006.

An Elegie and Epitaph on that Glorious Saint and Blessed Martyr, King Charles I.
London: Printed for J. Williams, 1661.

Sermon on the 30th of January, Being the Day on Which That Sacred Martyr, King Charles the First, was Murdered.
By John King.
London: Printed for John Playford, 1661.

The Bow: or the Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan, Applyed to the Royal and Blessed Martyr King Charles the I. in a Sermon Preached the 30th of January, at the Cathedral Church of S. Peter in Exon.
By Arthur Bury, one of the Prebendaries.
London: Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun, 1662.

Cain and Abel Paralleled with King Charles and His Murderers.
By Henry Glover.
London: Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Brome, 1664.

The Passion-Flower: A Sermon Preached on the 30th day of January, being the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles the I.
By Christopher Flower.
London: Printed for Nathaniel Brook, 1666.

A Loyal Tear Dropt on the Vault of Our Late Martyred Sovereign in an Anniversary Sermon on the Day of His Murther.
By Joseph Glanvill.
London: Printed for James Collins, 1667.

Hadadrimmon, or, Josiah's Lamentation, being a Sermon Preached upon the Anniversary for Charles I, the Royal Martyr.
By John Overing.
London: Thomas Johnson, 1670.

The Regal Proto-Martyr.
By John Allington.
London: Printed by J. W. for W. Gilbert, 1672.

The Case of Joram, A Sermon Preached before the House of Peers in the Abby-Church at Westminster, January 30. 1673/4.
By Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury.
London, 1674.

A Sermon Preached before the King at White-hall, January xxx. 1675/6.
By Heny Bagshaw.
London: Printed by William Godbid, 1676. [External link]

A Sermon Preached on the Thirtieth of January, 1678/9: Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First, of Blessed Memory, and Published at the Request of Some Friends.
By Edward Pelling.
London: Jonathan Edwin, 1679.

Cain's Mark and Murder. K. Charles the I. His Martyrdom. Delivered in a Sermon on January the Thirtieth.
By David Jenner.
London: Printed by J. R. for John Williams, 1681.

A Sermon on the Martyrdom of King Charles I
By Thomas Wilson.
London, 1681.

A Pindaric Ode upon the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
London, Printed for James Norris, at the Kings Arms without Temple-Bar. 1683.

Moses and the Royal Martyr (King Charles the First) Parallel'd. In a Sermon Preached the 30th of January, 1683/84 In the Cathedral-Church of St. Peters, Exon.
By Thomas Long, one of the Prebendaries.
London, 1684.

A Sermon Preach'd January XXX. 1684/5, Being the Fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles I of Blessed Memory.
By Benjamin Woodroffe.
London: Printed by J.P. for John Blyth, 1685.

A Sermon Preach'd Before the Honourable House of Commons, on the Anniversary Fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By E. Langford, D.D.
London: Printed For Thomas Bennet, At the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1698.

A Sermon Preached at St. Andrew's Plymouth, January 30th, 1698/9 with a Preface Defending King Charles the Martyr, and the Observation of His Day, against the Libels, and Practice of Such, Who are Enemies to Both.
By John Gilbert.
London: Printed by Sam Darker, for Tho. Bennet, 1699.

A Sermon Preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled in the Abbey Church of Westminster on Monday, January the 31st, 1703/4, the Fast Day for the Martyrdom of King Charles the First.
By George Hooper.
London: Printed by J. Leake for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's Head, 1704. [External link]

A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster on Wednesday, January XXX, 1705/6, Being the Anniversary Day of Fasting and Humiliation, for the Murder of King Charles the First.
By White Kennett.
London: Printed by H. Hills, 1708.

A Sermon Preach'd before the Right Worshipful the Court of Aldermen at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on Monday, January 31, 1708/9, Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By George Smalridge.
London: H. Hills, 1709. [External link]

A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Monday, Jan. 30, 1709-10, Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Richard West.
London: Churchill, 1710. [External link]

A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday the 30th of January 1711, Being the Anniversary Fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles the First.
By Thomas Gooch.
London: Jonah Bowyer, 1712. [External link]

A Sermon Preach'd before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, on the 30th of January, 1711/12, being the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Charles Trimnell.
London: D. Midwinter, 1712. [External link]

Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Parliament for Abrogating the Observation of the Thirtieth of January.
By John Wyng.
London: J. Baker, 1715. [External link]

A Sermon Preach'd in Christ's Church Dublin on the Thirtieth of January, 1717 before His Excellency Henry Earl of Galway.
By Theophilus Bolton
Dublin: J. Carson for J. Pepyat, 1717.

A Week's Preparation for Solemnizing the Thirtieth of January.
London: Printed and sold by S. Popping, 1718.

A Sermon Preach'd in the Parish-church of Portsmouth, on Saturday January XXX. 1725.
By Anthony Bliss.
London: Printed for George Everden, 1725.

A Sermon Preached before the House of Lords in the Abbey-church at Westminster, upon Monday January 31. 1731. Being the Day Appointed to be kept as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First.
By Francis Hare.
London: Printed by S. Buckley, 1731. [External link]

A Sermon Preach'd before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, in the Abbey-Church Westminster, on Tuesday, January XXX. 1732.
By Samuel Peploe.
London: Printed for Charles King, 1733.

The Works of Bishop Joseph Butler, volume I; London: Macmillan, 1900.

Sermon III. Preached before the House of Lords in the Abbey Church of Westminster, on Friday, January 30, 1740-41. Being the day appointed to be observed as the day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.

A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Saturday, January 30, 1747-8, Being the Day Appointed to be Observed as the Day of Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Robert Hay Drummond.
London: John and Paul Knapton, 1748. [External link]

The Reasonableness and Uses of Commemorating King Charles’s Martyrdom: A Sermon Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary’s, on Tuesday, January 30, 1753.
By Thomas Fothergill.
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for Richard Clements, 1753.

A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers, with Some Reflections on the Resistance Made to King Charles I, and on the Anniversary of His Death, in Which the Mysterious Doctrine of the Prince's Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled, the Substance of Which was Delivered in a Sermon Preached in the West Meeting-House in Boston, on the Lord's-Day after the 30th of January, 1749-50.
By Jonathan Mayhew.
Boston: Hall and Gross, 1818. [External link]

A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, in the Abbey-Church Westminster, on Tuesday, January 30, 1749-50, Being the Day Appointed to be Observed as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Thomas Hayter.
London: John and Paul Knapton, 1750. [External link]

The Sin and Ill Consequence of Speaking Evil of Dignities: A Sermon Preached in the Parish-church of St. George the Martyr, in Southwark, on Wednesday, January 30, 1750-1, Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Leonard Howard.
London: J. Hodges and R. Dodsley, 1751.

The Royal Martyr; Or, Virtue Invincible: A Sermon Preached at Bridewell Chapel, January 30, 1754.
By Samuel Eccles, M.A.
London: J. Meres, 1754.

A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Saturday, January XXX, 1768.
By George Stinton.
London: Printed by J. Hughs, 1768.

The Sermons of Mr. Yorick.
By Laurence Sterne.
London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Becket and T. Cadell, 1776, volume five, pp. 63-87.

Sermon XVII. Thirtieth of January.

The Duty of Honouring the King.
By Charles Inglis, D.D. Rector of Trinity Church, New York. Preached in St. George's And St. Paul's Chapels, New York, on Sunday, January 30, 1780.

A Collection of Letters on the Thirtieth of January and Twenty-ninth of May with the Testimonies of Presbyterians, Republicans, and Churchmen, in Favour of Charles I. With a Preface on the Four Reigns of the Stuarts in Which Their Much Injured Character Is Vindicated.
London: no publisher, 1784.

The Danger of Violent Innovation in the State Exemplified from the Reigns of the Two First Stuarts, in a Sermon Preached at Canterbury, Jan. 31, 1785 [on] the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By George Berkeley.
Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1785. [External link]

A Collection of Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions, Particularly on the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England.
By Adam Gordon.
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1796.

Sermon III. For the Thirtieth of January.

The Danger of Sympathising with Rebellion.
By John Keble, preached before the University of Oxford, January 30, 1831.

The Occasional Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth of January: Its Claims upon the Observance of Churchmen. A Sermon Preached in the Church of St. James, Thornes, Wakefield, on Sunday, the Thirtieth of January, 1853.
By Hugh Smyth.
London: Whittaker and Co., 1853.

The Gospel Not a Ceremonial Law: A Sermon Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's, on Monday, January 30, 1854, being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.
By Edward Arthur Litton.
Oxford: W. Graham; London: T. Hatchard, 1854.

Eikon Basilike, Or the King's Book.
Edited by Edward Almack.
London: A Moring, Ltd, at the De la More Press, 1904.

The Commemoration of King Charles the Martyr.
By Vernon Staley

"King Charles the Martyr" from Musings over the "Christian year" and "Lyra innocentium,"
By Charlotte Yonge.

Charles I
By W. H. Hutton
From S.L. Ollard and Gordon Crosse, eds. A Dictionary of English Church History
London: Mowbray and Co., Ltd, 1912, pages 105-107.

King Charles's Memory
By Frederick S. Arnold.
From American Church Quarterly volume 35, 1934.

King Charles the Martyr.
London: The Westminster Press, no date.


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