THE MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG THE KidsRuLe! GUIDE TO… MEMBERS! SHHHHH! Dress-up time Turn yourself CIVIL WAR into a Stuart SURVIVORS Find out why The castles that live cover star! Charles II hid in a tree! on to tell their tales KiNg on the run Learn about King Charles II’s great escape – and see if you can find him hiding in this issue! QUIZ TIME Find out if you’re a INTERVIEW Roundhead with master or Cavalier horseman William Cavendish And Me! • THE GUNPOWDER PLOT! • LOLS! INSIDE • MEGA POSTER! • THE PLAGUE! LOL! Why did Oliver Cromwell ban Christmas? He was always on the naughty SUPER list! STUARTS After the rule of the Welsh Tudors in England came the reign of the Scottish Stuarts – a time of great change (and that’s just who was sat on the throne!) fter all that happened James was so unpopular he was OVER under the Tudors, removed from power by his TO YOU England could have daughter Mary II and her Why was it done with a bit of husband William III. important that peace and quiet. But Queen Anne was the final England and what they got instead Stuart monarch, and she could Scotland were was war, the plague look back on 104 years of her and a great fire in family’s rule during which joined? London under the kings England gained land in India and and queens who followed them, called the newly discovered Americas and the Stuarts. the Caribbean, as well as leading the The Tudor queen Elizabeth I had no world in the arts and science during what children, so the crown passed to her was known as the Enlightenment. It was distant cousin, King James VI of Scotland, a time of great change for everyone, with who became James I of England, which the rich enjoying new fashions and grand united the two countries. The kingdom architecture – even their own riding didn’t stay united for long though. When schools (page 10) – as well as new goods James’s son Charles I sparked the English such as potatoes, tea, coffee and tobacco. Civil War – in which the Roundheads, who Life was still tough for the poor but supported parliament, clashed with the theatre was a popular entertainment. Cavaliers, who supported the king – there After the Great Fire of London were years of bloodshed and many in 1666 destroyed most of the castles were damaged (page 6). capital, houses started to be built from stone and brick OFF WITH HIS HEAD! instead of wood. Charles lost and had his head cut off, and his sons went into hiding (page 12). This I’m a king charles meant for 11 years there was no king, with spaniel! a man called Oliver Cromwell and then his son Richard ruling. Eventually, parliament invited Charles I’s eldest son to become King Charles II. He was followed by his brother James II. But Timeline of 1603 1605 1625 1642 1649 the Stuarts James I becomes Catholic Guy Fawkes The crown passes English Civil War. Charles I is The key events during the first Stuart king. attempts to blow to Charles I. His The Roundheads executed and the hundred year reign He’s Scottish, unlike up the Houses of reign is marked by and Cavaliers England has no of the Stuart monarchs the Tudors who Parliament to kill religious and fight to see who king or queen for descended from the king in the political strife that will control the first time in Welsh Henry VII Gunpowder Plot leads to civil war England over 800 years 02 Bring THIS ISSUE TO LIFE! Look for the Blippar logo to discover extra cool stuff through a smartphone camera. Here’s how… A day in the life… 4 Meet Oliver at Audley End House Ask a Launch 1 grown-up 3 Blippar to download the and fill the screen Civil War survivors Blippar app to a with the page you 6 The castles that lived on to tell their tales phone or tablet wish to Blip Stuart town poster SUPER 8 The next part of your mega timeline! Look out Watch the 2 for this 4 page come symbol on pages to life, giving you Bolsover Castle guide that have access to extra 10 How the castle became a rider’s retreat Blippable content cool stuff! Interview 11 Meet master horseman William Cavendish Boscobel and the Royal Oak 12 Learn about Charles II’s great escape WIN Look inside… Win a cool goody bag! 13 Stokesay Castle gatehouse Quiz time Design your own Stuart newspaper cover 14 Are you a Roundhead or a Cavalier? and send us a photo for your chance to win! Newspapers became popular during the Stuart brainteasers 15 More Stuart-themed fun and games reign of the Stuarts, especially during the time of the Civil War. We would like you to have a go at Dress up time designing your own newspaper 16 Become a Stuart cover star! front page with the biggest headlines and stories from the This magazine is published on behalf of Stuart era. We’ve got a goody English Heritage by Immediate Media Co. bag from the English Heritage www.immediate.co.uk shop worth £100 to give away For English Heritage Luke Whitcomb, Johanna Lovesey, Tom Dennis, to the reader who designs the Tersia Boorer, Tony Dike, Rebecca Thompson best cover. To find out how For Immediate Media Co to enter, go to www.english- Group editor Matt Havercroft Senior art editor heritage.org.uk/kids and Sam Freeman Art editor Elaine Knight-Roberts Group production editor Oliver Hurley Account follow the instructions. director Helen Johnston Account manager Joanne Robinson Senior account executive Georgina Terms and conditions The closing date and time for entries is midnight on 14 March 2019. Luton Director Julie Williams Editorial director The promoter is English Heritage. If you are under 13 you need permission from your parent/ Dan Linstead Design director Will Slater guardian before entering the competition. One winner will receive a goody bag from our online shop worth £100. All entries submitted may be featured on the English Heritage website, social media Contributors Andrew Hann, Jeremy Ashbee, Richard Nevell, channels and in printed publications. If you do not consent to your entry being published, state this Megan Leyland, Adam Rees when sending in your entry. For full terms and conditions go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/kids. Illustration Wesley Robins 200452 1650 1660 1665 1666 1688 1707 Oliver Cromwell Charles II, who London is hit hard A fire in a bakery James II is England, Wales and parliament had avoided by an outbreak of gets out of control overthrown and and Scotland rule England. They capture by hiding the Great Plague, and destroys most followed by his came together are so mean they in a tree, returns which results in of the city in The daughter, Mary under Stuart rule ban the theatre from France to as many as Great Fire of and her husband, to form the and Christmas! become king 100,000 victims London William III United Kingdom 03 A day in the life… His chores aren’t done yet as he has to Meet Oliver, who works for the search for wild partridge eggs in the fields. huntsman at Audley End House, a huge mansion in Essex, in 1680 I can only take You lot a few – the get looked master needs after like grown birds for kings! the Lord to hunt Oliver is up at the crack of dawn to head down to the kennels to feed the hounds. Oliver is only nine, so he has a lot to The huntsman and gamekeeper Oi, Ollie, we learn from the gamekeeper, Godfrey. look after deer and birds so they don’t play a can be hunted and shot. Oliver game, we look helps to find the deer while after it! seeing if he can spot any signs of I’m not poachers who might steal them. afraid of poachers… … ok, maybe a little Eurgh, I hope I don’t get the Plague! Rats, birds of prey and foxes are killed so they don’t eat the birds and their eggs. Oliver finds some dead rats in a trap set by Godfrey. It’s harvest time, so Oliver helps gather in the fruit As they head back to the house, Oliver is grabbed by from the orchard with his friend – they can’t resist Godfrey who has something important to tell him. having a bite. Mmmm, We have to these Oi! find a big deer apples are stop that for the king. delicious! you two! He wants some sport! Audley End is owned by King Charles II. He likes to go to the horse races at Newmarket, not far away, but this weekend he has come to Audley End to hunt with some of his courtiers. By Charlie, it’s the king! The house is surrounded by parkland and fields where the deer live. Oliver has to help the huntsman find a big deer using a hound to pick up the scent and flush it out. Come out, come out, wherever you are… Phew! I hope I get to try some after today! A deer springs from the trees. It is chased and hunted down by dogs and the hunters on horses. Oliver must help carry it back for the evening feast. Follow in Oliver’s footsteps by planning a visit to Audley End at www.english-heritage.org.uk/audleyend civilwar Duringsurvivors the English Civil War many of our castles were ruined by the conflict or slighted by parliamentarian or royalist soldiers.