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unusual facts about Earl of Manchester



Baron Montagu of Boughton

He was also the brother of Henry Montagu, later created Earl of Manchester, and of Sidney Montagu, ancestor of the Earls of Sandwich.

John Henderson, 5th of Fordell

On 9 October 1643 the Eastern Association army (under the command of the Earl of Manchester, Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas Fairfax) marched from Boston to Bolingbroke Castle.

Lawrence Crawford

The army's commander, the Earl of Manchester supported Crawford and the official position.


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Simeon Ashe

In John Vicars's Parliamentary Chronicle there is a letter of his, describing the proceedings of the Earl of Manchester in reducing several garrisons after the battle of Marston Moor.