Execution of Lord Strange
Slide 31 of [Chetham's Library Collection: miscellaneous slides awaiting sorting -- box 17] (set type unknown: privately made, 42 slides, n.d.)
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DERBY, 7th Earl of (1607-1651)
see also slide 447 of [Chetham's Library Collection: miscellaneous slides awaiting sorting -- box 4] (set type unknown: manufacturer unknown, 32 slides, n.d.)
The title is handwritten on the top edge of the slide.
The execution shown is that of the 7th Earl of Derby (formerly known as Lord Strange), a royalist supporter convicted of treason in the English Civil War and beheaded at Bolton on 15 October 1651.
Example in Chetham's Library, Manchester, item 17.45
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