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In the interim
Broughton instead spent his time courting Mary Wyke, the widow of the prison's keeper; she only agreed to marry him if he swore an "imprecation" to prove his sincerity. In it, he called down vengeance on himself and his "posterity" if he did not "utterly forebear all rash swearing and
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in
September 1645. The war ended in 1646 with Royalist defeat, but Broughton continued to be known to the government as an active and committed Royalist supporter; he was fined £180 in 1650 and in 1651 was ordered to be investigated further as a "bloody delinquent".
535:, whose crew made several boarding attempts which the Guards successfully repelled; Broughton however was fatally wounded, surviving long enough to die at home on 20 June. He was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. His contemporary
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all manner of drinking and all manner of debauchery or if ever I am guilty of finding fault with any thing my intended wife shall doe or say". The text of
Broughton's "imprecation" later became moderately famous, being printed in
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Embroiled in a political crisis, Charles opened hostilities against the
Parliament of England in August 1642 and on his return to England, Broughton joined a new Royalist regiment of foot being formed by Sir Michael Woodhouse in
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and his second wife
Margaret Egerton. At least two of Broughton's uncles and one brother were Royalist officers during the Civil War, while another brother, Francis, was said to have served as a captain in Parliament's army.
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but died before the award could be formally completed. The title was nevertheless used in legal documents and assumed by his only surviving son Edward (1651–1718), who inherited
Broughton's estate at Marchwiel and
474:. A son, Edward, was born in 1661; they also had two other sons who died young. The younger Edward died without issue in 1718, and his estates passed to a grandson of Mary Wyke and her first husband.
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350:, where he was wounded. It is possible that later the same month he was one of "two sons" of Sir Edward kidnapped alongside him from Marchwiel by the local Parliamentarian commander, Sir
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Broughton's marriage gave him access to the lucrative revenues of the Wykes' lease on the
Gatehouse, and he continued living there during the 1660s. Following the outbreak of the
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and North Wales: his former kidnapper Sir Thomas
Myddelton also joined the rebels. As one of the more experienced rebel officers he was given command of the infantry at the
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wrote that "he valiantly lost his life, scorning to fall though in effect killed, and in his stubborn way blundring out
Commands when he could not speak them".
36:
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Broughton was now in danger; a contemporary wrote it was feared "he will lose his life on account of having broken a former parole". He was moved from
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On his release, Broughton joined other
Royalist exiles on the Continent. Elements of the exiled Royalist army fought in Spanish service during the
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in London, but ongoing political instability in England meant that the main participants in Booth's uprising were not brought to trial before the
850:
435:
Gatehouse Prison, Westminster; Broughton went from being a prisoner here in 1659 to holding its lease, on marrying the former keeper's widow
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at the end of the month but Lambert specifically excluded Broughton from the articles of surrender, likely due to his previous activities.
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385:, his case was considered serious enough for a treason charge as "an example of justice", but he was eventually released on parole.
278:; they first appear in Welsh records in the 16th century. Broughton's father, Sir Edward Broughton, was knighted in 1618. He was
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Broughton married Wyke on his release. It was his second marriage, his first wife having been Alice Honeywood, sister of Sir
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420:; the rebels were routed, but along with others from the North Wales contingent Broughton escaped to Myddelton's home at
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490:; Broughton was fatally wounded while leading a detachment of the Foot Guards serving on board in 1665.
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Holding the rank of captain, Broughton accompanied his uncle, the peripatetic professional soldier and
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the same year, although it is unclear if the legal process was complete at the time of his death.
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239:, he later married the prison keeper's widow and took on the lease of the prison himself.
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noted that on reading it "one can easily guess what sort of man Edward Broughton was".
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Broughton was knighted in, or before, 1664. He also appears to have been created a
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At the beginning of June the English fleet, under the Duke of York, attacked the
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Edward Broughton was born in around 1620 into a gentry family, the Broughtons of
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346:. In October 1643 he took part in an attack on the Parliamentarian garrison at
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318:. Broughton remained in the country for 18 months, fighting in the subsequent
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The Old Service: Royalist Regimental Colonels and the Civil War, 1642–46
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219:(died 1665) was a Welsh landowner and soldier with a long service in
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Broughton returned to England prior to 1659, when he took part in
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Later in 1651, given a lieutenant-colonel's commission, he joined
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Royalist Officers of North Wales, 1642–1660; A Provisional List
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The Origin and History of the First Or Grenadier Guards, vol I
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506:" on board the fleet. Broughton's company embarked on the
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Palmer, Alfred N. (1900). "The Broughtons of Marchwiel".
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Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War
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290:for Denbighshire in 1642. Broughton's mother was
424:. Chirk surrendered to Parliamentarian general
871:Military personnel from Wrexham County Borough
753:"BROUGHTON family of Marchwiel, Denbighshire"
8:
836:English military personnel killed in action
357:By Spring 1644 Broughton was serving under
45:; the parish church of the Broughton family
841:Military personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
451:brought Charles II back to power in 1660.
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20:
337:. Broughton served under Rupert in 1644-5
201:Alice Honeywood (d. bef. 1659); Mary Wyke
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373:'s attempt to reclaim the throne in the
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361:, and appears to have been captured at
814:Denbighshire Officers in the Civil War
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322:and returning with the rank of major.
856:17th-century Welsh military personnel
306:veteran Colonel Robert Broughton, to
242:Broughton was fatally wounded in the
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463:and elsewhere. The local historian
41:Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol,
846:People from Wrexham County Borough
14:
498:in 1665, Broughton served in the
314:'s efforts to suppress a serious
282:on his wife's petition for being
770:Hamilton, Sir Frederick (1874).
95:
397:; Broughton may have served in
783:. Manchester University Press.
531:was engaged by the Dutch ship
1:
758:Dictionary of Welsh Biography
851:Burials at Westminster Abbey
500:1st Regiment of Foot Guards
418:Battle of Winnington Bridge
174:Battle of Winnington Bridge
887:
389:Exile and Booth's Uprising
335:Prince Rupert of the Rhine
225:Wars of the Three Kingdoms
866:Grenadier Guards officers
763:National Library of Wales
521:Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
401:as part of a force under
34:
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812:Tucker, Norman (1964).
803:Tucker, Norman (1961).
375:Third English Civil War
159:Third English Civil War
145:First English Civil War
496:Second Anglo-Dutch War
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248:Second Anglo-Dutch War
179:Second Anglo-Dutch War
139:Irish Confederate Wars
779:Newman, P.R. (1993).
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288:Commissioner of Array
116:Years of service
751:Dodd, A. H. (1959).
478:Later life and death
381:. Imprisoned in the
377:and was captured at
235:in 1659 following a
227:. Imprisoned in the
525:Battle of Lowestoft
403:James, Duke of York
310:in 1641 as part of
284:accessory to murder
254:. He was created a
244:Battle of Lowestoft
184:Battle of Lowestoft
164:Battle of Worcester
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294:, daughter of Sir
286:in 1639. He was a
250:and was buried in
237:Royalist rebellion
223:armies during the
209:Edward (1661–1718)
128:Lieutenant-colonel
395:Anglo-Spanish War
326:English Civil War
304:Thirty Years' War
252:Westminster Abbey
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410:Booth's Uprising
352:Thomas Myddelton
229:Gatehouse Prison
217:Edward Broughton
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74:20 June 1665
61:Denbighshire
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831:1665 deaths
791:Y Cymmrodor
735:Palmer 1900
723:Palmer 1900
711:Palmer 1900
684:Palmer 1900
672:Tucker 1964
651:Tucker 1964
636:Newman 1993
624:Tucker 1961
612:Palmer 1900
575:Tucker 1964
537:David Lloyd
449:Restoration
246:during the
233:Westminster
825:Categories
555:References
371:Charles II
344:Shropshire
262:Early life
91:Allegiance
600:Dodd 1959
379:Worcester
316:rebellion
312:Charles I
268:Marchwiel
198:Spouse(s)
119:1641–1665
102:Royalists
57:Marchwiel
43:Marchwiel
549:Abenbury
414:Cheshire
399:Flanders
280:pardoned
276:Cheshire
221:Royalist
206:Children
111:Infantry
745:Sources
544:baronet
523:in the
443:to the
441:Chester
308:Ireland
256:baronet
190:†
533:Orange
527:. The
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150:Newark
108:Branch
79:Buried
54:c.1620
65:Wales
486:Ths
215:Sir
124:Rank
71:Died
51:Born
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