Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Henderson

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1650

Inscription:

From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102036363/john-henderson

HEAR LYETH THE BODYE
OF IOHN HENDERSON OF
FORDELL WHO DEPARTED
THIS LYFE THE II DAY OF
MARCH 1650 AND OF
HIS AGE 50 YEARES

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See:
Dufty, Arthur Richard (ed) 1964 Newark on Trent: The Civil War Siegeworks. London, HMSO, RCHM. p.58

Professional soldier who had been in the Imperialist army.
1640 Royalist Governor of Dumbarton Castle
1642 sent to Denmark to raise forces for the King
Nov/Dec 1642 joined Newcastle in Newcastle
Dec 1642 Piercebridge?/York/Tadcaster?
17-23 Dec 1642 reinforced Sir John Digby at Newark with 4000 horse and became Governor of Newark
Oct 1643 defeated at Winceby