Sir Thomas Tyldesley
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Sir Thomas Tyldesley was a supporter of Charles I and a Royalist commander during the English Civil War.
Tyldesley served King Charles I as Lieutenant Colonel at the Battle of Edgehill, after raising Regiments of Horse, Foot and Dragoons, and of the desperate storming of Burton-on-Trent over a bridge of 36 arches, received the honour of Knighthood. Afterwards he served in all three of the Civil Wars as a commander of some importance. He was Governor of Litchfield and followed the fortune of the Crown through the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and never surrendered to the Parliamentarians. He was killed in action on 25th August 1651 commanding as Major General under the Earl of Derby during the Battle of Wigan Lane.[1][2],
[edit] References
- ^ Sir Thomas Tyldesley 1612-1651 Using the text on the Wiggan Lane Monument
- ^ Remember Sir Thomas. Bolton Evening News (2001-09-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
[edit] Further reading
- Stuart Reid (1987). The Finest Knight in England: Sir Thomas Tyldesley His Regiments and the War in the North,Partizan Press, ISBN 0946525390
- Terry Wyke (2004) Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester, Liverpool University Press, ISBN 0853235678. Page 425 "Wigan Lane Tyldesley Monumnet"
- Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foote
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