Parliamentarians Sentence Examples

The town had a considerable part in the operations of the Civil Wars, being held at the outset by the Parliamentarians, and captured by the Royalists in 1644, but soon retaken by Sir Thomas Fairfax.

Isolated by the departure of the papal nuncio from Ireland in February 1649, he made overtures for alliance to Ormonde, and afterwards with success to Monck, who had superseded Monro in command of the parliamentarians in the north.

In this he was disappointed; but he continued to fight against the parliamentarians till August 1652, when a reward was offered for his apprehension.

Here Pym and Hampden and other leaders of the Parliamentarians were wont to meet in 1640.

A few days after her birth her mother left England, and provision for her maintenance having been made by Charles she lived at Exeter under the care of Lady Dalkeith (afterwards countess of Morton) until the surrender of the city to the parliamentarians, when she was taken to Oatlands in Surrey.

The keep is doubtfully assigned to a date previous to the Conquest; the important position on the Welsh March led to several subsequent additions, especially in the 14th century, and the castle was only dismantled by order of the Parliamentarians after it had strongly resisted their arms on behalf of Charles I.

The Crown gave it, in the 15th century, to the Herberts of Cherbury, one of whom, in 1644, surrendered it to the Parliamentarians, who dismantled it.

During the civil wars Hull, although the majority of the inhabitants were royalists, was garrisoned by the parliamentarians, and Charles I.

The immense Radical majority started with a feeling of contempt for the leader who had been rejected at Manchester, but by 1 9 07 he had completely reasserted his individual pre-eminence among parliamentarians.

The castle withstood a protracted siege by the Parliamentarians in 1643, and fell to them by treachery in 1646, of ter which it was dismantled and wrecked.

Lord Derby left Colonel Edward Norris in command and in May the parliamentarians again attacked the town, which was forced to surrender after a six days' siege owing to lack of provisions.

Dartmouth fitted out two ships against the Armada, and was captured by both the royalists and parliamentarians in the Civil War.

On the 1st of April 1643 the Parliamentarians under Sir John Seaton captured Wigan afte'- severe fighting.

At Wigan Lane on the 25th of August a fierce battle took place between the Royalist forces under Lord Derby and Sir Thomas Tyldesley and the Parliamentarians under Colonel Lilburne, in which the Royalists were defeated, Tyldesley was killed and Lord Derby wounded.

In 1646, after two months' siege, it was dismantled by the Parliamentarians.

Rupert had relieved York and joined forces with the marquess of Newcastle's army that had defended that city, and the Parliamentarians and Scots who had besieged it had drawn off south-westward followed by the Royalists.

The respective forces were - Royalists about 18,000, Parliamentarians and Scots about 27,000.

On the other side the cavalry of the Eastern Association under Lieut.-General Cromwell and that of the Scots under Major-General Leslie (Lord Newark) formed the left, the infantry of the Eastern Association under Major-General Crawford, of the Scots under Lord Leven, and of the Yorkshire Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax was in the centre and the Yorkshire cavalry under Sir Thomas Fairfax was on the right wing.

Ormonde was forced to surrender Dublin to the Parliamentarians (July 1647), and the inextricable knot awaited Cromwell's sword.

What of the argument that elected parliamentarians, not unelected judges, should make the law?

The main advantage of the Congress is that it would involve national parliamentarians in the workings of the Union.

No one in his position has been so often, nor brought tardy parliamentarians back to their duties in Christmas week.

In February 1643, Major-General Thomas Ballard led 6,000 parliamentarians from the Midlands in an assault on Newark.

This was repeated during the second Civil War in 1648, so our group includes both parliamentarians & Royalists.

She said ' We are honored to receive a visit from so many distinguished Philippine parliamentarians.

Other Russells became prominent parliamentarians, most notably Lord John Russell.

Now senior parliamentarians on the Joint Human Rights Committee have taken up the theme.

Because Gummer and his fellow parliamentarians have made up their minds that fiddles are out.

Having served as MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife from 1979 to 1984 he is one of Scotland's most experienced European parliamentarians.

More women parliamentarians are also crucial if we are to combat widespread political apathy.

At Turnham Green, the parliamentarians, with 24,000 troops, defeated the royalists convincingly.

At this time, a few short years before he became one himself, he waxed sarcastic about parliamentarians.

Raglan Castle, near Monmouth, now a beautiful ruin, was the seat of the earls and the ist marquess of Worcester, until it was besieged by the Parliamentarians in 1646, and after its capitulation was dismantled.