Thomas Myddelton (younger)
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Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was an English-born Welsh landowner, politician, and military officer. He became a Member of Parliament in 1624; during the First English Civil War
Sir Thomas Myddelton, copy of a portrait of c.1650
Chirk Castle, purchased by Myddelton's father in 1595
Man identified as Sir Thomas Myddelton, after Civil War-era print by Thomas Hinde (1635-52). Myddelton served as an active field commander in the war, despite being 57 years old at its outbreak
Welsh Royalist John Owen of Clenennau; Owen was alleged to have served under Myddelton in Booth's Uprising of 1659, despite the two men being opponents in the previous conflicts
Edward Broughton (Royalist)
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Sir Edward Broughton was a Welsh landowner and soldier with a long service in Royalist armies during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Imprisoned in the Gatehouse Prison in Westminster in 1659 following
Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol, Marchwiel; the parish church of the Broughton family
Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Broughton served under Rupert in 1644-5
Gatehouse Prison, Westminster; Broughton went from being a prisoner here in 1659 to holding its lease, on marrying the former keeper's widow
The Royal Katherine; Broughton was fatally wounded while leading a detachment of the Foot Guards serving on board in 1665.