In the previous entries we followed Charles II from his father’s execution to his entry into London on May 29, 1660 as His Majesty King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland.
So the question I asked at the start of the series is, when did Charles assume the title of “King?”
Let us examine the evidence.
The execution of Charles I was stayed until January 30, so that the House of Commons could pass an emergency act, the “Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King of England or Ireland, or the Dominions thereof”.
The purpose of the Act was to prevent the automatic succession of Charles’s son as King, or the proclamation of another person as King.
The Commons voted to abolish the House of Lords on February 6 and to abolish the monarchy on February 7; an act abolishing the kingship was formally passed by the…
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