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Unrolling History: Conserving the 1611 Royal Charter

The Charterhouse archive is stored and made accessible to the public at The London Archives in Islington. It covers an impressive...

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Object of the Month November 2016
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21st October 2016

Object of the Month November 2016

Faith, Hope and Charity plaster panel, c.1625 This plaster overmantel panel was installed in the Master’s rooms in the 1620s. The figures represent three virtues: Faith in her armour; Hope with a bird...

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The Home of Thomas Sutton
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15th April 2016

The Home of Thomas Sutton

Thomas Sutton, who founded the Charterhouse in 1611, lived for a period in Balsham, Cambridgeshire. His house was most likely “Nine Chimneys” (pictured above), which is rumoured to have been built...

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The Charterhouse
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10th April 2016

A Brother at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp

Pictures from camp life: R. Boulger, who later became a Brother of the Charterhouse, handing out “dibs” at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp in 1918. The above pencil-sketch was found in the Old Charterhouse...

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Sketches of the Charterhouse (1939)
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15th December 2015

Sketches of the Charterhouse (1939)

This post is devoted to series of sketches made in 1939. They were found in the Old Charterhouse Scrapbook, our archive of press clipping and images, and can be credited to two former Brothers of the...

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