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Detail View: Rylands Collection: The overthrow of the King's army

Image Number: 
Tatton_Wallington_387
Reference Number: 
Tatton Park MS 68.20
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
The overthrow of the King's army
Parent Work Title: 
Great marcys continued, or yet God is good to Israel
Creator: 
Wallington, Nehemiah
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1644-1658
Page/Sheet: 
371
Image Sequence Number: 
371
Description: 
A report describes how the King's army, under the command of Princes Charles, Lord Hopton and Lord Goring, were routed at Torrington by Sir Thomas Fairfax. The enemy flees towards Cornwall. Dated 20 February 1646. Lower part of the page is blank. Page has been erroneously numbered.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History--Civil war, 1642-1649
Subject: 
Diaries--Authorship--History--17th century
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Diaries
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Cornwall
Places Covered: 
England: Devon: Great Torrington
People Covered: 
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671
Item Height: 
211 mm
Item Width: 
168 mm
Item Depth: 
52 mm
Current Repository: 
National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Rights Holder - Image: 
National Trust
Rights holder - Work: 
National Trust
References: 
Booy, David., 'The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654: a selection' (Aldershot, 2007), 215-234.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2010-10-19
Multi Page Number: 
1935
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands