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in May 1645 failed. As his men moved into position in heavy rain, they fired off their muskets to clear damp powder and the warning allowed the
Royalists to launch a devastating counter attack. Urry was one of the last to leave the field but lost nearly half his force and resigned due to ill health.
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He was arrested and sent to London but released when Waller argued his professional expertise was more important than his reliability. Parliament compromised by allowing him to join the
Covenanter army in North East England commanded by the
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commanded the cavalry on the
Royalist left. Although they successfully scattered the Parliamentarian right, it ended in a serious Royalist defeat and in August he defected to the Parliamentarian garrison in
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on 29th. Historian Trevor Royle suggests "he strove to give his best service to whoever was paying him at the time...but could never decide which side to back, and paid for that failing with his life".
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in April 1650. Montrose and Urry were captured, while
Charles was forced to disavow them by the Scottish government; Montrose was executed on 12 May, Urry beheaded outside the
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People executed by the Kingdom of Scotland by decapitation
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John Urry was the son of John Urry of Pitfichie near
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