Under the blue flag

 Monmouth period fiction. There seems to be a lot of books aimed at the younger reader about the Rebellion around 1900. Not complaining though.

Today's anniversary

 From here

William III Landing at Brixham, Torbay, 5 November 1688

Jan Wyck (1645–1700)

National Maritime Museum

Prince William of Orange (as he then was) wears a buff coat, a gold-fringed red sash and the ribbon and Star of the Garter. The horse is wearing a blue shabracque, or blanket, with the Orange arms in gold, and stands looking towards Torbay. The portrait dominates an image showing William's landing in Torbay on 5 November 1688 with 14,000 troops for the invasion of England.

Pretenders 1972

I loved this. Had the novelisation. Big influence on my interest in the Monmouth episode. Filmed in Somerset. You can get this series on DVD but the quality is not brilliant.

 'Pretenders' premiered on 27th February 1972. The series was produced by HTV for the ITV network.

Burrow Mump Somerset

 Burrow Mump Taken by @usasjd 👌 Featured on the BBC West Instagram account.

 I went by this the other day. You can see it from Glastonbury Tor. Noticed on the Wikipedia entry about it it was occupied by Royal troops in 1685 - that would make a spectacular reenactment. Was also occupied by Royalists in the Civil War. 

Battles of Brentford and Turnham Green 1642

 The Battlefields Trust

Sunday 6th November 2022

Battles of Brentford and Turnham Green 1642

Join Charles Cordell and Simon Marsh to explore the battles and battlefields that saw the parliamentarians halt the royalist advance on London in November 1642.

For the Brentford walk meet at 10:30 at the Market Place in Brentford (TW8 8AH)

For the Turnham Green walk meet at 14:00 outside Turnham Green underground station (W4 1LR)

Each walk will last approximately 2 hours.

For contact information, and details of a John Hampden Society dinner on the evening of Saturday 6th November, please visit

https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/battlefields-events/

Sieges of Taunton 1644-5

 Interesting sieges in the Civil war. Wiki here

Taunton Castle

The Stuart Press do a good booklet on the sieges here

Robert Blake

Yesterday's trip to Taunton and Westonzoyland

 On the Monmouth Rebellion trail. Pics by my sister. The visitor's centre at Westonzoyland church is worth a visit if you are interested. Prisoners were confined there after the battle.

Taunton the town where Monmouth was crowned

Art in the Westonzoyland church which houses the centre. Prisoners were kept in the church after the battle