John Milton
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John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and polit
Blue plaque on 1 Bread Street, London, commemorating Milton's birthplace
Portrait of Milton at age 10 in Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, painted by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
Commemorative blue plaque 'John Milton lived here 1632–1638' at Berkyn Manor Farm, Horton, Berkshire
Henry Vane the Younger
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Sir Henry Vane, often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was an English politician and colonial administrator. He was briefly present in North Ame
Portrait by Gerard Soest, 1637
Sir Henry Vane the Elder, portrait by Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt
A 1901 artist’s impression of the trial of Anne Hutchinson.
Engraving by Wenceslas Hollar depicting the trial of the Earl of Strafford