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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I
… relative to the ownership of the manor of Sherborne, co. Gloucester, held by the defendant, but claimed for the … Gen. Hobart, relative to Burchame's and other lands, co. Gloucester, held by him as part of the manor of St. … of Att. Gen. Hobart, relative to Rywardine Closes, co. Gloucester, held by him, but claimed for the Crown, as …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… of houses in Buckinghamshire, is now Bishop elect of Gloucester. They have had marvellous wet but seasonable …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… of foot, raised early in 1643, and was paid £30 at Gloucester on 1 June 1643. By 11 Aug. 1643 he had defected to the royalists and was serving in the army attacking Gloucester. References: Peachey and Turton, Fall of the West, … and complaining of the failure of Edward Massey from Gloucester to send any troops and of John Fox from Edgbaston …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… was first lieutenant, and by 20 Dec. 1642, captain of Gloucester’s city troop of horse. On 20 Dec. he took a party … heavy damage first. In Nov. 1643 the royalists besieging Gloucester, through an old friend, Edward Stanford, attempted … army attacked Ledbury. In June 1645 Massey wrote to the Gloucester authorities commending Backhouse’s widow and …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Tewkesbury. Captain. Captain of a Tewkesbury force paid at Gloucester, 26 Feb.-4 Apr. 1643, possibly the force (or part … formed the core of Edward Massey’s garrison and army at Gloucester. References: Peachey and Turton, War in the West, … formed the core of Edward Massey’s garrison and army at Gloucester. References: Peachey and Turton, War in the West, …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… in July 1643. He was with Essex in the relief of Gloucester and the first battle of Newbury. He and his … Sergeant-Major Davidson was put in charge of training the Gloucester soldiers. In early July, by when he had risen to … Fiennes to counter-attack and opposed a parley. He went to Gloucester for the siege, and returned there again after a …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… Captain. Lieutenant of foot under Thomas Morgan at Gloucester, holding that rank when he took part in the … delinquent Sir Richard Ducie). He bought crown lands in Gloucester, and in Staffordshire, Hertfordshire, … and Buckinghamshire. He was made a freeman of Gloucester, and acted as an agent for recovery of war losses …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… a royalist attempt to bribe him. The regiment fell back on Gloucester later that month, and became the professional … to the Commons asking for men and money. He returned to Gloucester in Mar. 1644, by now promoted lieutenant-colonel, … a loyal supporter of the restored regime, in 1661 going to Gloucester to prevent a feared ‘fanatick’ plot to burn the …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… The regiment became the professional regiment garrisoning Gloucester at the end of 1642. He fought with distinction at the siege of Gloucester, leading sallies out on 12 and 18 Aug. 1643. Gray … submit by the Committee of Both Kingdoms. In Aug., as the Gloucester garrison was preparing for an attack on the …
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers
… John John Halford Chaplain to Colonel Henry Stephens’s Gloucester regiment of foot; he continued in this position … Lifeguard, in which capacity he took part in the relief of Gloucester and the first battle of Newbury. In 1644 he became … in 1645-6, serving for a time as governor of Exeter and of Gloucester. He broadly supported the army in its quarrel with …