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This profligate poet and preacher rose to become dean of St Paul's Cathedral
His poetry ranged from love poems to metaphysical themes
One of his famous poems is 'No man is an island'
06 December, 1648
Pride's Purge
Colonel Thomas Pride rids the House of Commons of royalist dissidents, freeing the way for the trial of Charles I
This sickly monarch died at the age of 16, leaving the throne to his elder sister
His father was Henry VIII
His successor was Jane Grey