- Start
- Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War
Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War
Angebote / Angebote:
Excerpt from Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War: Being the Military Memoirs of John Gwynne, and an Account of the Earl of Glencairn's Expedition, as General of His Majesty's Forces, in the Highlands of Scotland, in the Years 1653 and 1654April, 1643. 'he was sworn a Privy-councillor was ap pointed one Of the Commissioners of the Treasury, 1641 joined the Duke of Hamilton, and the Earls of Lanark and Roxburgh, in opposing the sending an army into England to assist the Parliament's forces, 1643, which King Charles I. Was pleased to acknowledge in a letter under his own hand concluding, I give you this assu rance, on the word of a prince, that I shall never retract any thing I have granted, either in religion or liberty, to my subjects in Scotland, and, for your own not die in your debt.' His Lordship was constituted Lord J ustice-general by Parliament, 1646 entered heartily into the engagement' for the rescue Of the King, for which he was deprived Of his Office, in virtue Of the Act Of Classes and, 2d March, 1649, Parliament passed a decreet against the Earl Of Glencairn, annulling his patent of earldom, 1488.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Folgt in ca. 10 Arbeitstagen