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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671
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The copie of a letter, written to the General from Lieut. Col. Iohn Lilburn, M. Richard Overton, April 27. 1649 : In behalf of M. Robert Lockwer, M. Geo. Ash, M. Joseph Hockley, M. Robert Osburn, M. Matthew Heyworth, M. Thomas Goodwin; all of them in Captain Savages troup: who by the said Councel were adjudged to cast lots for their lives, and one of them to dy. In which it is by law fully proved, that it is both treason and murder, for any general or Councel of War to execute any souldier in time of peace, by martial law.
Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657Date: [1649]- Books
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The memoirs of General Fairfax: wherein is contained an account of all his sieges and battles in the north of England; especially the battles of Leeds, Wakefield, Manchester, &c. Written by himself; With Improvements, selected from Noted Historians of those Times. Also a full and genuine account of the various skirmishes before, an at the taking and pillaging of Bradford, in the time of the civil wars; taken from a manuscript of Joseph Lister, and others. With copper-plates.
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI [1776]