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Netherlands, after being been told his first wife had died. This later proved untrue, although whether Bampfield was aware of this is unclear. Arrested in December 1649, he soon escaped but on the ship to
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who never forgave him for suggesting he had not done enough to save his father from execution in 1649. This led to his dismissal from
Royalist service in 1654 and exile in 1661 but how far his reputation for being untrustworthy was deserved is disputed.
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continued in Dutch service throughout. As it was a maritime conflict, he did not fight his countrymen, unlike many
English sailors who joined the Dutch navy where conditions and pay were substantially better. After the
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attested to his stubborn defence, Hopton blamed
Bampfield for the defeat and it was this version of events that later appeared in Clarendon's "History of the Rebellion". He was exchanged in June 1644 and served with
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Bampfield's career; it is suggested factors included his association with de Witt and the enmity of Charles II, William's uncle. He retired to
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for allegedly seducing her. Newton was badly wounded and
Bampfield fled to Scotland, where the Covenanters had crowned Charles and were preparing the attempt to regain his English throne which ended at
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858:, or "Year of disaster", it initially seemed the French had achieved a stunning victory. Bampfield could not persuade the Zwolle militia to defend their town and shortly afterwards his garrison at
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English and
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Charles II, 1665: An Act for attainting Thomas Dolman Joseph
Bampfield and Thomas Scott of High-Treason if they render not themselves by a day in Statutes of the Realm: Volume 5, 1628-80
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managed to stabilise the position by the end of July but
Bampfield was one of dozens of officers court-martialled in the recriminations that followed, while de Witt was lynched.
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who had also been recruited by
Thurloe as a double agent, went unpunished while Clarendon employed Thurloe as an unofficial advisor. Bampfield however was imprisoned in the
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in May 1660, hoping for inclusion in the general pardon issued by Charles.
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became suspicious he was still a Royalist and barred him from returning.
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employed him as an expert on the English court; when the
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Marshall, Alan (2004). "Bampfield, Joseph (1622-1685)".
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Ottway, Sheila; Dragstra, Henk; Wilcox, Helen (2000).
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735:was viewed as contributing to the failure of the
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1271:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1213:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1129:Act for attainting Joseph Bampfield (1819).
636:it in January 1644 and made prisoner again.
591:Bampfield's war, 1642 to 1645; key locations
378:and given command of an infantry regiment.
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222:and expert advisor to Dutch
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61:1685 (aged 62–63)
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1296:(2012 ed.). Penguin.
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85:Wars of the Three Kingdoms
1238:(2006 ed.). Abacus.
767:, a senior member of the
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203:and never returned home.
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608:where he helped capture
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297:History of the Rebellion
874:where he died in 1685.
693:Commonwealth of England
340:First English Civil War
248:where he died in 1685.
244:in 1673, he retired to
16:English soldier and spy
1277:10.1093/ref:odnb/11934
1234:Royle, Trevor (2004).
1192:. Palgrave Macmillan.
1164:. Bucknell Publishing.
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681:James, Duke of York
650:Siege of Lyme Regis
348:Marquis of Hertford
311:. Himself a devout
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110:Siege of Lyme Regis
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761:Stuart Restoration
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606:South West England
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1283:(Subscription or
1245:978-0-349-11564-1
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829:in 1667, diarist
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