Henry Rolle

1 portrait of Abraham Hertochs (Hertocks)

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Henry Rolle

by Abraham Hertochs (Hertocks)
line engraving, circa 1668
7 3/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (186 mm x 150 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D42963

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  • Henry Rolle (1589?-1656), Judge. Sitter in 5 portraits.

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An illicit affair between George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and beauty, Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury, leads to a notorious duel during which Villiers mortally wounds Shrewsbury's husband, Francis Talbot.
William Penn, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania, is imprisoned after producing pamphlets advocating Quakerism.

Art and science

Writer, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle republishes her science fiction work, The Description of a New World, called the Blazing-World, as a separate edition, originally published as an appendix to her Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, (1666).
Poet John Dryden is appointed poet laureate.

International

Diplomat and writer, Sir William Temple, negotiates the Triple Alliance between England, Holland and Sweden to protect the Spanish Netherlands from French expansion during the War of Devolution. The union ultimately forces Louis XIV to sign the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and retreat from the Habsburg-controlled Netherlands.

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Richard Stacey

26 July 2018, 11:15

This is Sir Henry Rolle, who was Lord Chief Justice in Cromwell's "reign" only accepting this position on the condition that Cromwell agreed not to substantially change the laws of England. As a senior law officer to Charles 2nd he refused to take part in his trial and to sign his death warrant. He was also an MP and was opposed to The Duke of Buckingham's influence over Charles. He was involved in several attempts at Buckingham's impeachment on which occasions Charles suspended Parliament! He was also a prolific legal author and several of his books survive and are in my possession. He lived in Shapwick House, Shapwick, Somerset and died in 1656 2 years after resigning his post. I purchased the house in 2006. The engraving appears as a frontispiece in his books - which were published posthumously. Do you know if any portraits exist from which the engraving could have been copied?