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The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… been in command of the (largely militia) forces besieging Pontefract castle for three or four months. He then protested … Pride’s Purge, 211-2; R. Holmes, ed., The Sieges of Pontefract Castle, 1644-1648 (Pontefract, 1887), 185-7, 190, 204-5, 303, 312-3; Cholmley, …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… and became governor of Tickhill Castle. He died at Pontefract during the siege of 1645 and was buried on 9 May. …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… 1645, still a lieutenant-colonel, he was at the siege of Pontefract and acted as a negotiator for the surrender. From … and took part in operations around Leeds, Wakefield and Pontefract during the opening months of 1643. Although he was … 1644) of Thornton in Lonsdale, the royalist governor of Pontefract. In Nov. 1642 Captain William Forbes joined Lord …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Ridings, 1663-80, and counsel for York corporation. MP for Pontefract in 1659, and for York in the three Exclusion …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Nov. 1644). In 1645 he was at the sieges of Bolton Castle, Pontefract and Scarborough. Lascelles was a member of every … his military career, taking part in the second siege of Pontefract. He was appointed a judge for the king’s trial in … was the Lieutenant-Colonel Lee who was active at siege of Pontefract in 1645 and captured on 13 Mar. He probably served …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Mauleverer commanded a regiment of foot at the siege of Pontefract. The regiment remained in being after the castle’s … He was at the siege of York and Marston Moor, and at Pontefract on 1 March 1645, when he held Ferrybridge long … South Kirkby parish or Esthagh, South Elmshall, near Pontefract, Yorkshire (W. Riding), eldest son of Matthias …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… going on (after perhaps garrisoning York) to the siege of Pontefract. Norcliffe did not go with his regiment into …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Moor in 1644. In 1645 he was appointed deputy governor of Pontefract, in which capacity he led the attack on and …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… York and at Marston Moor and, that winter, at the siege of Pontefract. His regiment was reduced on 23 June 1645 and …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Fairfax at Colchester and was then sent north to besiege Pontefract Castle, leading to his murder by royalists in …