Brian Duppa
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Brian Duppa was an English bishop, chaplain to the royal family, Royalist and adviser to Charles I of England.
A contemporary portrait of Bishop Duppa
William Laud
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William Laud was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in
Brian Duppa
…his patron helped him become Dean of Christ Church. He was chaplain to Charles I from 1634, and tutor to his two sons. He was regarded as a follower of William Laud. He was involved in the approval by Charles I of the manuscript of Eikon Basilike, reading it to the King in Carisbrooke Castle. Duppa was made Bishop…
Portrait by Anthony van Dyck c. 1636
Stained glass windows in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral, depicting Henry IV, Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer and Archbishop Laud
Altar, c. 1635, the centre of dispute between Puritans and Laudians, possibly consecrated by Laud himself, in St Peter's Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton.
Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar showing Laud being tried for treason in the House of Lords, with several people present labelled