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Bulstrode Whitelocke and Henry Rolle were probably factors in how such an inveterate plotter escaped execution.
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Humphrey's petitions for compensation for his losses were largely ignored. Despite his past service, there were too many similar requests for
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Shalden to his nephew John Lewkenor; as one of the ‘Action party’ of Royalist conspirators, he was arrested in 1655 for his role in co-ordinating the failed
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during the 1644 western campaign. He took part in the battles of
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These victories provided an opportunity for an offensive against
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Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate
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began in August 1642, he was one of the most active local
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and given a position in the Royal Household in 1664.
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699:Interregnum and Restoration
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