1689-1698 Col J. Douglas commanded, 1690 - 1692,
having succeeded William (Pierrepont), 4th Earl of Kingston who died,
1690, of apoplexy at Holme Pierrepont
This is the only reference to the regiment that I have been able to
locate:
William Cartwright, of Normanton, who was so much
disliked by Mrs. Hutchinson, married Christian Cartwright, Sir Hugh
Cartwright's daughter, who was doubtless the "Citty" mentioned in his
letter. He is mentioned in Thoroton as "William Cartwright the Lawyer,
who built a house of brick and stone at Normanton." Their son,
William, deserted the Stuart cause, and served as a captain in Ireland
in the regiment which the Earl of Kingston led for William of Orange,
but as Sir Hugh's brother, Fulke Cartwright, had married Mary
Pierrepont, sister of the Earl of Kingston, this change of masters was
probably due to family connections. William Cartwright, who was
evidently more of a soldier than a scholar, wrote the two following
letters to his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Charlton, of
Chilwell, and, dying during the siege of Londonderry, was buried at
Belfast:—
"August 27th 1689
My dearest Deare
On Monday ye 18th wee marched to ye towne of Caravargus, (a very
strong place) haveing ye sea on ye one side, the towne being
strongly walled and a very strong castle in it, (being thought one
of the strongest in Ireland) which received us with great store both
of great and small shott, but ye night being darke, wee made our
aproch within a hundred yards of ye castle, and working very hard,
by ye morning wee had made our trencher secure, and throwne up our
batteries undiscovered, as soone as it was light we began to play
our great and small shott very plentifully, which has continued ever
since almost without intermission. Ye last night our Regimend and
foure more entred the trenches about eight oclock, haveing double ye
quantity of amunition that wee use to have, which wee made so good
use of, that wee by one oclock had made three great fires in ye
towne, as soon as it was day the enemy hung out a white flag and
came to capitulation the towne was surrendered to us about tenn
oclock yt day, wee have lost very few men in this enter-price I have
lost never a man, I have one man very ill, wounded in his left hand
by a musket (viz James Thomas yt quartered at Hen. Woodward's) Give
my service to all my ferindes and let them know I have my health
extremely well, give my blessing to all my little ones, and I pray
GOD send you and them yor healthes. You may send me an account of
all your wellfaires, direct yor letter for Captain Cartwright in ye
Earl of Kingston's Regiment to be left with Mr Simon Smith at his
house in Bellfast in ye Kingdom of Ireland,
so I rest in haste
thine as ever
W. Cartwright."
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See also: • Colonel James
Douglas Regiment - were there two James Douglases at this same time? |
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