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The Westminster Trained Bands were a part-time military force established in 1572, recruited from residents of the City of Westminster. As part of the larger London Trained Bands, they were periodical
George Vertue's 1738 plan of the London Lines of Communication
The Siege of Basing House by Wenceslaus Hollar.
St Lawrence Church, Alton, with the west door (right of picture, now blocked) stormed by the London brigade in 1643.
Plan of the Second Battle of Newbury.
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-Ge
Portrait of Robert Devereux 3rd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux as a child with his mother Frances Walsingham, countess of Essex by Robert Peake the elder, 1594
Robert Devereux depicted as Captain General on horseback, an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar
Robert Devereux depicted as Captain General on foot, an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar.