Major Mercer (Worcestershire horse)
Major Mercer, the commander of the Worcestershire horse,[1] played a significant part in the Battle of Worcester in 1651,[2] but although mentioned in primary sources his full name is not given in them.[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
[edit]- ^ Baldock 1809, pp. 505, 508.
- ^ Atkinson 1911.
- ^ Stace 1810, pp. 111–112 noted in Laing 1862, p. 348
- ^ Laing 1862, pp. 348–357.
- ^ Not to be confused with England's looking-glass by Edmund Calamy the Elder (London 1642)
References
[edit]- Atkinson, Charles Francis (1911), , in Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 420–421
- Baldock, Thomas Stanford (1809), Cromwell as a Soldier, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, pp. 505, 508
- Laing, David (1862), "Some account of Lieut.-Colonel William Mercer, Author of 'Angliæ Speculum, OR ENGLAND'S LOOKING-GLASSE', London 1646" (PDF), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 3, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: 348–357
- Stace, Machell (1810), Cromwelliana. A chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged; from the year 1642 to his death 1658: with a continuation of other transactions, to the restoration, Westminster, pp. 111–112