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Foreign News
July 10, 1817
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A fire destroyed Oliver Cromwell's former palace in Clerkenwell-close, London, the site where Cromwell signed King Charles I's death warrant. Reported in Belfast Chronicle of May 7, 1800s context.
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By the ship Foster, Capt. Moran, we have received the Belfast Chronicle of May 7th. from which we copy the following.—N. Y. Er. Post.
"Oliver Cromwell's palace.—This place of residence, to which so much importance is attached in the pages of English History, was burnt to the ground on Wednesday se'nnight, in Clerkenwell-close. The fire commenced at "the Upper's house;" which, after having undergone a variety of transformations, had at length become the humble dwelling of a picture-frame maker. It was in this house that the death warrant of king Charles I. was signed by Cromwell."
"Oliver Cromwell's palace.—This place of residence, to which so much importance is attached in the pages of English History, was burnt to the ground on Wednesday se'nnight, in Clerkenwell-close. The fire commenced at "the Upper's house;" which, after having undergone a variety of transformations, had at length become the humble dwelling of a picture-frame maker. It was in this house that the death warrant of king Charles I. was signed by Cromwell."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Oliver Cromwell Palace
Clerkenwell Fire
Charles I Death Warrant
What entities or persons were involved?
Oliver Cromwell
King Charles I
Where did it happen?
Clerkenwell Close
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Clerkenwell Close
Event Date
Wednesday Se'nnight
Key Persons
Oliver Cromwell
King Charles I
Outcome
burnt to the ground
Event Details
The fire commenced at the Upper's house, formerly Oliver Cromwell's palace and the site where the death warrant of King Charles I was signed, now a picture-frame maker's dwelling, and destroyed the building.