Governor of Worcester
Civil War
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|+List of governors of Worcester during the English Civil War !Name!!Details | |
| Sir John Byron | Commander of a Royalist military garrison for part of September 1642.{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=143}} |
| Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex | Commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary army, occupied the city on 24 September 1642 and remained there for about a month before marching off to the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642).{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=149}} |
| Colonel Thomas Essex | October–November 1642.{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=143}} — Parliamentarian governor appointed by Parliament.{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=143}} |
| Sir William Russell | 1642–1643.{{sfn|Coates|2010}} — Royalist governor |
| Colonel Gilbert Gerard | December 1643 – beginning of 1646.{{sfn|Gratton|1984}}{{efn|The historian J.W. Willis-Bund gives contradictory information as to when Gerard ceased to be Governor of Worcester. On page 29 Willis-Bund writes that Gerard was governor until his death in 1645. On page 143 he states that at the beginning of 1645 Samuel Sandys became governor, but on page 173, he reports that Sir Gilbert Gerard led another party to Stourbridge and Kidderminster which J.M. Gratton places at the end of 1645. If one assumes that Willis-Bund misreported an Old Style January date in a primary source (he does not cite his source), and Sandys became governor in January 1646 (Rather than January 1645), then it does not contradict the information provided by J.M. Gratton (that the party Gerard led was in Kidderminster in late 1645) or R. Lomas, that Gerard was still the governor on 22 December 1645 (Lomas cites the contemporary diary of Elias Asmole).{{sfn|Gratton|1984}}{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|pp=29, 143, 173}}{{sfn|Lomas|2003|pp=143–144}} }} — Royalist governor |
| Colonel Samuel Sandys | Beginning of 1646.{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=143}}{{efn|Sandys was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Worcester in 1644 ({{harvnb|Rowlands|1983}} cites W. H. Black, Docquets of Letters Patent, 281).}} — Royalist governor (having been acting governor during the Siege of Worcester (1643)) |
| Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading | Royalist governor who had succeeded colonel Samuel Sandys, was taken prisoner and confined at Warwick.{{sfn|Green|1796|p=cliv}} |
| Sir Henry Washington{{sfn|Green|1796|p=cliv}}{{sfn|Willis-Bund|1905|p=178}} | Royalist governor during the Siege of Worcester (1646) at the end of the First Civil War |
| Major-General Edward Massey{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} | Parliamentarian governor |
Notes
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References
- {{Citation |last=Coates |first=Ben |year=2010 |chapter=Russell, William (c.1602-1669), of Great Witley, Worcs.; later of Strensham, Worcs. and Charing Cross, Westminster |editor-first=Andrew |editor-last=Thrush |editor2-first=John P. |editor2-last=Ferris |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/russell-william-1602-1669}}
- {{Citation |last=Gratton |first=J.M. |year=1984 |title=The Military Career of Richard, Lord Molyneux, C. 1623-54 |journal=Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire |volume=134 |url=http://www.molyneuxs.com/64415/64854.html}}
- {{Citation |last=Green |first=Valentine |year=1796 |title=The history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=go_nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR154 |chapter=Appendix, Sieges and Battles Sect. XV No XLIV. |publisher=Printed of the Author by Bulmer & Company and sold by G. Nicol bookseller to His Majesty | page=cliv}}
- {{Citation |last=Lomas |first=Robert |year=2003 |title=Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science |location=Gloucester, Mass |publisher=Fair Winds |isbn=9781592330119 |pages=143–[https://books.google.com/books?id=KUbuL3V2GK8C&pg=PA144 144]}}
- {{Citation |last=Rowlands |first=Edward |year=1983 |chapter=Sandys, Samuel I (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs. |editor-first=B.D. |editor-last=Henning |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 |publisher=Boydell and Brewer |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/sandys-samuel-i-1615-85}}
- {{Citation |last=Willis-Bund |first=John William |author-link=John William Willis-Bund |year=1905 |title=The Civil War in Worcestershire 1642-1646 and the Scotch invasion of 1651|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Company|pages=[https://archive.org/stream/civilwarinworce00bundgoog#page/n131/mode/1up/search/Gerrard 119]–123}}
Further reading
- {{Cite book |last=Green |first=Valentine |year=1829 |title=A concise history and description of the city and cathedral of Worcester |volume=2 |location=London |publisher=Printed for the author by Bulmer and Company |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=A8sHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA28 28]}} — Mentions William son of the Earl of Pembroke as governor at the time of Henry III
- {{cite web|last=Vermeulen |first=Ann |date=3 March 2012 |url=http://www.geni.com/people/Col-Henry-Washington/6000000007270670220 |title=Henry Washington, Sir (c.1615 - c.1664)|access-date= }} —Lists and quotes a collection of sources that can be used to build up a short biography of Sir Henry Washington.
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