Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, shares the colourful Continental exploits of one of his recent research subjects, the 1st Lord Arundell of Wardour… English diplomacy in the early seventeenth century was a delicate business. The 1604 Treaty of London ended nearly two decades of war between England and Spain, but did not address the on-going conflict between Catholic Habsburg … Continue reading Lord Arundell of Wardour: How to cause a diplomatic incident with a false beard