When was richard shuckburgh born

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Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. He did not, however, accompany Charles in his retreat, but fortified himself on the top of Shuckburgh hill. The place was attacked and stormed after a stout resistance, and Sir Richard, desperately wounded, was carried a prisoner to Kenilworth Castle. For taking arms for the king he was expelled by parliament on 14 Jan.

State Papers , Dom. His petition to compound for his delinquency, 28 April , met with no response Cal. He remained in prison for several years, and obtained his release only by sacrificing many of his estates. The remainder of his life he passed in retirement, interesting himself in history and antiquities. He was thrice married, but only by his third wife had he any children.

The fragmentary sketch that follows attempts to focus on the Richard Shuckburgh who was in Albany during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. This individual may have been of German origins or could have been the same-named individual who was the son of an English noble family. P erhaps he was serving in America as early as the mids. Perhaps he came to Albany sometime thereafter. Traveller Dr.

Alexander Hamilton visted with the garrison surgeon "Mr. Shakesburrough" while in Albany during the summer of In March , John, the son of Richard and Mary Shuckburgh, was baptized at the Albany Dutch church - the only reference in the extant church records. He is said to have spent time in England during the mids.

A Richard Shucksburgh received a number of commissions as surgeon to British forces during the s and 60s.