Life in a Revolutionary Decade in Britain (1649-1660)
Gresham College Lectures
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John Bradshaw - A History of the High Court
John Bradshaw was president of the High Court convened to try Charles I. He had trained as a lawyer in London and then returned to his native Cheshire. A second son, he established his own base in Congleton where he rose to become mayor. In this position that catastrophe hit when plague overtook town in 1641. It took two years for Congleton to be free of plague, and when it finally was, Bradshaw packed his bags and made for London. His religious views aligned with many who criticised Charles I. The man he came to regard as more cruel than Nero.
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