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23 January 1642: Entering Hull to claim it for parliament from Charles I, young John Hotham receives divine warning of his and his father’s acephalous fate

Hugh Cholmeley. 1773. Some Observations and Memorials Touching the Hothams. State Papers Collected by Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Vol. 2. Ed. Edward Hyde. London: At the Clarendon printing house. Get it:

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After that Sir John had undertaken that employment for Hull he had some occasion that detained him at London; so that upon notice of the Lord of Newcastle being gone thither, young Hotham was sent down to show to the townsmen his father’s authority from parliament, and to draw forces into the town. As soon as young Hotham came into the country, he immediately drew into the town of Hull three or four hundred of the trained bands, and the day that he entered with them into the town, there was the greatest sight that ever had been seen or heard of, the water flowing into the market place, so that no man could pass there; which was taken for a strange omen, and proved not only fatal to the father and son, but even to the kingdom.

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Abbreviations:

  • ER: East Riding
  • GM: Greater Manchester
  • NR: North Riding
  • NY: North Yorkshire
  • SY: South Yorkshire
  • WR: West Riding
  • WY: West Yorkshire

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Comment

Date from A.M.W. Stirling (Stirling 1918). God, the plumber for all mankind.

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Original

That if Sir John Hotham could have been assured of the King and Queen’s pardon for what he had done or said in Parliament, and received into their grace and favour, he might have been made a faithful and serviceable person to them; the denying of which (or at least answering it coldly) was a great motive to his undertaking that employment at Hull.
After that Sir John had undertaken that employment for Hull he had some occasion that detained him at London; so that upon notice of the Lord of New-Castle being gone thither, young Hotham was sent down to shew to the townsmen his father’s authority from Parliament, and to draw forces into the town.
As soon as young Hotham came into the country he immediately drew into the town of Hull three or four hundred of the trained bands, and the day that he entered with them into the town, there was the greatest sight that ever had been seen or heard of, the water flowing into the market place, so that no man could pass there; which was taken for a strange omen, and proved not only fatal to the Father and Son, but even to the Kingdom.

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