J M Watkinson: 2 books

‘Cromwell hath the honor, but Lambert’s discreet, humble, ingenious, sweet and civil deportment gains him more hugs and ingenious respect.’ Much has been written about the first Civil War and the triumphs of Oliver Cromwell. Less is known, however, of the skirmishes of the second Civil...

In 1919, the diary of a parliamentary cavalry officer written on an interleaved copy of William Lilly's Merlini Anglici Ephemeris was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was discovered to be that of Major John Sanderson for the year 1648, an officer in Colonel Robert...