1649 February 7th. Charles Stuart was buried in private at night, inside the Henry VIII vault in St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle.The royal retainers Sir Thomas Herbert (1st.Baronet), Captain Anthony Mildmay (Courtier),
Sir Henry Firebrace (Courtier), William Levett Esq. (Courtier), and Abraham Dowcett (sometimes spelled Dow- sett) conveyed the King's body to Windsor. King Charles II, later planned an elaborate royal mausoleum, but it was never built.ten days after Charles I's execution, a memoir purporting to be written by the king appeared for sale, this book, the Eikon Basilike (Greek: the"Royal Portrait"), contained an apologia for royal policies, and it proved an effective piece of Royalist propaganda. William Levett Esq. (Courtier), Charles I's groom of the bed- chamber, who accompanied Charles I on the day of his execution, swore that he had personally witnessed the King writing the Eikon Basilike. John Cooke published the speech he would have delivered if Charles I had entered a plea, while Parliament commissioned John Milton to write a rejoinder, the Eikonoklastes ("The Icono- clast"), but the response made little headway against the pathos of the Royalist book. Following the death of the king, several works were written expressing the outrage of the people at such an act. The ability to execute a king, believed to be the spokesman of God, was a shock to the country. Several poems, such as Catherine Phillips' Upon the Double Murder of King Charles I express the depth of their outrage. In her poem, Catherine
Phillips describes the "double murder" of the king; execution of his life as well as execution of his dignity. By kill- ing a king, Catherine Phillips questioned the human race what they were capable of, how low they would sink.
Windsor Castle.The royal retainers Sir Thomas Herbert (1st.Baronet), Captain Anthony Mildmay (Courtier),
Sir Henry Firebrace (Courtier), William Levett Esq. (Courtier), and Abraham Dowcett (sometimes spelled Dow- sett) conveyed the King's body to Windsor. King Charles II, later planned an elaborate royal mausoleum, but it was never built.ten days after Charles I's execution, a memoir purporting to be written by the king appeared for sale, this book, the Eikon Basilike (Greek: the"Royal Portrait"), contained an apologia for royal policies, and it proved an effective piece of Royalist propaganda. William Levett Esq. (Courtier), Charles I's groom of the bed- chamber, who accompanied Charles I on the day of his execution, swore that he had personally witnessed the King writing the Eikon Basilike. John Cooke published the speech he would have delivered if Charles I had entered a plea, while Parliament commissioned John Milton to write a rejoinder, the Eikonoklastes ("The Icono- clast"), but the response made little headway against the pathos of the Royalist book. Following the death of the king, several works were written expressing the outrage of the people at such an act. The ability to execute a king, believed to be the spokesman of God, was a shock to the country. Several poems, such as Catherine Phillips' Upon the Double Murder of King Charles I express the depth of their outrage. In her poem, Catherine
Phillips describes the "double murder" of the king; execution of his life as well as execution of his dignity. By kill- ing a king, Catherine Phillips questioned the human race what they were capable of, how low they would sink.
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