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The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Benson, - - Benson Captain of one of two companies sent by Barnstaple in Jan. 1643 to relieve Plymouth, and which fought … Peachey and Turton, Fall of the West, 3. 331, 333; Cotton, Barnstaple, 125. Armies: Devon Benson, Richard Richard Benson …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Peachey and Turton, Fall of the West, 4.439-40; Cotton, Barnstaple, 141, 152-8, 274; JHC, 3.570. Armies: Devon …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… 4.440-2, 3.360; Worth, History of Plymouth, 110-1; Cotton, Barnstaple, 155. Armies: Devon Gower, - - Gower From summer … his major-general, James Chudleigh, and fled the field to Barnstaple and then to Exeter). He was besieged in Exeter …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… 20 horse with him. A captain in the royalist garrison at Barnstaple, he was hanged in summer 1644 when the …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… John John Luttrell (1610-45) Of Santon Court, near Barnstaple, Devon. Colonel. Eldest son of John Luttrell … Wales to organize the rising against the royalists at Barnstaple as Essex’s army approached. The town rose on 26 or … of foot, probably the 374 men whom he commanded at Barnstaple, where he was appointed governor. On 15 July the …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… 1654, 1656, 1659 and in the Convention Parliament; MP for Barnstaple (23 Dec. 1667 until 24 June 1676, his death). …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… are several gentry families of this name in Devon (of Barnstaple and Tiverton, of Chagford and of Exeter); none …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… in summer 1649. For a time he served as governor of Barnstaple in Devon, later becoming long-serving governor of … 1642 Colonel Rolle was noted as one of the commanders at Barnstaple, and on 30 May 1643 he was one of the officers on …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… major-general of London, 1655-7. He was recruiter MP for Barnstaple from 1647, was a Protectoral councillor and sat in … of the senior officers sitting in the Council of War for Barnstaple, and possibly lieutenant-colonel of the Barnstaple Town Garrison regiment. References: Peachey and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… James) SWIMBRIDGE ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of South Molton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. E. by E.) from Barnstaple; containing 1746 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Barnstaple, and comprises about 6000 acres: there are two …