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Index to English Civil War Combatants

2nd Battle of Newbury
   &nbspGoring, Charles, 2nd Earl of No ( Oct 1644 )
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 1st and last ( 27 Oct 1644 ), where he was captured
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 5th Lord Wen ( 27 Oct 1644 )
    Count equals 3 individuals.

Batte of Edgehill
   &nbspHastings, Henry, 1st and last B ( 1642 ), where he led his own troop of horse
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Alford
   &nbspFarquharson, William, of Invere ( 2 Jul 1645 ), leading the Strathdu men, under the Marquess of Montrose
Gordon, George, Lord Gordon ( 2 Jul 1645 )
   &nbspLindsay, Alexander, 1st Earl of ( 2 Jul 1645 ), where he commanded a troop of horse, and was defeated
    Count equals 3 individuals.

Battle of Brentford
   &nbspRuthven, Patrick, 1st and last ( 15 Nov 1642 ), where he defeated the Parliamentarian forces
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Cheriton Down
   &nbspBard, Henry, 1st Viscount Bello, where he lost the use of an arm while distinguishing himself in the Royalist cause
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Cropredy Bridge
Boteler, William, 1st Bt. ( 29 Jun 1644 ), where he commanded the regiment he had raised for the King
   &nbspMordaunt, Henry, 2nd Earl of Pe
   &nbspPercy, Henry, 1st Baron Percy o ( Jun 1644 )
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 1st and last ( 29 Jun 1644 )
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 5th Lord Wen ( 29 Jun 1644 )
    Count equals 5 individuals.

Battle of Edgehill
   &nbspArundell, Richard, 1st Baron Ar, where he fought for the King
   &nbspAssheton, John ( Oct 1642 )
   &nbspAstley, Jacob, 1st Baron Astley, where he was wounded
   &nbspBelasyse, John, 1st Baron Belas
   &nbspBertie, Montagu, 2nd Earl of Li ( 1642 ), where he was captured ratherthan abandon his mortally wounded father
Bertie, Robert, 1st Earl of Lin ( 23 Oct 1642 )
   &nbspBertie, Robert, 1st Earl of Lin ( 23 Oct 1642 )
   &nbspByron, John, 1st Baron Byron of ( 1642 ), where he commanded the Royalist reserve
   &nbspByron, Richard, 2nd Baron Byron, as a ‘Valiant Colonel’
   &nbspCompton, Charles ( 1642 )
Compton, Spencer, 2nd Earl of N ( 1642 )
   &nbspFiennes, Nathaniel ( 1642 ), for Parliament
   &nbspGreville, Robert, 2nd Baron Bro ( 22 Oct 1642 ), for the Parliamentarians
   &nbspHoward, Henry Frederick, 22nd E ( Oct 1642 )
   &nbspLake, Edward, 1st and last Bt. ( 1642 ), where he received 16 wounds
Lewthwaite, John ( 1642 )
   &nbspLindsay, Ludovic, 16th Earl of ( 23 Oct 1642 )
   &nbspLong, Walter, 1st Bt. ( 23 Oct 1642 ), where he was wounded
   &nbspRussell, William, 1st Duke of B ( 23 Oct 1642 ), for the Parliamentarians
   &nbspRuthven, Patrick, 1st and last ( Oct 1642 ), where he had the chief command
Sandys, Richard ( 23 Oct 1642 )
   &nbspSpencer, Henry, 1st Earl of Sun ( 23 Oct 1642 )
St. John, Oliver, 5th Baron Sai ( 23 Oct 1642 ), fighting for the Parliamentarians, and was taken prisoner
Stuart, George, 9th Seigneur d’ ( 23 Oct 1642 )
Verney, Edmund ( 23 Oct 1642 )
   &nbspWharton, Philip, 4th Baron Whar ( 1642 ), as a Parliamentarian
    Count equals 26 individuals.

Battle of Gainsborough
   &nbspCholmley, Hugh, 1st Bt. ( 1643 ), with the Parliamentarians
Poyntz, Newdigate, for the King
    Count equals 2 individuals.

Battle of Highnam
   &nbspSomerset, Edward, 2nd Marquess ( 24 Mar 1643 ), where he was defeated by Waller, after an unsuccesful siege of Gloucester
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Malton
   &nbspCholmley, Hugh, 1st Bt. ( 1643 ), with the Parliamentarians
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Nantwich
   &nbspAston, Thomas, 1st Bt. ( 28 Jan 1642 ), where he was defeated by the Parliamentary General, Sir William Brereton, and was captured
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Naseby
   &nbspBelasyse, John, 1st Baron Belas
   &nbspBertie, Montagu, 2nd Earl of Li ( 1645 ), where he was wounded
Browne, Peter ( 14 Jun 1645 ), in the service of King Charles I
Bruce, Robert, 2nd of Kinnaird ( 14 Jun 1645 )
Cave, Richard ( 1645 )
   &nbspChester, Anthony, 2nd Bt., commanding a troop of horse for the Royalists
   &nbspDalzell, Robert, 1st Earl of Ca ( 14 Jun 1645 )
   &nbspFairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairf ( 14 Jun 1645 )
   &nbspFiennes, John ( 1645 )
   &nbspGurdon, Brampton ( 14 Jun 1645 )
   &nbspLockwood, John, for King Charles I, where he was wounded
   &nbspMaunsell, John, where he was severely wounded
   &nbspO’Neale, Daniel
   &nbspOsborne, Henry ( 1645 )
   &nbspPortman, William, 5th Bt. ( 1645 ), where he was taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians
   &nbspRich, Nathaniel, for the Parliamentarians
   &nbspRumbould, Thomas ( 1645 ), where he was captured
   &nbspRumbould, William ( 1645 )
   &nbspStuart, James, 4th Duke of Lenn ( 1645 )
   &nbspWindsor, Thomas Windsor, 1st Ea ( 1645 )
    Count equals 20 individuals.

Battle of Newbury
   &nbspBelasyse, John, 1st Baron Belas
Brooke, William ( 20 Sep 1643 )
Cary, Lucius, 2nd Viscount of F ( 20 Sep 1643 )
   &nbspDormer, Robert, 1st Earl of Car ( 20 Sep 1643 )
FitzMaurice, Richard ( 1644 )
   &nbspLindsay, Ludovic, 16th Earl of ( 20 Sep 1643 )
   &nbspMordaunt, Henry, 2nd Earl of Pe, where he was wounded
   &nbspRussell, William, 1st Duke of B ( 20 Sep 1643 ), for the Royalists
   &nbspSpencer, Henry, 1st Earl of Sun ( 20 Sep 1643 )
St. Leger, William ( 1644 )
    Count equals 10 individuals.

Battle of Oswestry
   &nbspNewport, Francis, 1st Earl of B ( 29 Jun 1644 ), where he fought on the King’s side, and was taken prisoner
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Philiphaugh
   &nbspAgnew, James ( 1645 ), for which he was thanked by Parliament
   &nbspDrummond, James, 3rd Earl of Pe ( 1645 ), where he fought for the Royalists, and was captured
   &nbspErskine, John, 21st/4th Earl of ( 1645 )
   &nbspJohnstone, James, 1st Earl of H ( 1645 )
   &nbspMacdonald, Donald ( 1645 ), (royalist defeat in Civil War)
   &nbspMurray, William ( 13 Sep 1645 )
   &nbspOgilvy, Alexander ( 13 Sep 1645 ), where he was captured
   &nbspOgilvy, James, 2nd Earl of Airl ( 13 Sep 1645 ), where he served under Montrose, and was defeated and captured
   &nbspRollo, William ( 13 Sep 1645 ), where he was captured
   &nbspSeton, George, Lord Seton ( 1645 ), where he was captured by the Parliamentarians
    Count equals 10 individuals.

Battle of Stratton
Arundell, Thomas, 2nd Baron Aru ( 16 May 1643 ), where he was mortally wounded
    Count equals 1 individual.

Battle of Worcester
   &nbspAnstruther, Philip ( 1651 ), where he was captured by Cromwell’s forces, fined and his estates sequestered until the restoration
   &nbspArmstrong, Edmund ( 1651 ), and taken prisoner
   &nbspBrown, John, where he was wounded, and afterwards fled to Ireland
   &nbspCampbell, Archibald, 9th Earl o ( 3 Sep 1651 ), on behalf of King Charles II
   &nbspDalyell, Thomas, of the Binns ( 1651 ), where he was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London
   &nbspDalzell, Gavin, 2nd Earl of Car ( 3 Sep 1651 ), on the King’s side, and was taken prisoner, being held for many years
   &nbspDalzell, John ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was taken prisoner
   &nbspDalzell, Robert, 1st Earl of Ca ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was taken prisoner, and committed to the Tower
   &nbspDouglas, James, 1st Lord Mordin ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was captured by the Parliamentarians
   &nbspDrummond, William, 1st Viscount ( 1651 ), where he was captured by the Parliamentarians and imprisoned
   &nbspErskine, Alexander, 3rd Earl of ( 1651 ), where he was captured by Cromwell’s forces
Farquharson, Finlay, 2nd of Riv ( 3 Sep 1651 )
   &nbspFraser, Alexander, 11th Lord Sa ( 3 Sep 1651 ), for King Charles II
   &nbspGoffe, William ( 3 Sep 1651 )
Hamilton, William, 2nd Duke of ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was mortally wounded
   &nbspJackson, Anthony
   &nbspKeith, George, 7th Earl Marisch ( 1651 )
   &nbspLegge, William ( 1651 ), where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He escaped from Coventry gaol in his wife’s clothes
   &nbspLeslie, John, 1st Duke of Rothe ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was captured by the English
   &nbspLindsay, Patrick, 3rd of Wormis ( 1651 ), where he was captured by Crowmell’s troops
   &nbspLivingston, James, 1st Earl of ( 3 Sep 1651 ), following which he fled to Paris
MacLeod, Alexander, 1st of Glen ( 1651 )
   &nbspMackenzie, Kenneth, 3rd Earl of ( 1651 ), as a Royalist
Macnab, John ‘Dow’ ( 1651 ), where he led 300 men
   &nbspMacneil, Neil ‘Og’, 16th of Bar ( 1651 ), as a ‘Colonell of Horsse’ in the royalist army
   &nbspMaitland, John, 1st and last Du ( 1651 ), where he was captured by the English
   &nbspMolyneux, Richard, 2nd Viscount ( 3 Sep 1651 )
   &nbspMontgomerie, Robert ( 1651 )
Musgrave, Edward ( 3 Sep 1651 )
   &nbspMusgrave, Philip, 2nd Bt. ( 1651 )
   &nbspOgilvy, George, 2nd Lord Banff, for King Charles II
   &nbspPakington, John, 2nd Bt. ( 1651 ), where he was captured by Cromwellian troops), fined again, this time £7,670 and forced to alienate part of his Aylesbury property (later annulled at the restoration)
   &nbspPayne, Ralph ( 1651 )
   &nbspPoyntz, Hugh ( 17 Jul 1216 ), where he was captured
   &nbspRoss, David, 12th of Balnagowan ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London
Sandys, Edwin ( Sep 1651 )
   &nbspSinclair, John, 9th Lord Sincla ( 3 Sep 1651 ), he was captured by Cromwell’s forces and held prisoner
   &nbspStewart, Archibald, of Burray, ( 1651 ), where he was captured
   &nbspStewart, Charles
Swinton, James ( 1651 )
   &nbspSwinton, John, 23rd of that Ilk ( 1651 ), where he was taken prisoner
   &nbspTalbot, Francis, 11th Earl of S ( 1651 )
   &nbspVilliers, George, 2nd Duke of B ( 3 Sep 1651 )
Ward, Charles ( 1651 )
   &nbspWashbourne, John, where he was taken prisoner
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 1st and last ( 1651 ), when he was again taken prisoner
   &nbspWentworth, Thomas, 5th Lord Wen ( 1651 )
   &nbspWhitford, David ( 3 Sep 1651 ), where he was taken prisoner
    Count equals 48 individuals.

Battle of the Dunes
   &nbspStuart, James II, King of Great ( 3 Jun 1658 ), where he earned distinction by twice charging home against the Cromwellian infantry, but could not break them
    Count equals 1 individual.

English Civil War
Bagenal, George
   &nbspBagenal, Henry
   &nbspBagenal, Thomas
   &nbspBagenal, Walter
Bowyer, Henry, as a Royalist
   &nbspBrabazon, Edward, 2nd Earl of M, as a Royalist
   &nbspBradshaigh, Roger, 1st Bt., for the King
   &nbspBright, John, 1st and last Bt., against the King
   &nbspBulkeley, Richard ( 1646 ), where he held Beaumaris Castle for the king
   &nbspBurton, Thomas, 2nd Bt., where he distinguished himself on the part of the King
Byron, Philip
   &nbspByron, Robert
   &nbspCadogan, William, defending Trim Castle, County Meath
   &nbspCameron, Ewen, of Lochiel, 17th, as a Royalist
   &nbspCapell, Arthur, 1st Baron Capel, in the Royal cause, especially against Sir William Brereton
   &nbspCave, Richard, as a Royalist
   &nbspCave, Thomas, 1st Bt., as a Royalist
Cavendish, Charles, as a Royalist
   &nbspCavendish, William, 1st Duke of, as a Royalist Commander
   &nbspChichester, John
   &nbspCochrane, Alexander, as a Royalist
   &nbspCochrane, Hugh, as a Royalist
   &nbspCochrane, John, as a Royalist
   &nbspCust, Samuel, against King Charles I
   &nbspDamer, Joseph
   &nbspDavenly, William, as a Royalist
   &nbspDolben, John
   &nbspDrummond, John, 2nd Lord Madert, as a Royalist
   &nbspDrummond, William, 1st Viscount, as a Royalist
   &nbspDundas, George ( 1649 ), as a Parliamentarian
   &nbspEdgcumbe, Piers ( 1645 ), where he capitulated his garrsion at Mount Edgcumbe
   &nbspEsmond, Laurence, 1st and last ( 1644 ), with the Parliamentarians, handing over Duncannon but subsequently being besieged there by forces representing the Confederacy of Kilkenny, to whom he surrendered in March 1644/5
   &nbspFeilding, Basil, 2nd Earl of De, as a Parliamentarian
Feilding, William, 1st Earl of, as a Royalist
   &nbspFergusson, James, as a royalist Captain
   &nbspFergusson, John, as a royalist Captain
FitzHerbert, Ralph
Fitzgerald, Edward
Fitzgerald, John
Fitzgerald, unknown son
   &nbspForbes, Arthur, 1st Earl of Gra, in Scotland, as a Royalist
   &nbspForbes, William, of Craigievar, , commander of a troop of Parliamentary Horse
   &nbspFortescue, Faithful
   &nbspGage, Henry, as a Royalist
Haggerston, John
   &nbspHaggerston, Thomas, 1st Bt.
   &nbspHamilton, James, as a Royalist
   &nbspHay, George, 3rd Earl of Kinnou, as a Royalist
   &nbspHay, William, 4th Earl of Kinno, as a Royalist
   &nbspHill, Arthur
   &nbspHoward, Francis
   &nbspHoward, Thomas
   &nbspJones, Philip
   &nbspKaye, John, 1st Bt.
   &nbspKing, John, 1st Baron Kingston ( 1641 ), in the King’s Army
   &nbspLambert, John, as a Parliamentarian
   &nbspLambton, William, as a Royalist
   &nbspLechmere, Edmund
   &nbspLegge, William, as a Royalist
   &nbspLegh, Henry, helping defend Chester and Worcester against Pariamentary forces
   &nbspLockhart, Robert
   &nbspLucy, Spencer
   &nbspMahon, Nicholas
   &nbspMolesworth, Guy
   &nbspMontagu, Edward, 1st Baron Mont, as a Royalist
   &nbspMontagu, Edward, 2nd Baron Mont, as a Parliamentarian
   &nbspO’Neill, Turlough, Lord of the
   &nbspOgilvy, Alexander, as a Royalist
   &nbspOnslow, Richard
   &nbspOsborne, Charles, as a Royalist
   &nbspParker, William
   &nbspPayne, Ralph, as a Royalist
   &nbspPole, Courtenay, 2nd Bt., for the Royalists
   &nbspPole, John, 1st Bt., for the Parliamentarians
   &nbspRamsden, John
   &nbspRobertson, Donald
   &nbspSclater, William, as a Royalist, and was imprisoned
   &nbspSeton, Alexander, 1st Viscount, as a Royalist
   &nbspSpencer, Henry, 1st Earl of Sun ( 1642-1643 ), with the Royal Army
   &nbspSt. John, unknown son, on the Royalist side
St. John, unknown son, on the Royalist side
   &nbspSt. John, unknown son, on the Royalist side
   &nbspStonor, William, as a Royalist
   &nbspVaughan, Richard, 2nd Earl of C, on the Royalist side
   &nbspVilliers, George, 2nd Bt., as a Royalist
   &nbspVilliers, William, 2nd Viscount, as a Royalist
   &nbspWaldegrave, Edward, 1st Bt.
   &nbspWinnington, Francis
   &nbspWittewronge, John, 1st Bt., for the Parliamentarians
   &nbspWolseley, Devereux
    Count equals 90 individuals.

First Battle of Newbury
   &nbspBrydges, George, 6th Baron Chan ( 20 Sep 1643 ), he had 3 horses shot out from under him, and was instrumental in breaking the enemy’s cavalry
   &nbspPercy, Henry, 1st Baron Percy o ( Sep 1643 )
    Count equals 2 individuals.

Second Battle of Newbury
Mansel, Anthony ( 27 Oct 1644 ), on the Royalist side
    Count equals 1 individual.

Siege of St. Chad’s Church
Greville, Robert, 2nd Baron Bro ( 2 Mar 1643 )
    Count equals 1 individuals.

Total count equals 230 individuals.

=killed in action or mortally wounded during this battle/war