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Command Ordered to Pontefract

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1648Date range
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1648

Thomas RainsboroughOctober 1648

Yorkshire · Warfare / Civil War

Rainsborough is ordered north to take command around the Royalist stronghold of Pontefract during renewed resistance.

Names involved

Thomas Rainsborough

Provenance

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