Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 364
> TaINTON.] CAVALIER AND ROUNDHEAD. 293 the gates of Hull ai^ainst King Charles I., and thus bcn^an the great Civil War, the sympatliics of Somer-set were with the Parha-ment; but Cornwall wasstrongly Royalist, and SirRalph Hopton, raising aforce there of nearly 4,000horse and foot, sweptthrough… … BKIDQWATER: THE I.NTEUlOll. King Although the battle of Devizesthrew the West entirely into thehands of the Royalists, Taunton wastaken by Colonel Robert Blake inthe next year. This gallant Somersetman, whose birthplace is still pointedout in Bridgwater, was afterwardsthe renowned admiral of the…
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