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| + | *June: Besieged at Wortley Hall (Wotton House)? | ||
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| ====Sir Francis Wortley==== | ====Sir Francis Wortley==== | ||
| + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Wortley,_1st_Baronet|Sir Francis Wortley]] was briefly famous as the first Royalist to draw his sword for the King, in April 1642. He was captured in 1644 and remained as a prisoner in London until his death in 1652. His son, another Francis Wortley, also served the King as a colonel until surrendering in 1645((//The Old Service: Royalist regimental colonels and the Civil War, 1642-6// P.R. Newman, Manchester University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-7190-3752-2)). | ||
| ====Sir Robert Howard==== | ====Sir Robert Howard==== | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
