{"product_id":"a-very-gallant-gentleman-colonel-francis-thornhaugh-1617-1648-and-the-nottinghamshire-horse-9781915070340","title":"A Very Gallant Gentleman: Colonel Francis Thornhaugh (1617-1648) and the Nottinghamshire Horse","description":"Colonel Francis Thornhagh figures prominently in Lucy Hutchinson's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of the Life of Colonel John Hutchinson, \u003c\/i\u003e an essential source for information about the English Civil War in the East Midlands. Yet with no biography until now, little is known about this influential parliamentarian officer outside of Hutchinson's writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time of his death at the age of 31 at the Battle of Preston in 1648, Francis Thornhagh had achieved considerable military and political success. Appointed colonel and commander of the Nottinghamshire at the age of 26, with Henry Ireton as his major, he saw considerable military action, including fight against Prince Rupert and Charles Gerard. This book explores both his military activities alongside other leading parliamentarians such as Cromwell, Poyntz and Hutchinson and his support of the army as an Independent MP over the years 1646-48.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new piece of research examines thoroughly Thornhagh's important contribution to the events of the period 1642-1648.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helion \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915070340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120","brand":"Stuart B. Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059255840949,"sku":"9781915070340","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e223b2e7-3495-4186-95fb-610ee7dd2340.jpg?v=1650342105","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-very-gallant-gentleman-colonel-francis-thornhaugh-1617-1648-and-the-nottinghamshire-horse-9781915070340","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}