Remembering King Charles the Martyr

Today is the 376th anniversary of the regicide of King Charles I in 1649.   

King Charles I during his trial in 1649

A portrait by Edward Bower circa 1650

Image: Baldwin.co.uk

The Society of King Charles the Martyr and the Royal Martyr Church Union, many High Anglican and Anglo-Catholic churches and foundations, as well as Civil War re-enactment groups will be holding services and commemoration ceremonies today and over this coming weekend.

Looking online I found on the Project Canterbury website the text of a booklet about the Royal Martyr and his cult published by SKCM, which appears to date from the 1930s. It can be read here