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JOHN HENDERSON of FORDELL Travelling in his youth thro several parts of Asia and Africa from y 1618 to y 1628 was delivered unto
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Governor of Newark. During his time in Newark, Fordell lived and worked in The Governor's House In February 1643, Fordell led a sortie from the town that successfully repulsed Major-General Thomas Ballard's force of 6,000 Parliamentarians. This led to suspicions that Ballard had
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contrived the mians of both their Escape and getting a board a ship trading up y Red Sea landed cam to
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Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, had seized Newark on behalf of Charles I in late 1642. He was assisted by Sir John Henderson, a Scottish soldier, who it was felt would bring military expertise to the Royalists cause. Henderson was appointed Governor of
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Governor's House, Newark: this building was where the governors of the town lived and worked Colonel Sir John Henderson 1642-3, Colonel Sir Richard Byron, 1643-4, Colonel Sir Richard Willys 1644-5 and Colonel John Lord Belasyse,
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who he contrived to escape to Egypt with. Later, Fordell was a mercenary, serving with the military for
Denmark, Sweden, and elsewhere, and fought on the side of the Royalists in the
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Born: 3 Nov 1605, Fordel, Fifeshire, Scotland. Marriage: Margaret
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