The Licence of War (78 page)

Charles Stuart
, Prince of Wales, 1630–85: heir to the throne; restored as Charles II in 1660.

Lord George Digby
, 1612–77: married Anne Russell in 1640; created Baron Digby in 1641; succeeded Lord Falkland as Secretary of State, after Falkland’s death in 1643.

John Digby
, first Earl of Bristol, 1580–January 1653/4: married Beatrice Walcott in 1609; father of George Digby; ambassador to the Spanish Court 1611–24; created Earl in 1622; died in Paris.

Prince Rupert
, 1619–82: son of King Charles’ sister, Elizabeth of Bohemia; older brother of Prince Maurice (1620–52); Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Horse in the first years of the Civil War; appointed General of the Royalist forces in November 1644; banished with Maurice from England by Parliament in 1646.

Lord Henry Wilmot
, 1612–58: married Frances Morton in 1633, and upon her death, Anne Lee in 1644; appointed Lieutenant General of the King’s Horse and created Baron Adderbury in 1643; created first Earl of Rochester by Charles II in 1652; father of the poet and libertine John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester.

Lord Henry Jermyn, 1
605?–January 1684/5: appointed Colonel of the Queen’s Lifeguard in 1639; created peer in 1643; accompanied the Queen to France in 1644; rumoured to have enjoyed an affair with her, and even a secret marriage after the execution of Charles I; created Earl of St. Albans in 1660; Lord Chamberlain to Charles II.

Philip Herbert
, fourth Earl of Pembroke, 1584–1650: married Susan de Vere in 1604, and upon her death, Anne Clifford in 1630; succeeded to the title in 1630, on the death of his brother, William; owner of Wilton House, Baynard’s Castle, and lodgings in the Cockpit, Whitehall, where he died.

Lady Catherine d’Aubigny
, née Howard, 1620?–50: married Lord George d’Aubigny, cousin of King Charles, in 1638; widowed in 1642; involved in a failed London plot in May 1643; remarried to James Livingstone, First Earl of Newburgh; died in The Hague.

Alonso de Cárdenas
, 1592–1664: Spanish Envoy to London c. 1638–55.

John Pym
, 1584–1643: married Anne Hooke in 1614; head of the Committee of Safety from July 1642; architect of Parliament’s Solemn League and Covenant with Scotland; died probably of bowel cancer and buried in Westminster Abbey; in 1660, with the Restoration of Charles II, his body was exhumed, despoiled, and reburied in a common pit.

Oliver St. John
, 1598?–1673: married as his second wife Elizabeth Cromwell, cousin of Oliver Cromwell; in 1660 published an apology for his past politics; lived abroad after 1662.

I
want to thank everyone who has inspired and supported me while writing this story, in particular Jennifer Roblin, for casting her superb critical eye on my early drafts; Liz Jensen, for excellent advice on a later one; and Dave Morris, for encouragement and helpful comments throughout. A warm thanks also to Luba Frastacky, since retired from the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at the University of Toronto, who kindly provided me with original source materials for my research. As always, I am immensely grateful to my agent, Sam Hiyate, for his unwavering optimism, enthusiasm, and professional dedication; to my patient and considerate editor, Lara Hinchberger, for her expertise; to the team at McClelland and Stewart, including Lynn Schellenberg, for her meticulous copy editing; and last but by no means least, to Dan Franklin at Jonathan Cape, for bringing Beaumont home on a second adventure. And I cannot forget to thank all of my family; my familiars Lupin and Daisy; the brave and loyal souls of Pinton and Tonpin; and, of course, my very best of men, Oscar Thiaw.