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573 APPENDIX B PEERS WHO WERE COMMANDERS OR CAPTAINS IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARMIES The following Peers or eldest sons of Peers are among those who form the list of 237 " Commanders or Captains of Companies in the Armies of the Commonwealth," and who bore " Cornets or flags and pennions," or "armorial bearings," described in Prestwich's Respublica, ili-j, pp. 24-1 18: Bedford. " William, Earle of Bedford, Lord Generall," i.e. William (Russell), 5th Earl, afterwards ist Duke. Brooke. "The Lord Brooke," i.e. Robert Greville, 2nd Lord. Essex. " His Excellencie Robert, Earl of Essex, Capt. Gen. of the Army employed for the defence of the Protestant Religion, the safety of His Majesties person and of the Parliament, <yc.," i.e. Robert Devereux, 3rd and last Earl. Fairfax. "The Lord Fairfax," i.e. Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord. Grey of Groby. "Lord Grey, son to the Earl of Stamford," i.e. Thomas Grey, styled Lord Grey of Groby, who was one of those who signed the death-warrant of Charles I, and who d. v.p., 1657. Hastings. "The Lord Hastings," i.e. Ferdinando (Hastings), Lord Hastings (by summons v.p. in 1640), afterwards, 1643, Earl of Huntingdon. He was Capt. of the 7th troop of Horse under the Earl of Bedford in 1642. Inchiquin. "O'Brian, the Lord Inchequin's ix Cornettes for Ireland 1646," i.e. Murrough (O'Brien), 6th Lord Inchiquin [I.], who, having turned Royalist, was, in 1654, cr. Earl of Inchiquin [I.]. Manchester. "The Earl of Manchester," i.e. Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl. Ranelagh. "Jonnes, Viscount Raunelaghe," i.e. Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount [I.]. Sheffield. " Capt. Sheffield, eldest son to the Earl of Mulgrave." Query eldest surviving son of the ist Earl, who d. 1646. Sir John Sheffield, the ist s. and h. ap. (father of the 2nd Earl), was dead before Sep. 161 5. Stamford. "Grey, Earl of Stamford," i.e. Henry Grey, ist Earl.