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Alured, John (bap. 1607, d. 1651), army officer and regicide  

David Scott

Alured, John (bap. 1607, d. 1651), army officer and regicide, was baptized in the parish of All Saints, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, on 4 April 1607, the eldest son of Henry Alured (c.1581–1628), gentleman landowner, and his wife, Frances (d. 1626)...

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Alured, Matthew (bap. 1615, d. 1694), parliamentarian army officer  

David Scott

Alured, Matthew (bap. 1615, d. 1694), parliamentarian army officer, was baptized at Sculcoates, Yorkshire, on 3 January 1615, the sixth son of Henry Alured (c.1581–1628) of the Charterhouse, near Hull, and his wife, Frances (d. 1626), daughter of Francis Vaughan...

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Andrewes, Eusebius (bap. 1606, d. 1650), royalist army officer  

J. T. Peacey

Andrewes, Eusebius (bap. 1606, d. 1650), royalist army officer, was born in Whitehorse Street, in the parish of St Dunstan-in-the-West, Stepney, Middlesex, where he was baptized on 20 December 1606, the eldest son of Eusebius Andrewes (c.1577–1628) of Edmonton, a Lincoln's Inn...

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Appleyard, Sir Matthew (bap. 1608, d. 1670), royalist army officer  

Andrew J. Hopper

Appleyard, Sir Matthew (bap. 1608, d. 1670), royalist army officer, was baptized on 28 December 1608 in the parish of Skeckling-with-Burstwick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the sixth son of Thomas Appleyard (b. 1581) of Burstwick Garth and East Halton, and his second wife, ...

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Apsley, Sir Allen (1616–1683), royalist army officer and politician  

Paul Seaward

Apsley, Sir Allen (1616–1683), royalist army officer and politician, was born on 28 August 1616, and baptized at All Hallows Barking, London, on 5 September, the first son of Sir Allen Apsley (1566/7–1630), victualler of the navy and lieutenant of the Tower of London...

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Armorer, Sir Nicholas (c. 1620–1686), royalist army officer, conspirator, and courtier  

Geoffrey Smith

Armorer, Sir Nicholas (c. 1620–1686), royalist army officer, conspirator, and courtier, was born at Belford, Northumberland, a younger son of Thomas Armorer (d. 1642), of Belford, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Robert Clavering of Callaly in the same county. Like his brother ...

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Arundel [Arundell], Richard, first Baron Arundell of Trerice (1616–1687), royalist army officer  

Stephen Wright

Arundel [Arundell], Richard, first Baron Arundell of Trerice (1616–1687), royalist army officer, was the second son of John Arundell (1576–1654x6) of Trerice, Cornwall, and Mary, daughter of George Cary of Clovelly. He was admitted as a student of Lincoln's Inn on 16 November 1633. Called to the bar on 18 November 1640, he kept his chambers at the inn until suspended for royalism in 1646. About 1645 he married ...

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Arundell, Henry, third Baron Arundell of Wardour (bap. 1608, d. 1694)  

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Henry Arundell, third Baron Arundell of Wardour (bap. 1608, d. 1694) attrib. John Michael Wright, 1660s [The Crucifixion with … Lord Arundell and his Wife, Cicely Compton, at the Foot of the Cross] Christie's Images Ltd. (2004)

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Arundell, Henry, third Baron Arundell of Wardour (bap. 1608, d. 1694), royalist army officer and politician  

Peter Sherlock

Arundell, Henry, third Baron Arundell of Wardour (bap. 1608, d. 1694), royalist army officer and politician, was baptized on 23 February 1608 at St Andrew's, Holborn, London. He was the only son of Thomas Arundell, second Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1586–1643) [...

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Arundell, Sir John (1576–1654x6), royalist army officer  

Anne Duffin

Arundell, Sir John (1576–1654x6), royalist army officer, was born on 22 November 1576, the eldest son and heir of John Arundell, esquire (d. 1580), of Trerice, Cornwall, and his wife, Gertrude Denys of Holcombe, Devon. Admitted to the Middle Temple on 8 May 1594, at an unknown date ...

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Arundell, Thomas, second Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1586–1643), royalist army officer  

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Astley, Jacob, first Baron Astley of Reading (1579–1652), royalist army officer  

Ian Roy

Astley, Jacob, first Baron Astley of Reading (1579–1652), royalist army officer, was the eighth child, and second surviving son, of Isaac Astley (c.1540–1598) of Melton Constable, Norfolk, and his wife, Mary Waldegrave (fl. 1579–1645), daughter of Edward Waldegrave of Lawford, Essex...

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Aston, Sir Arthur (1590x93–1649), royalist army officer  

Basil Morgan

Aston, Sir Arthur (1590x93–1649), royalist army officer, was the younger son of Sir Arthur Aston (d. 1627), soldier, of Fulham, Middlesex, who was killed on the expedition to the Île de Rhé, and his first wife, Christiana Ashton, daughter of John Ashton...

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Atkinson, Robert (d. 1664), parliamentarian army officer and conspirator  

Alan Marshall

Atkinson, Robert (d. 1664), parliamentarian army officer and conspirator, was born in Winton, Westmorland, of a local family. He later married and had children, but little is known of his private life. According to Sir Philip Musgrave, before the civil war Atkinson had been a yeoman farmer with lands worth some ...

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Axtell, Daniel (bap. 1622, d. 1660), parliamentarian army officer and regicide  

Alan Thomson

Axtell, Daniel (bap. 1622, d. 1660), parliamentarian army officer and regicide, was baptized on 26 May 1622 at Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, probably the son of William Axtell (d. 1638), chief burgess of the town, and his wife, Dorothy Symons (d. 1629)...

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Balfour, Sir William (d. 1660), parliamentarian army officer  

Edward M. Furgol

Balfour, Sir William (d. 1660), parliamentarian army officer, was the son of Colonel Henry Balfour (d. 1580), a member of the Balfour family of Pitcullo, Fife, and his wife, Christian Cant.

William Balfour followed his father's example by serving the Dutch in the ...

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Bard, Henry, first Viscount Bellomont [Bellamont] (1615/16–1656), royalist army officer and diplomat  

Basil Morgan

Bard, Henry, first Viscount Bellomont [Bellamont] (1615/16–1656), royalist army officer and diplomat, came of an old-established Lincolnshire family, and was the younger son of George Bard (d. 1616), vicar of Staines, Middlesex, and his wife, Susan, daughter of John Dudley. A scholar at ...

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Barkstead, John [created Sir John Barkstead under the protectorate] (d. 1662), major-general and regicide  

Christopher Durston

Barkstead, John [created Sir John Barkstead under the protectorate] (d. 1662), major-general and regicide, was probably the son of Michael Barkstead, a London goldsmith, and his wife, Anne, daughter of John Downing. His grandfather had lived at Lichfield in Staffordshire and his family was originally from ...

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Barriffe, William (1599/1600–1643), military writer and parliamentarian army officer  

Barbara Donagan

Barriffe, William (1599/1600–1643), military writer and parliamentarian army officer, was probably born in London, the son of William Barriffe, cordwainer in the city, and his wife, Florence, née Pope. On 14 January 1621 at St Gregory by Paul, London, he married Anne Rundell...

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Bassett [Basset], Sir Francis (1593?–1645), royalist army officer  

Anne Duffin

Bassett [Basset], Sir Francis (1593?–1645), royalist army officer, was the eldest son of James Bassett (1566–1603), esquire, of Tehidy, Cornwall, and his wife, Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Godolphin [see under Godolphin, Sir William] of Godolphin in the same county. ...