Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse
Major Mercer, the commander of the Worcestershire horse,[1] played a significant part in the Battle of Worcester in 1651, but although mentioned in primary sources his full name is not given in them.[2][3] David Laing speculated that he was John Mercer the younger brother of William Mercer who was also a parliamentary officer and author of "Angliae Speculum, or England's looking-glass" (London 1646).[4][5]
Notes
- ↑ Baldock, pp. 505,508
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition article GREAT REBELLION chapter 59. The Crowning Mercy
- ↑ Extract in volume Cromwelliana, pp. Ill, 112. Loud. 1810, folio. cited in (Laing p. 384)
- ↑ Laing p. 348,357
- ↑ Not to be confused with England's looking-glass by Edmund Calamy the Elder (London 1642)
References
- Thomas Stanford Baldock, Cromwell as a Soldier, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1809.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition article GREAT REBELLION chapter 59. The Crowning Mercy
- David Laing, "Some account of Lieut.-Colonel William Mercer, Author of 'Angliæ Speculum, OR ENGLAND'S LOOKING-GLASSE', London 1646", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 3 1862 pp 341–357, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.