Statesman, Writer. He was the author of an important first hand account of the reign of Charles I and the Restoration period. He was educated at Eton College, before travelling abroad as a young man. In 1636 he was made secretary to William Juxon, the Lord High Treasurer, and later served in the Long Parliament where he voted against Strafford's attainder. He then accompanied the King to Oxford and fought as a volunteer at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. He was one of Charles I's secretaries during the negotiations with parliament at Hampton Court and Newport, for which he was praised by the King. Despite being heavily fined for his support of the monarchy he remained loyal to the exiled Charles II throughout Cromwell's rule, and in 1660 was knighted by the newly restored King. In 1661 he was elected as a Member of Parliament and made secretary to Lord Southampton. In 1667 he completed his "Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I, With a Continuation to the Happy Restoration of King Charles II", which was published in 1701, and for which he is best remembered today.
Statesman, Writer. He was the author of an important first hand account of the reign of Charles I and the Restoration period. He was educated at Eton College, before travelling abroad as a young man. In 1636 he was made secretary to William Juxon, the Lord High Treasurer, and later served in the Long Parliament where he voted against Strafford's attainder. He then accompanied the King to Oxford and fought as a volunteer at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. He was one of Charles I's secretaries during the negotiations with parliament at Hampton Court and Newport, for which he was praised by the King. Despite being heavily fined for his support of the monarchy he remained loyal to the exiled Charles II throughout Cromwell's rule, and in 1660 was knighted by the newly restored King. In 1661 he was elected as a Member of Parliament and made secretary to Lord Southampton. In 1667 he completed his "Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I, With a Continuation to the Happy Restoration of King Charles II", which was published in 1701, and for which he is best remembered today.
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