King died shielded by porter and nurse (6)
I believe the answer is:
cradle
'nurse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'king died shielded by porter' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'CR' (short for Carolus Rex, King Charles in Latin).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'shielded by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'porter' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'd' put within 'ale' is 'adle'.
'cr'+'adle'='CRADLE'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for cradle that I've seen before include "Baby's bed" , "Hold lovingly" , "situation far from grave" , "Hold tenderly" , "Hold gently and protectively" .)