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Between 2 and 5 June 1647, while the [[New Model Army]] was assembling for rendezvous at the behest of the recently formed [[Army Council (1647)|Army Council]], George Joyce seized King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] from Parliament's custody at [[Holdenby House]] and bought him to [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax's]] headquarters on Triplo Heath (8 miles south of Cambridge,<ref>Triplo Heath is 8 miles south of Cambridge. (Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse (1823), ''New Universal Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary ...'', S. Converse. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V8EEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA772 p. 772]. This paragraph incorporates text from this source, a publication now in the public domain.</ref> and now spelled [[Thriplow Heath]]), a move that weakened Parliament's position and strengthened the Army's.<ref>Thomas Carlyle (editor 1861) . ''Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches'', Bernhard Tauchnitz. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NXMNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA275#PPA275,M1 p. 275] |
Between 2 and 5 June 1647, while the [[New Model Army]] was assembling for rendezvous at the behest of the recently formed [[Army Council (1647)|Army Council]], George Joyce seized King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] from Parliament's custody at [[Holdenby House]] and bought him to [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax's]] headquarters on Triplo Heath (8 miles south of Cambridge,<ref>Triplo Heath is 8 miles south of Cambridge. (Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse (1823), ''New Universal Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary ...'', S. Converse. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V8EEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA772 p. 772]. This paragraph incorporates text from this source, a publication now in the public domain.</ref> and now spelled [[Thriplow Heath]]), a move that weakened Parliament's position and strengthened the Army's.<ref>Thomas Carlyle (editor 1861) . ''Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches'', Bernhard Tauchnitz. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NXMNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA275#PPA275,M1 p. 275] |
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[[Woolrych, Austin]] (2004). ''Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660'', Oxford University Press, ISBN |
[[Woolrych, Austin]] (2004). ''Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-927268-9, ISBN 978-0-19-927268-6. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S54CsDh5JOsC&pg=PA363 p. 363]</ref> |
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== Notes and references == |
== Notes and references == |
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Cornet George Joyce (b.1618) was an officer in the Parliamentary New Model Army during the English Civil War.[1]
Between 2 and 5 June 1647, while the New Model Army was assembling for rendezvous at the behest of the recently formed Army Council, George Joyce seized King Charles I from Parliament's custody at Holdenby House and bought him to Thomas Fairfax's headquarters on Triplo Heath (8 miles south of Cambridge,[2] and now spelled Thriplow Heath), a move that weakened Parliament's position and strengthened the Army's.[3][4]
Notes and references
- ^ David Plant, George Joyce, Agitator, b.1618, British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website
- ^ Triplo Heath is 8 miles south of Cambridge. (Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse (1823), New Universal Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary ..., S. Converse. p. 772. This paragraph incorporates text from this source, a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ Thomas Carlyle (editor 1861) . Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, Bernhard Tauchnitz. p. 275
- ^ Woolrych, Austin (2004). Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-927268-9, ISBN 978-0-19-927268-6. p. 363
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