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The history of this period is dominated by the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the restoration of his son to the throne. Some action was seen in Medway in June 1648, when a regiment of the Parliamentary army, under General Monk, advanced on the royalist forces which were holding Rochester. The subsequent fighting led to the withdrawal of the king’s soldiers. They broke down part of Rochester bridge as they went, to hinder any attempts at pursuit. In 1660, Charles II passed through Rochester on his way to London to restore the monarchy. The building in Crow Lane in which he stayed is now known as Restoration House. The city’s ceremonial mace, now on display in the Guildhall Museum, dates from that year. Rochester also has an Abdication House – a building in the High Street from which James II escaped into exile in 1688. It is now a bank. Related pages Resources The Dutch in the Medway by Philip George Rogers. Oxford University Press, 1970. The Dutch Raid, Samuel Pepys’ Account of the Dutch Raid on Medway 1667 with Additional Material by Peter Downton. City of Rochester Society, 1998.
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Prehistoric Medway
350,000 BC – 43AD Roman Medway
43 – 410 Anglo-Saxon Medway
410 – 1066 Medieval Medway
1066 – 1485 Tudor Medway
1485 – 1603 Medway in the 17th century
1603 – 1700 Georgian Medway
1714 – 1830 Victorian Medway
1837 – 1901 Medway in the 20th century
1901 – 2000 Medway in the 21st century
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