Of Bath, Barrister-at-Law. Tablet in St. Mary's Church, Bathwick.
Memorial Tablet in St. Mary£s Church, Bathwick.
Of Limpley Stoke, co. Somerset.
Living July 1737
Still alive 4 Jul 1695
Prominent royalist who tried to overthrow Cromwell at Salisbury on 11/3/1655.
The Civil War ended in 1646 and Charles I was condemned to death and beheaded in 1649. In 1654 however, increasing royalist Sealed Knot intrigues, resulted in the launch of an ill-prepared rebellion by Colonel John Penruddocke. Penruddocke marched on Salisbury and seized the Assize Judges and Sheriff. However the rebellion collapsed before it began, Penruddocke surrendered at South Molton in Devon and was subsequently beheaded at Exeter Castle in May 1655; the remaining Salisbury rebels were transported to the West Indies. The Interregnum under Cromwell lasted until 1660, when Charles II was restored to the throne. (Short History of Barford St Martin by Simon Reed 2000)
His final speech, delivered as he was about to be executed is on file.
His letters to his wife are on file.
Of Compton Chamberlayne; of Queen's College, Oxford, matriculated 1 July 1608, aged 17; admitted to Gray's Inn 18 March 1608/9; aged 21, 1 February 1612/3; mentioned in his mother's will 19 December 1630; D.C.L. 21 February 1642/3; knighted at Oxford 24 February 1642/3
Mentioned in the will of his grandmother, Mary Penruddocke, 19 December 1630.
There were skirmishes between roundhead and cavalier troops in Salisbury in December 1644 and January 1645, during which Henry Penruddocke (younger brother of Sir John Penruddocke of Compton Chamberlayne) was murdered in front of his family at his home in West Lavington. (Short History of Barford St Martin by Simon Reed 2000)
Mentioned in the will of his grandmother, Mary Penruddocke, 19 December 1630.
Mentioned in the will of his grandmother, Mary Penruddocke, 19 December 1630.
Mentioned in the will of his grandmother, Mary Penruddocke, 19 December 1630.
Died young
Of Ivy Church, co. Wilts, M.P. for Salisbury 1552/3, and for co. Wilts 1557/8 and 1572; admitted to Gray's Inn 1555; Standard Bearer at the Battle of St. Quentin 1557; knighted at Hatfield by Robert, Earl of Leicester 7th August 1568.