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=====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
==== Sir William Mason==== | ==== Sir William Mason==== | ||
- | A barrister from Norfolk, he aided the King in the attempt to seize the five members. In 1643 he was commissioned Colonel in Newcastle's army((//The Old Service: Royalist regimental colonels and the Civil War, 1642-6// P.R. Newman, Manchester University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-7190-3752-2)). | + | A barrister from Norfolk, he raised a force from the Inns of Court to guard the King's person in January 1642 and aided Charles in the attempt to seize the five members. In 1643 he was commissioned Colonel in Newcastle's army((//The Old Service: Royalist regimental colonels and the Civil War, 1642-6// P.R. Newman, Manchester University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-7190-3752-2)). |
=====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
=====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||