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They are purported to have been written by Charles I (1600-1649) to his wife Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) on the window of his prison at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, where he was detained in 1646. There is, however, no evidence to support this supposed provenance. The glass  is hand blown and extremely thin, qualities compatible with a 17th-century date.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Charles I ruled Britain and Ireland from 1625 to 1649. He had an authoritarian conviction that he ruled by 'divine right' and was answerable only to God. This rendered him incapable of coming to terms with Parliament's demands for increased powers. In 1642 these quarrels culminated in the declaration of war against the Parliamentarians. Despite initial success in the Civil War, the Royalists were eventually defeated by Oliver  Cromwell's New Model Army. In 164, Charles was captured. Charged with 'crimes against the realm of England', he was beheaded on 30 January 1649 at Whitehall, London.<br><br>Charles married Henrietta Maria, the sister of Louis XIII of France (ruled 1610-1643), in 1625. It was not until the assassination of the King's court favourite - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham - three years later, in 1628, that he seems to have developed any real love for his wife. Thereafter, he came to value the Queen's counsel in state affairs very highly. If genuine, the inscriptions on these windows certainly testify to their devotion to one another.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Glass, with diamond-engraved inscriptions","categories":[{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM6590"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"},{"current":{"text":"58C (VA)","id":"THES49235"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"27"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}],[{"text":"quarry","id":"AAT3134"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1646","earliest":"1641-01-01","latest":"1650-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"46","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"unframed, mounted","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"30.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"unframed, mounted","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 01/12/1999 by DW\n\nframed dims provided by DA August 2001\n'Measured by KB' parts 2-9 refers to display dimensions only","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought at Christie's, St. James for 300 pounds and 30 pence (RF 75/3248).\n\nReputed to have been inscribed by Charles I (1600-1649) while imprisioned at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight,  in 1646 Made in England.\r\nInscriptions are as follows:\r\n1) For having long awandered and looked round about me there is nothing in this world pleasant without thee\r\n2) When this you see, remember me, who lives to love no-one but thee\r\n3) Remember that Christ Jesus shall thoughts, words and deeds to judgement call\r\n4) My love to you shal always be love\r\n5) JME Yours and only yours till death separates CR\r\n6) My hope on Christ is fixed sure, who wounded was my wounds to cure\r\n7) Christ's life must be a rule to thee if Christ's disciple thon wnd be\r\n8) Take up thy cross do but endure to overcome thou shalt be sure\r\n9) By love cleave just to God above, for nought on earth deserves the love","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Clear glass engraved with inscriptions","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"C&G section Object Information File"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nWe do not know who scratched these impassioned lines onto glass quarries with a diamond, or why it was done.  He or she was clearly preoccupied with thoughts of love and mortality for the central panel reads 'I am yours and only yours till death separates'.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.142:1-1984","C.142:2-1984","C.142:3-1984","C.142:4-1984","C.142:5-1984","C.142:6-1984","C.142:7-1984","C.142:8-1984","C.142:9-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"142","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Quarry [1]","Quarry [2]","Quarry [3]","Quarry [4]","Quarry [5]","Quarry [6]","Quarry [7]","Quarry [8]","Quarry [9]"],"assets":["2019LR1524","2019LP7196","2019LP4825","2019LP4816","2019LP4813","2019LP4345","2019LP2509","2019LP1352","2019LR6410","2019LR5976","2019LU7915","2019LU4289","2019LU3102","2019LU1897","2019LV0317","2019LV6383","2019LV5783","2019LV5184","2019LV4921"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-05","recordCreationDate":"1999-03-16","availableToBook":false}}