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Date 1642 - c. 1651
Related People Oliver Cromwell • John Lambert • George Monck, 1st duke of Albemarle • Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax • Robert Blake • Sir John Wildman • Lucy Hay, countess of Carlisle • Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex • Henry Ireton • Hugh Peter • Edward Montagu, 2nd earl of Manchester • Edmund Ludlow • Sir William Waller • Charles Fleetwood • Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick

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