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Since in [[December]] [[1648]], [[Frances Kemp]] told [[Polly Wright]] that her brother Arthur had been dead for four years, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'') it can be inferred that the battle took place in 1644. | Since in [[December]] [[1648]], [[Frances Kemp]] told [[Polly Wright]] that her brother Arthur had been dead for four years, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'') it can be inferred that the battle took place in 1644. | ||
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Revision as of 23:14, 8 April 2024
Marston Moor, only a few miles west of York and east of Crook Marsham. (PROSE: Nightshade, The Roundheads) It was presumably located in Yorkshire. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot [+]Loading...["The Gunpowder Plot (video game)"], PROSE: The Plotters [+]Loading...["The Plotters (novel)"], Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
In 1644, Marston Moor was the site of a major battle in the English Civil War between the forces of Oliver Cromwell and the army of Rupert. (PROSE: Nightshade, The Roundheads) During this battle, Arthur Kemp was killed by a Roundhead musket ball. (PROSE: The Roundheads)
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Since in December 1648, Frances Kemp told Polly Wright that her brother Arthur had been dead for four years, (PROSE: The Roundheads) it can be inferred that the battle took place in 1644.
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