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Salisbury, William, d. 1659
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d. 1659
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SALISBURY, WILLIAM, third son of John Salisbury, Rug, Merionethshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Salisbury, Llewenny; b.; at school 1597; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1599; inherited family estates at Rug, Merionethshire, and Bachumbrydd, Denbighshire, in 1607; MP Merioneth 1620-2; raised regiment for King at outbreak of Civil War; his regiment formed the infantry reserve at battle of Edgehill Oct 1642 and forced the parliamentary barricades at Brentford; Governor of Denbigh Castle 1643-6, successfully defending in Nov 1643, and surrendering it on 27 Oct 1646, by when it was the last royalist outpost in North Wales; pardoned by Parliament 8 Aug 1648; m. Dorothy, dau. of Owain Vaughan; d. c. 1659. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.