BONYTHON, JOHN [SSNE 8429]
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John Bonython was an English officer in the Thirty Years' War. He served under Horace Vere in the Palatinate in 1622 and later as captain of Pendennis castle during the Stuart-French wars of 1625-1627. Many of his letters pertaining to his service survive in The National Archives.
Sources:
TNA SP16/25, f. 139, Sir John Killigrew to Sec. Conway, [April?] 1626.
TNA SP63/267, f. 18, List of Captains to have the command of the companies to be now levied for the Army, Feb. 1625.
TNA SP81/27, f. 252, List of Troops under Vere in Lower Palatinate, [Undated] [1622].
TNA SP81/28, f. 35, Capt. Bonython to Sir H. Vere, January 1623.
TNA SP81/27, f. 252, List of Troops under Vere in Lower Palatinate, [Undated] [1622].
TNA SP16/25, f. 139, Sir John Killigrew to Sec. Conway, [April?] 1626.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- PALATINATE, ENGLAND, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, VERE'S
- Arrived 1622-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1623-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- ENGLAND, PENDENNIS
- Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN OF PENDENNIS
- Departed 1627-12-31
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY