English Civil War
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Comment by Allan Frost on July 6th, 2021 at 9:16 am
Your site says this: “In September 1642, King Charles I raised his standard in the market square of Wellington, a small (though highly influential) market town in the English Midland county of Shropshire, and addressed his troops the next day at nearby Orleton Hall.” Neither the present owner of Orleton Hall nor myself after years of research can find any evidence that a) “the king raised his standard in the market square of Wellington” or that he ‘addressed his troops the next day at nearby Orleton Hall’. What proof do you have that these statements are correct (i.e. what are the sources)? Surely it would be better if you researched the subject more fully by using contemporary original sources (which simply say these events took place ‘in the environs of Wellington’ or ‘near Wellington’ (See, for example, Clarendon’s History of the Great Rebellion. As things stand, these errors (or assumptions) seem to be based on grossly inaccurate claims on a par with those presented by Wikipedia … and do your site no credit whatsoever. (For your information, I’m a specialist in Wellington history.)
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on July 6th, 2021 at 10:32 am
Thank you, Allan, for your comment.
That inaccuracy in the text will be revised appropriately, following your suggestion.
Thank you again for taking the time to help make NWE a valuable information resource.
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