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We did have a letter/receipt somewhere with a translation that some ancient relative escaped England after the civil war and served in Hungary with a bunch of other royalists with not much else to do
That’s pretty neat. There were a number of English Catholics serving in the armies of France during the same period also.
I read somewhere that the number one export from Scotland in the 16/17th century was mercenaries and that they are the forebears of noble houses all over Europe.
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There’s a great play called “the Rover” by Aphra Ben about a bunch of royalist soldiers hanging out in Spain like England fans at a football tournament while Cromwell does his thing.
It was written by Aphra Behn a female Anglo-Dutch spy/playwright. It’s an interesting part of history we don’t get taught much about. -
the number one export from Scotland in the 16/17th century was mercenaries
Constantinople successfully defended itself against Turkish sappers tunnelling under the walls thanks to a Scot who was a renowned expert on using tunnels in warfare.
Alf0nse
Eseman
Nope probs the other team, the English side of my family were Catholic.
We did have a letter/receipt somewhere with a translation that some ancient relative escaped England after the civil war and served in Hungary with a bunch of other royalists with not much else to do