William Sydenham
William Sydenham (1615–1661) was a Cromwellian soldier; and the eldest brother of
Biography
Sydenham was a Cromwellian soldier, baptised 8 April 1615, was the eldest son of William Sydenham of Wynford Eagle, Dorset, by Mary, daughter of Sir John Jeffrey of Catherston.[2] Thomas Sydenham was his brother. When the English Civil War broke out Sydenham and his three younger brothers took up arms for Parliament, and distinguished themselves by their activity in the local struggle.[3] In April 1644 he had risen to the rank of colonel, and on 17 June 1644 Earl of Essex appointed him governor of Weymouth.[4] In July Sydenham defeated a plundering party from the garrison of Wareham at Dorchester, and hanged six or eight of his prisoners as being "mere Irish rebels".[5] This gave rise to equally cruel reprisals on the part of the royalists.[6]
In conjunction with Sir
In November 1645 Sydenham was elected to Parliament as member for Melcombe.[10] On 1 March 1648 the House of Lords ordered Sydenham £1,000 towards his arrears of pay to be raised by discoveries of "delinquents' lands" (confiscate Royalist lands).[11] On 14 August 1649 he and Colonel Fleetwood were appointed joint governors of the Isle of Wight.[12]
The historian
Sydenham sat for Dorset in the
After the death of Oliver Cromwell Sydenham became one of
When
Family
In 1637 Sydenham was married to Grace (who died about a week after Sydenham in 1661), daughter of John Trenchard of Warmwell.[31]
Notes
- ^ Lee 1903, p. 1270.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 253. Cites: Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 703
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 253. Cites: Vicars, God's Ark, pp. 82, 100; Bankes , Story of Corfe Castle, pp. 186, 190.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 253. Cites: Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1644, pp. 137, 220, 271, 461, 478
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Devereux, Lives of the Earls of Essex, ii. 418; Vicars, God's Ark, p. 286.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Ludlow, Memoirs, i. 95.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Rushworth, v. 697 ; Christie, Life of Shaftesbury, i. 63.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Vicrs, Burning Bush, pp. 5, 62, 72.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Vicers, Burning Bush, p. 118; Lords 1 Journals, vii. 259, 262.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Report on the Duke of Portland's MSS. p. 304; cf. Tanner MSS. lix. 44.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Lords' Journals, x. 84.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1649–50, p. 277.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Commons' Journals, vii. 283, 344.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Commons' Journals, vi. 132, vii. 363.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Ludlow i. 366 ; Harleian Miscellany, ed. Park, iii. 485.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1654, p. 284.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Harleian Miscellany, iii. 453, 478.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Burton, Diary, i. 51, 68, 86, 218, 257.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Burton, Diary, i. 274.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Burton, Diary, i. 172, 174, ii. 275, 279, 291, 296.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Harleian Miscellany, iii. 478.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Memoirs, ii. 61, 65, 66; Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1658-9, p. 354.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Memoirs,ii. 80, 84.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Commons' Journals, vii. 683.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Ludlow, ii. 131, 139, 143.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 254. Cites: Ludlow,. ii. 140.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 255. Cites: Commons Journals, vii. 813, 829.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 255. Cites: 29 December 1660, Cal. State Papers, Dom. 3660-1, pp. 320, 426.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 256. Cites: Hichines, ii. 703.
- ^ Firth 1898, p. 255.
References
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Sydenham, William". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 1270.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the . Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 253–256. endnotes:
- A Life of Sydenham is given in Noble's House of Cromwell, ed. 1787, i. 397;
- a pedigree of the family is in John Hutchins's History of Dorset, ii. 703.