Set of 6: The Gloucestershire Pagent

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Oilette VISIT of QUEEN ELIZABETH to SHERBORNE HOUSE. An 1574. Wette County He FLIGHT of QUEEn Margaret after the BATTLE of TEWKESBURY AD. 1471 Capture of CARACTACUS, Period, Reign of Claudius CÆSAR. AD. 42-54 Cilette அ WILLIAM II (Rufus) conferring the PRIMACY on ANSELM.AB.1093 Sythey Herbert SAXON SLAVE MARKET. The unveiling of Britis.AD 800. The SIEGE of GLOUCESTER A.D. 1643

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52 400 STERSHIRE PAGEANT 1908 Sherborne. On two separate occasions did Queen Elizabeth make a royal tour through the county of Gloucestershire. Travelling in great state, with an army of courtiers, retainers and servants, her progress through the county was one series of entertainments and rejoicings. Sudeley Castle (then the home of the powerful Baron Chandos of Sudeley) and Sherborne House (the residence of the Dutton family) are among other places associated with these festivities. "THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. OFFICIAL GLOUCEST By Appointment. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK "THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. OFFICIAL 51400 GLOUCEST OSTCARD ESTERSHIRE 1908 PAGEANT By Appointment. The Battle of Tewkesbury was one of the most event- ful episodes of the famous "Wars of the Roses." It was fought at Tewkesbury, on the banks of the Severn, on the 4th May, 1471, and the Lancastrian troops, hastily raised by Queen Margaret on her march through Dorset, Somer- set and Gloucester, were totally defeated by the Yorkists, under Edward IV. Both Margaret and her son were taken prisoners. The picture represents the flight of the Queen. Vide Shakespeare, III. Henry VI. Act 5. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK 57 400 PAGEANT 1908 Caractacus, or Caradoc, a son of Cunobelin, was a king of the Britons from A.D. 43-50. He conducted a spirited defence against the Roman invaders, but was finally compelled to seek refuge with the Brigantes, whose queen, Cartismandua, treacherously surrendered him to the Romans. He was taken to Rome and figured prominently in the "triumph of the victorious Emperor Claudius (A.D. 51). 99 "THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT." Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. OFFICIAL GLOUCESTER By Appointment. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK PAGEANT 1908 'THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT." Raphael Tuck & Sons "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. ART FUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. OFFICIAL GLOUCEST (57) 400 ESTERSHIRE Anselm was one of the most prominent figures in the ecclesiastical history of England during the 11th century. He was born at Aosta in Piedmont in 1033; became Prior of Bec in 1078. Lanfranc had meantime become Archbishop of Canterbury and died in 1089 After four years' lapse, during which William II. appropriated the revenues of the diocese, in a fit of remorse during a severe illness, the ki g virtually forced Anselm to accept the archiepiscopal staff, which he ably wielded until his death in 1109. By Appointment. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK 57) 400 "THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT." Raphael Tuck & Sons "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. UCESTERSHIRE OFFICIAL PAGEANT 1908 Saxon Slave Market. Although nominally illegal both before and after the Conquest, slavery and its accompanying brutalities were openly conducted in the western counties of England until it was discontinued and abolished by Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (1062 to 1095). Bristol was one of the chief centres of this trade, which was principally carried on with the adjacent Welsh peninsula. The picture shows the unveiling of Britis, a beautiful captive Welsh princess. By Appointment. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK (57) 400 PAGEANT 1908 The Siege of Gloucester was one of the most stirring episodes of the Great Rebellion of Charles I.'s reign. The King invested the city on August 10th, 1643, the citizens conducting a most spirited defence, until, in September, the approach of a well-appointed army of 14,00c men under the Earl of Essex, compelled the King to raise the siege, and release the citizens, who flocked out in great numbers to meet the relieving forces. This incident forms the basis of the sixth episode of the Pageant. "THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT. Raphael Tuck & Sons "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. OFFICIAL GLOUCESTERS By Appointment. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK