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John Barkstead[2] (d.1662) was an English Major-General and Regicide.
[edit] Further reading
- James Caulfield, The High Court of Justice: Comprising Memoirs of the Principal Persons, who sat in Judgment on King Charles the First and Signed his Death Warrant, John Caulfield, London 1820
- David Plant.John Barkstead, Regicide, British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Caulfield, op.cit.
- ^ His name is spelt Barstead in contemporary Parliamentary records (see Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indempnity and Oblivion)
Annotations
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“…John Barkstead, a London goldsmith and silversmith, joined Parliament’s army at the start of the Civil War. A good soldier he became a colonel in the New Model Army and fought with General Thomas Fairfax at the siege of Colchester 1648. ……
Barkstead served on the High Court of Justice and in 1649 signed the king’s death warrant. Barkstead was appointed military governor of Middlesex and was knighted for his services during the Commonwealth.
On 3rd September 1658, Oliver Cromwell died. Parliament and the leaders of the army now began arguing …..[ the specch at his departing the cart to Tybyrne]
http://www.christianheritageworks.com/monarchists.htm -
John Barkstead was a goldsmith and silversmith who rose to the rank of Major-General in the Commonwalth Army. Hi was among those who signed the death warrant of Charles I. A little biographical material at: http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/index_b.htm
and a little background at: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/STUbarksteadJ.htm