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Palace of Westminster

  • Gunpowder PlotOn the 24th of March 1603, a proclamation from Robert Cecil announced the succession of King James VI of Scotland to the English throne.
  • Palace of WestminsterThe site of the Palace of Westminster has been a center of power since the reign of Cnut, who ruled England from 1016 to 1035.
  • Star ChamberThe first written reference to the Star Chamber appears in 1398 as the Sterred chambre. A more common form of the name emerged in 1422 as le Sterne-chamere.