Sir Francis Ottley was an English Royalist politician and soldier who played an important part in the English Civil War in Shropshire. He was military governor of Shrewsbury during the early years of
Francis Ottley, from a family portrait of about 1636, now in Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Pitchford Hall, Shropshire, home of the Royalist Ottley family in the 17th century. Pictured in 1901
Pitchford Hall, photographed 2005.
Sir Vincent Corbet, Ottley's principal Royalist collaborator in Shropshire during the early days of the Civil War and later a cavalry commander.
Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for Wenlock between 1621 and 1625. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War, ser
Thomas Wolryche, as portrayed on his parents' tomb in St Andrew's church, Quatt, Shropshire
Arms of Margaret Bromley and Francis Wolryche of Dudmaston.
Effigies of Thomas Wolryche's parents, Margaret Bromley and Francis Wolryche of Dudmaston in St Andrew's church, Quatt, Shropshire
Effigies of Edward Bromley and Margaret Lowe, his wife, in Worfield parish church. Bromley was Wolryche's uncle, godfather and patron.