A historic document signed by King Charles II, which helped complete the restoration of the British monarchy after the English Civil War, is up for auction.
Known as"The Declaration of Breda," the document was drafted by Charles II and his closest councilors in April 1660 to set out the terms under which he would take the throne after years in exile following the English Civil War and his father's execution, a statement released by auction house Sotheby's said.
The declaration has a reconciliatory tone, laying out Charles II's preferences for pardoning many of the crimes committed during the Civil War, freedom of religion, and payment of arrears to the army."It's this idea that he will rule within the law. He's not claiming quite the same divine right that his father did ... This is a King who is not forcing his way back by military power. It is a King who is coming back because he's managed to build a consensus.
Montagu's secretary, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys, read aloud the declaration at a meeting of the fleet and later described this in his diary entry from May 3 1660."Not one man seemed to say no to it, though I am confident many in their hearts were against it," Pepys wrote."After this was done, I went to the Quarter-deck with my Lord and the commanders, and there read both the papers and the vote ...
"One of the most dramatic changes in British constitutional history had been accomplished in a matter of weeks and without significant bloodshed," Sotheby's added.
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