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The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended
order of chivalry An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order (distinction), order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic Military order (religious society), military orders of the ...
in England. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the
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of
Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
to be a reward for those Englishmen who had faithfully and actively supported Charles during his nine years of exile in continental Europe. Members of the order were to be called "Knights of the Royal Oak", and bestowed with a silver medal, on a ribbon, depicting the king in the Royal oak tree.British History Online, Knights of the Royal Oak This was in reference to the oak tree at
Boscobel House Boscobel House () is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the B ...
, then called the "Oak of Boscobel", in which Charles II hid to escape the Roundheads after the
Battle of Worcester The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 in and around the city of Worcester, England and was the last major battle of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Parliamentarian army of around 28,000 under Oliver Cromwell def ...
in 1651. Men were selected from all the counties of England and Wales, with the number from each county being in proportion to the population.
William Dugdale Sir William Dugdale (12 September 1605 – 10 February 1686) was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject. Life Dugdale was born at Shustoke, near Coleshi ...
in 1681 noted 687 names, each with a valuation of their estate in pounds per year. The estates of 18 men were valued at more than £3,000 per year. The names of the recipients are also listed in the baronetages, published in five volumes, 1741. Henry Cromwell-Williams, a zealous
royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of governme ...
and first cousin once removed to
Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...
, was one of the men proposed to be one of these knights. The order was never established, abandoned out of concerns at the time that it might perpetuate dissension and keep alive the differences between Parliament and the King, which were better left forgotten:
"...it being wisely judged," says Noble, in his 'Memoirs of the Cromwell family', "that the order was calculated only to keep awake animosities, which it was the part of wisdom to lull to sleep."
Instead of individual honours being made, 29 May, Charles' birthday, was set aside as Oak Apple Day (Restoration Day) to commemorate the Restoration. Celebration was made by the wearing of oak leaves in the hat; oak apples gilded, with a few leaves surrounding them, were sold in the streets of London. The statue of
Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...
, at
Charing Cross Charing Cross ( ) is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Clockwise from north these are: the east side of Trafalgar Square leading to St Martin's Place and then Charing Cross Road; the Strand leading to the City; ...
, was also decorated with branches of oak on this day. The day is still observed in parts of England today. The modern organisation styling itself "Knights of the Royal Oak Society" is not legally recognised as one of the chivalric orders of the United Kingdom.Knights of the Royal Oak Society


Knights of the Royal Oak, intended recipients


Bedfordshire

* Sir William Beecher £1,600 * William Boteler £1,000 * Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet £1,200 * Francis Crawley £1,000 * Sir John Duncombe £1,000 * Samuel Ironsides £600 * William Spencer £1,000 * Richard Taylor £1,000


Berkshire

*
John Blagrave John Blagrave of Reading (d. 1611) was an English Tudor mathematician, astronomer and designer of astronomical and mathematical instruments. His astrolabe designs, which he described in his writings, were advanced for Britain. He devoted himself ...
£2,000 *
Hungerford Dunch Hungerford Dunch (20 January 1639 – 9 November 1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1679 to 1680. Early life Dunch was born at Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, the son of Edmund Dunch (1602–1678) ...
£2,000 * John Elwayes £700 * Edmund Fettiplace £700 * John Freeman £800 * Richard Garrard £1,000 * Edward Keyte £1,000 * Sir St. John Moore £1,500 * Colonel Richard Nevil £1,500 * George Purefoy £3,000 *
Sir Compton Read, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
£2000 * John Whitwicke £800


Buckinghamshire

* Thomas Abraham, of Wingrave £600 * Thomas Catesby £800 * – Claver, of Woovinge £600 * Captain Peter Dayrell £600 * Charles Dormer £3,000 * William Dormer £1,000 *
Francis Ingoldsby Francis Ingoldsby (1615 – 1 October 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659. Ingoldsby was the son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby of Lenborough, Buckinghamshire and his wife Elizabeth Cromwell. He ma ...
£1,000 * – Wells, of Lillingston £600


Cambridgeshire

* Robert Balam of Beaufort Hall £600 * Sir Thomas Bennet
Wisbech Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland Port of Wisbech, port and civil parish in the Fenland District, Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bord ...
£2,000 *
Thomas Chicheley Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) of Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele. Life He was ...
£2,000 * William Colvile of Newton £1000 * Thomas Ducket £1,000 *
Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
£2,000 * Sir Thomas Marsh £1,500 * Captain John Millicent of Bergham £700 * Captain Thomas Storey £800 *
Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet ( – 17 November 1701) of Fen Ditton in Cambridgeshire, was a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire and Cambridge. He was also Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Early life Willys was born ...
£1,000


Cheshire

*Thomas Baskerville £1,000 *Thomas Cholmondeley £2,000 *John Crew £1,000 *Roger Grosvenor of Eaton £3,000 *Henry Harpur £600 *— Leigh of Lyme £4,000 *
Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet (7 April 1623 – 28 June 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Mainwaring was the son of Philip Mainwaring of Peover Hall, Over Peover and his wife Ellen Minshull, daug ...
£1,000 *James Poole £2,000 *Darcie Savage £1,000 *Edward Spencer £600 *Peter Wilbraham £1,000 *Roger Wilbraham £1,000 *Sir Thomas Wilbraham £3,000


Cornwall

* – Boscowen £4,000 * Francis Buller £3,000 *
Piers Edgecumbe Piers Edgecumbe ( 1609 – 6 January 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644 and between 1662 and 1667. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Edgecumbe was the son of Sir Richard ...
£2,000 * – Ellyott, of
Port Eliot Port Eliot in the parish of St Germans, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, is the ancestral seat of the Eliot family, whose present head is Albert Eliot, 11th Earl of St Germans. Port Eliot comprises a stately home with its own church, which ...
* Colonel – Godolphin £1,000 * Charles Grylls £700 * – Hallett £800 * Samuel Pendarvis £1,500 * – Penrose £1,000 * James Praed £600 * Edmund Prideaux £900 * Charles Roscarrocke £800 * Oliver Sawle £1,000 * William Scawen £800 * Joseph Tredenham £900 * John Vivyan £1,000


Cumberland

*Francis Howard £1,500 *Colonel Lamplugh £1,000 *William Layton £1,000 * Christopher Musgrave £1,000 *Thomas Curwen £1,000 *William Penington £1,000 *Edward Stanley £600 *Wrightington Senhouse £600


Devon

* Sir Copplestone Bamfield of
Poltimore Poltimore is a village, civil parish and former manor in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It lies approximately northeast of Exeter. The parish consisted of 122 households and a population of 297 people during the 2 ...
£1,900 *Col. Arthur Bassett of Umberleigh £1,000 * Sir William Courtenay of Powderham £3,000 * Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet £2,000 *
Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet (4 April 1625 – 6 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Drake was the son of Sir John Drake of Mount Drake and Ashe, and his wife Eleanor Boteler, daughter of John Boteler, 1 ...
£800 *Richard Duke of Otterton £1,000 *Francis Fulford of Fulford £1,000 *Col.
John Giffard John Giffard may refer to: *John Giffard, 1st Baron Giffard (1232–1299), English nobleman *John Giffard (died 1556) (c. 1465–1556), Tudor courtier, soldier, MP and landowner, of Chillington Hall, Staffordshire *John Giffard (died 1613) (1534–1 ...
(1602–1665) of Brightley £1,000 *Arthur Northcott £800 *Sir John Northcott, Bt £1,500 *Sir Courtney Pole of Shute £1,000 *Sir John Rolle (d.1706) of Stevenstone £1,000 *John Tuckfield of Little Fulford £1,000 *— Willoughby £1,700


Dorset

* – Baskervile £1,000 *Col.
Humphrey Bishop Humphrey Bishop (c 1612 - 1675) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661. Biography Bishop was the eldest son of John Bishop of Chilcombe, Dorset and his wife Elizabeth Hawley, daughter of Francis Hawley ...
£800 *Capt. Henry Boteler £600 *Thomas Freake £4,000 *Col. Robert Lawrence £700 *Woolley Miller £1,000 *John Still £1,000 *Col. Strangwayes £5,000 * William Thomas £600 *
John Tregonwell Sir John Tregonwell (died 1565) was an Cornish jurist, a principal agent of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. He served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1524 to 1536.C.S. Gilbert, ''An Historical ...
£1,100 *Sir John Turbervile £1,500


Durham

*Col. William Blakeston £600 *Anthony Byerley £600 *Samuel Davison £600 *Colonel Eden £1,000 *Marke Milbanke £2,000 *Ralph Millett £600 * John Tempest £1,000


Essex

*
Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet (3 December 1618 – 1675) was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. Biography William was the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Ayloffe and his second wife, Margaret, the fifth daughter of Thomas ...
£1,000 * Capt. Bramston £1,000 *— Clifton of Woodford £800 *Thomas Coates £1,000 *William Knight £1,000 *Thomas Lewther £1,000 *Capt. Charles Maynard £1,000 *Capt. Charles Mildmay £1,000 *Major Scott £1,000 *Henry Woolaston £1,000 *John Wrothe £1,500


Gloucestershire

* John Browneinge Esq. £1000 * Duncombe Colchester £800 * William Cooke £1,000 * John Delabere £1,000 * Benedict Hall of High Meadow £4,000 * Sir Humphrey Hanmore (qv Hanham) £1,000 * Sir Humphrey Hooke £1,500 * William Jones £800 * Thomas Lloyd £800 * Thomas Masters £1,000 * Thomas Morgan £800 * John Smythe £1,000 * Richard Stevens £800


Hampshire

*Sir Humphrey Bennet knt £1,000 *Major Edward Cooke £1,500 *Henry Cooke esq the younger £1,000 *Edward Knight esq of Chawton £1,000 *John Norton esq £1,000 * George Pitt esq of Strathfieldsay £4,000 *Sir Henry Titchborne of Titchbourne £1,000 *William Wall esq of Crundall £1,000 *William Walle esq of Leushott £1,000


Herefordshire

*John Barnibee of Boothall £1,000 *Humphrey Baskerville £1,000 *Roger Bodenham, £2,000 *Wallop Brobaston £1,200 *
Fitzwilliam Coningsby Fitzwilliam Coningsby (died August 1666) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621 and in 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Biography Coningsby was born at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, the ...
of Hampton Court £2,000 *
Humphrey Cornewall Sir Humphrey Cornewall, baptised 16 July 1616, buried 7 July 1688, was an English landowner from Herefordshire and Member of Parliament for Leominster from 1661 to 1679. He served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War, although h ...
£6,000 * Sir Edward Hopton £2,500 *
Henry Lingen Sir Henry Lingen (23 October 1612 – 22 January 1662), Lord of Sutton, Lingen and Stoke Edith, was a Royalist military commander in Herefordshire during the English Civil War, and later a member of parliament. He was the son of Edward Lingen an ...
£2,000 *Sir Thomas Tomkins £2,000 *Roger Vaughan £1,500 *Thomas Whitney £2,000 *
Herbert Westfaling Herbert Westfaling (also spelled Westphaling, 1531/2 – 1 March 1602), was Anglican Bishop of Hereford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Westfaling was born in London, England, the son of Harbert Westphaling, whose family orig ...
£800


Hertfordshire

*Edward Bashe £1,500 * Edmund Field £600 *John Gore £600 *Ralph Gore £600 *William Gore £800 *— Harrison of Balls £600 *John Jessen £600 *Thomas Keytley £800 *Capt. Thomas Morley £1,000 *Francis Shalcrosse £800 *Peter Soames £1,500 *Edward Watts £600 *Sir Henry Wrothe of Durante, in Enfield, Middlesex £2,000


Huntingdonshire

* – Apreece esq of Washingley £1,000 *Robert Apreece esq £1,500 *Richard Naylor esq £600 *Thomas Rous esq £800 *John Stone esq £1,000 *Major Lionel Walden esq £600 * Henry Cromwell-Williams esq of Bodsey £2,000


Kent

*Edward Badbye esq £1,000 *John Clinckerd esq £600 *William Delaune knt £2,500 *William Dyke esq £1,000 *Thomas Englishe esq £700 *Humphrey Hide, jun esq £600 *William Kenwricke esq £600 *Thomas Leigh knt £1,500 *Stephen Leonard esq £1,000 *Edward Roper esq £2,000 *William Roper esq £600 *Sir Richard Sands knt £1,000 *Roger Twisden esq £1,000


Lancashire

*Francis Anderton esq £1,000 *Col James Anderton £1,500 *Edmund Asheton esq £1,000 *Christopher Banister esq £1,000 *Richard Boteler esq £1,000 *— Ffarrington esq of Worden £1,000 *— Fleetwood esq of Penwortham £1,000 *Thomas Greenhalgh esq £1,000 *John Girlington esq £1,000 *Thomas Holt esq £1,000 *Robert Holte esq £1,000 *John Ingleton senior esq £1,000 *Colonel Kirby £1,500 *Henry Norris esq £1,200 *Roger Nowell esq £1,000 *Thomas Preston esq £2,000 *Thomas Stanley esq £1,000 * William Stanley esq £1,000 *Edward Tildesley esq £1,000 * – Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh esq £2,000


Leicestershire

*Major Brudnell £1,000 *Capt William Cole £600 *George Dashwood esq £1,000 *Sir George Faunt knt £2,000 *William Lawford esq £1,000 *Col Neville of Holt £2,000 * – Pochin esq of Barkby £1,000 * – Skevington esq of Skevington £1,000 *Sir Edward Smythe knt £800 *William Street esq £1,000 * – Terringham esq £1,000 *Richard Verney esq £1,000 * – Whaley esq of Norton £1,000


Lincolnshire

*William Blythe £1,000 *Sir John Browne knt £1,000 *William Broxholme esq £1,000 *
Sir Robert Carr, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
of Sleford £4,000 * – Desyad esq of Harleston £1,000 *Charles Dymoke esq of Scrivelsby £1,000 *John Hanby esq £1,500 *Jervas Nevill esq £1,200 * Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet of Hather £3,000 *John South esq £2,000 *Capt William Thorold £1,500 *William Welby esq £600


London and Middlesex

*Major Matthew Bayley £600 *Capt John Bagshawe £600 *Capt Hercules Baron £600 *Capt Richard Crane £600 *Robert Blore esq £1,000 *Capt Samuel Clarke £600 *Charles Cheney esq £4,000 *Capt Ralph Clarke £600 *Capt Francis Crane £1,000 * Col. William Carlos £800 *Charles Carryll esq £1,000 *Lt Cox £600 *Alderman Francis Dashwood £2,000 *Henry Englishe esq £2,000 *Col Sir Ralph Freeman knt £1,000 *Col Charles Gifford £600 *William Goldsborough esq £1,500 *Leonard Hamond esq £1,000 *Thomas Hughes esq £1,500 *Alderman Francis Knight £2,000 *Capt Valentine Knight £1,500 *Commissary General Sir Edward Knightley knt £5,000 *Frances Maunsell esq £600 *Alderman Lewis £2,000 *Capt Edward Maunsell £800 *Col Thomas Neville £1,500 *
Sir Roger Norwich, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
£2,000 *Major Rob Peyton £1,000 *Major Christ Pickeringe £600 *Col Charles Progers £600 *Col James Progers £600 *Thomas Reynold esq £2,000 * Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet of Willesden £1,000 *Colonel Sampson £600 *George Skipp esq £600 *Alderman Sterlinge £2,000 *Col Standish £600 *Robert Thomas esq £3,000 *Morrice Tresham esq £600 *George Tresham esq £600 *Edward Turner esq son of Baron Turner £600 *Col Arthur Trevor £1,000 *Thomas Tunman esq £1,000 *Sir Robert Viner knt £3,500 *Peter Vandeput £800 *Col Sir Thos Woodcocke knt £1,000 *Edmund Warcup esq £800 *Capt Joseph Ward £600 *Charles Whitlaker esq £1,000 *Capt Thomas Willowbie £600 *Sir Thomas Allen knt £2,000 *Sir Anthony Bateman knt £2,000 *Sir Thomas Bateman knt £2,000 *Sir William Bateman knt £2,000 *Alderman Sir
Thomas Bloodworth Sir Thomas Bloodworth, born Blidward, also spelt Bludworth (baptised 13 February 1620 – 12 May 1682) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. He was Lord Mayor of London from October 1665 to ...
knt £3,000 *Alderman Bonfoy £2,000 *George Cary esq £600 *Sir Richard Chiverton knt £3,000 *Edward Dutton esq £1,000 *Sir James Muddiford knt £1,500 *Edward Palmer esq £800 *Henry Progers esq £600 *Sir Wm Peake knt £1,000 *Thomas Padnall esq £1,000 *Ald Richard Shelbury £1,000 *Sir George Smyth knt £2,000 *Sir William Turner knt £2,000 *Ald Thorowgood £2,000 *Samuel Foote esq £1,500 *Alderman Clutterbucke £2,000 *Sir John Lawrence knt £2,000 *Sir John Fredericke knt £2,000 *Alderman Wade £2,000 *Ald Bathurst £2,000 *Sir Francis Compton knt £2,000 *Capt George Gage £600 *Col John Russell £1,000 *Col Thomas Baynton £600 *Sir Thomas Danyell knt £600 *M Gen Randall Elgerton £1,000 *Col Francis Lovelace £600 *Col Morgan £600 *Sir Gilbert Gerrard £600 *Major Henn afterwards Sir Henry Henn £600 *Capt Roger Gardiner £600 *Lieut Hambleton £600 * – Morgan esq £800 *George Tresham esq £600 *William Washborne esq £600 *Capt Philip Sherrard £600 *Cornet Stanley £1,000 *
Hatton Compton Hatton Compton (died Wright 1963 p. 3) was an English army officer who served as Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1713 to 1741Williamson and Fox 191p. 21/ref> and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets from 1715 to 1717. Family and personal li ...
esq £600 *Richard Mounteney esq £1,000 *Arthur Maunsell £600 *Thomas Hardinge esq £1,500 *Thomas Fisher esq £600 *Nicholas Kemishe esq £600 *Thomas Dacres esq of Cheshunt £1,000 *James Jobson esq £1,000 *John Cowell esq qy Sir John Coe knt one of the Masters in Ch of Depden Suffolk £600 *Henry Kersley esq £600 *Peter Vandeput esq £800 * Richard Raynsford esq a judge £600 *Edward Atkinson esq £1,000 *William Barker esq £1,200 *Thomas Elmes esq of Lilford co Northampton £1,500 *John Keelinge son of Justice Keelinge £600 *Wm Haselwood esq of
Maidwell Maidwell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had 325 inhabitants, including Draughton, and this increased to 429 at the 2011 census. The villages name means 'Maidens' s ...
£3,000 *William Marshall esq £600 *Francis Roper esq £600 *Thomas Waller esq £1,000


Norfolk

*Christopher Bedingfeld esq of Wyghton £800 *Osburne Clarke esq £1,000 *John Coke esq £1,000 *Thomas Garrard esq £1,000 *John Hobart esq of Blickling and Intwood £1,000 *Christopher Jug esq £1,500 *John Kendall esq of Thetford £1,000 *Sir Thomas Meddowe knt of Yarmouth £2,000 *John Nabbes esq £2,000 *Richard Nixson esq £1,000 *Lawrence Oxborow esq of Hackbech Hall £800 *William Paston esq of Paston £800 *Sir Joseph Payne knt of Norwich £1,000 *Valentine Saunders esq £600 *Capt Henry Stewart £1,000 *John Tasburgh esq £600 *
Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
£2,000 *Robert Wright esq £1,000 *Thomas Wright esq of Kilverston £1,000 *John Wyndham esq of Felbrigge £3,500


Northamptonshire

*John Adams esq £1,000 * – Arundel esq of Stoke £1,000 *George Clarke esq of Watford £3,000 *Edward Palmer esq £1,200 *Bryan Johnson esq £1,000 *Walter Kirkham esq of Fineshade Abbey £800 *Francis Lane esq £600 *Thomas Morgan esq £600 *Tanfield Moulso esq of Thingdon £600 *
Humphrey Orme Humphrey Orme (1620 – 2 March 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and from 1660 to 1671. Orme was the son of Humphrey Orme of Peterborough and his wife Mary Orme, daughter of Humphrey Orme of Compton Dundon ...
esq of Peterboro £1,000 * – Ouley esq of Catesby £1,000 *William Stafford esq of Blatherwick £3,000 *William Tate esq of Delapre £1,500 *Francis Thursby esq of Abington £1,000 *John Willoughby esq £600


Northumberland

*Thomas Beewicke esq £2,000 *Daniel Collingwood esq £600 *George Collingwood esq £800 *Sir William Foster knt £1,000 *Sir Thomas Horseley knt £1,000 *Charles Howard esq £600 *Robert Shafto esq £1,000 * – Thometon esq of Netherwhitton £800


Nottinghamshire

*Cecil Cooper esq of Thurgarton £1,000 *
Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (13 November 1598 – 13 December 1686) of Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire was an English politician and landowner who served as an Member of Parliament from 1628 to 1629, then 1640 to 1648. A devout Presbyterian, he su ...
£500 * – Eyre esq of Mansfield Woodhouse £2,000 * – Middleton esq £1,000 *John Palmer esq £600 * – Whaley esq £1,200


Oxfordshire

*Sir John Clarke £2,000 *
Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet (16 November 1632 – 11 June 1675) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1675. Cope was the son of Sir John Cope, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Fane daughter of Francis ...
£4,000 * – Gardiner esq of Tew £800 *James Herne esq £1,000 *Sir Henry Jones knt £1,500 * Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet £3,000 *Rowland Lucey esq £1,600 *Sir Francis Norris £1,500 * Sir Thomas Penyston, 2nd Baronet £800 *Matthew Skinner esq £600 *Welsborne Sill esq £600 *Thomas Stoner esq £3,000 *Sir Timothy Tynell £1,500 *Cuthbert Warcupp esq £1,000 *Sir Francis Wenman knt £1,500 *George Wenman esq £2,000


Rutland

* Abel Barker esq 1000 *Christopher Browne esq 600 *Samuel Browne esq 600 *Edward Fawkenor esq of Uppingham 1600 *Richard Halford esq of Ediweston 600 * Henry Noel esq 1000


Shropshire

*Francis Charleton esq £2,000 *Thomas Cornwall esq £500 *Henry Davenport esq £800 *Andrew Forrester esq £1,000 *Richard Fowler esq £1,000 *John Kynnaston esq £1,000 *Robert Leighton esq £800 *Charles Mainwaringe esq £600 *
Andrew Newport Andrew Newport JP (baptised 30 November 1622 – 11 September 1699), styled The Honourable from 1642, was an English Tory politician, courtier and royalist. Background He was the second son of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport, and his wife R ...
esq £800 *
William Oakeley William Oakeley (March 1635 – 1695) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1695. Oakeley was the eldest surviving son of Richard Oakeley of Oakeley, Shropshire and his wife Ma ...
esq £800 *Col William Owen £800 *Thomas Talbott esq £1,000 *George Weld esq £1,000 *
Thomas Whitmore Thomas Whitmore may refer to: * Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677), English lawyer and politician * Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846), English Whig MP for Bridgnorth *Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (1612–1653), English MP for Bridgnorth *Thomas Charlt ...
esq £600 *Sir John Wylde knt £1,000


Somerset

*Warwick Bamfield esq £1,000 * Sir William Basselt of Claverton £1,800 *Edward Berkley esq £1,000 *Samuel Gorges esq £600 *John Hall esq £900 *John Carey esq £1,500 *John Hunt esq £1,500 * – Lacey esq of Hartley £1,000 * Francis Luttrell esq £1,500 *Sir George Norton knt £1,800 *Peregrine Palmer esq £1,500 *John Pawlet esq £1,000 *
Edward Phelips Edward Phelips may refer to: * Sir Edward Phelips (speaker) (c. 1555/60–1614), English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the English House of Common and subsequently Master of the Rolls * Sir Edward Phelips Jr. (1638–1699), English landowner a ...
esq £1,500 *George Stawell esq £5,000 *John Tint esq £1,000


Staffordshire

*Capt Francis Biddulph £600 *Richard Congreve esq £600 *Johnathan Cope esq £800 *Charles Cotton esq £600 *Walter Fowler esq £1,500 *Walter Gifford esq £1,500 *Henry Grey esq of Envile £1,000 *Colonel Lane £700 * Francis Leveson esq £2,000 *Robert Leveson esq £600 *Richard Oakover esq £1,000 *Edwin Scrumshire esq £1,000 *
Thomas Whitgrave Thomas Whitgrave (or Whitgreave) ('' fl.'' 1650s) was the Member of Parliament for Staffordshire for the First, Second and Third Protectorate parliaments who was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in 1658. He was also considered as a ...
esq £600


Suffolk

*William Barker esq £600 *Capt Bennett £1,000 *William Blomfield esq £600 * Joseph Brand esq of Edwardston £1,000 *John Brookes esq £1,000 *Richard Cooke esq £1,000 *Robert Crane esq £1,500 *John Gibbes esq £800 *Clement Higham esq £1,000 *Roger Kedington esq £800 *Sir Edmund Poley knt £1,000 *Edmond Sheppard esq £1,000 *Charles Stutteville esq of Dalham £1,500 *Robert Style esq £600 *John Warner esq £1,000 *Henry Warner esq £1,000 *Randall Williams esq £600


Surrey

*Capt Bartholomew £600 *Richard Berry esq £1,000 *Charles Bickerstaffe esq £600 *Thomas Brand esq £700 *Edward Bromfeild esq £1,000 *
Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet, DL, JP (c. 1626 – 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1661 and 1689. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War. Browne was the son of Sir Ambrose ...
£1,600 *George Browne esq £600 *Capt Roger Clarke £600 *John Dawes esq £700 *Thomas Delmahoy esq £1,200 *George Duke esq £600 *Roger Duncombe esq £1,000 *Giles Dunster esq £600 * Edward Evelyn esq of Ditton £600 *
Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet, of Godstone Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet (12 March 1633 – 10 August 1671) was an English landowner in Surrey. Created a baronet at the English Restoration, he inherited the Godstone estate in 1664. He quarreled extensively with his family to obtain more mon ...
£1,800 *Charles Good esq £700 *James Gresham esq £800 *Capt John Holmendon £600 *Edward Moore esq £600 *William Muschamp esq of Roebarnes £600 * Roger Pettyward (Pettiward) esq of Putney, Surrey,Daniel Lysons, 'Putney', in The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey (London, 1792), pp. 404–435 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp404-435 £2,000 *Peter Quinnall esq £600 *Vincent Randall esq £1,000 *Geo Smyth esq £600 *White Titchbourne esq £1,000 * — Thomas esq of Cobham £600 *George Turner esq £1,000 *Geo Vernon esq of Farnham £800 *Geo Woodroffe esq of Poyle £1,500 *Edward Woodward esq £1,000 *Davis Wymondswold esq of Putney £2,000 *James Zouch esq £2,000


Warwickshire

*John Bridgman esq £1,000 *Thomas Broughton esq of Lawford £800 *William Combes esq £800 *William Dylke esq of Maxstoke Castle £800 *Thomas Flint esq £700 * — Jenings esq of Bromesbam £1,000 * — Keyte esq of Camden £1,000 * — Middlemore esq of Edgebaston £2,000 *Edward Peyton esq £1,800 *Capt Geo Rawley £700 *Seabright Reppington esq £1,000 * — Sheldon esq of Beoley £2,000 *John Stratford esq £1,000 *Richard Verney esq of Compton £600 *William Wood esq £800


Westmorland

*Allan Bellingham esq £1,500 *Richard Braythwaite esq £600 *Sir Thomas Braythwaite knt £1,500 *Thomas Cabetas esq £600 *Christ Crackenthorpe esq £600 *John Dalston esq £600 *James Duckett esq £800 *Daniel Fleminge esq £1,800 *Thomas Leybourne esq £600 *John Lowther esq £4,000 *John Otway esq £600


Wiltshire

*Thomas Baskervile esq £1,200 *William Boddenham esq £600 *George Bond esq £800 *Walter Buckland esq £900 *John Bowles esq £600 *William Duckett esq £1,000 *Sir John Ernley knt £1,000 *John Gore esq £600 *John Holte esq £800 *Richard Grubham Howe esq £1,200 *Edward Hyde esq £600 *Oliver Nicholas esq £1,000 * John Norden esq £800 *Sir John Scroope knt £700 *William Willoughby esq £600


Worcestershire

*William Acton esq £1,000 *Sir Rowland Berkeley knt £1,000 *Philip Brace esq £600 * Henry Bromley £1,000 *Thomas Child esq £2,000 * Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet of Frankley £3,000 *Matthew Morphew esq £1,000 *
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley (ca. 1602 – 30 November 1669), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625. He was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War and, as Governor of Worcester, he ...
£2,000 *Samuel Sandys esq of Umbersley £1,000 *Thomas Savage esq of Elmley Castle £800 * – Sheldon esq of Broadway £600 *Francis Sheldon esq £600 *Sherrington Talbott esq £1,000 *Joseph Walsh esq £1,000 *Major Thomas Weld £600 *Sir John Woodford knt £2,000


Yorkshire

*Francis Bayldon esq £600 *John Beilby esq £1,000 *Major John Beverley £600 *Barrington Bourchier esq £1,000 *John Calverley esq of Calverley £1,000 *Walter Calverley esq £1,000 *Nicholas Chaloner esq £600 *Marmaduke Constable esq £1,000 *Thomas Danby esq £3,000 *Robert Doldon esq £600 *Capt John Garnett £600 *Richard Hutton esq £1,000 *James Moyser esq £1,000 *William Osbaldiston esq £1,000 * – Pennyman esq £1,000 *Thomas Tancred esq £800 *Edward Trotter esq £1,000 *Major Vavasor of Weston £600 *Sir Walter Vavasor knt £1,000 *Sir Christ Wandesford knt £2,000


Wales

Anglesey * – Bodden, Esq. £1,000 * William Bould, Esq. £1,000 * Pierce Lloyd, Esq. £1,000 * John Robinson, Esq. £800 * Thomas Wood, Esq. £600 Brecknockshire * Richard Gwynn, Esq. £600 * John Jefferys, Esq. £600 * Walter Vaughan, Esq. £700 * Wilbourne Williams, Esq. £600 Cardiganshire * John Jones, Esq. £800 * Thomas Jones, Esq. £600 * Reynold Jenkins, Esq. £700 * James Lewis £700 * Edward Vaughan, Esq. £1,000 Carmarthenshire * Altham (John?) Vaughan, Esq. £1,000 * Philip Vaughan, Esq. £600 * Henry Maunsell, Esq. £700 * Rowland Gwynn, Esq. £899 * Charles Vaughan, Esq. £600 * William Gwynn, Esq. £700 * Nicholas Williams, Esq. £1,000 * Richard Gwynn, Esq. £700 Caernarvonshire * Sir John Owen's heir £1,500 Denbighshire * Charles Salisburie, Esq. £1,300 * Huscall Thelwall, Esq. £600 * Foulke Middleton, Esq. £600 * John Wynn, Esq. £600 * Sir Thomas Middleton, Knt. (of Chirk Castle, Wrexham) £600 * Bevis Lloyd, Esq. £600 * John Lloyd, Esq. £600 Flintshire * Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet, of Mostyn £4,000 * Sir Edward Mostyn, Knt £1,500 * – Salisbury, of Hegragge, Esq. £600 * Robert Davies, Esq. £2,000 * John Puliston, Esq. £2,500 *
Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1612–1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1669 to 1678. He was a Royalist during the English Civil War and raised troops for Charles I. In his personal life, he was a ...
£3,000 * William Hanmer, Esq. Glamorganshire * Sir – Esterlinge, Knt. £2,000 * Herbert Evans, Esq. £1,500 * David Jenkins, Esq. £1,500 * Thomas Mathews, Esq. £1,100 * William Bassett, Esq. £800 * William Herbert, Esq. £1,000 * Edmund Lewis, Esq. £800 * David Mathews, Esq. £1,000 Merionethshire * – Attwyll, of Parke, Esq. £1,500 * Lewis Owen, Esq. £600 * John Lloyd, Esq. £600 * William Vaughan, Esq. £1,200 * William Salesbury, Esq. £800 * William Price, Esq. £1,500 * Howell Vaughan, Esq. £800 Monmouthshire * William Morgan, Esq. £4,000 * William Jones, of Lanarthe, Esq. £1,000 * Thomas Lewis, Esq. £1,000 * Charles Vann, Esq. £800 *
Walter Rumsey Walter Rumsey (1584–1660) was a Welsh judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He suffered for his support of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was also a man of arts and sciences, and developed plantsmanship, ...
, Esq. £600 * William Jones, of Llantrischent, Esq. £600 * – Milbourne, Esq. £800 Montgomeryshire * John Pugh, Esq. £1,000 * – Owen, Esq., of Ruserton £1,000 * – Blaney, Esq. £1,000 * Roger Lloyd, Esq. £800 * Richard Owen, Esq. £800 * Richard Herbert, Esq. £700 * Sir Edward Lloyd £1,200 *
Edmund Waring Edmund Waring (c 1638 - 1687) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1687. Waring was the son of Walter Waring of Owlbury and his wife Jane Robinson, daughter of Humphrey Robinson of The Lynches, ...
, Esq. £700 Pembrokeshire * Thomas Langhorne, Esq. £800 * Lewis Wogan, Esq. £1,000 * Hugh Bowen, Esq. £600 * Essex Merricke, Esq. £600 * Sir John Lort, Knt. (Bart. after) £2,000 Radnorshire *
George Gwynne George Gwynne (c. 1623 – 1673) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660. Gwynne was the son of David Gwynne and his wife Joan Morgan daughter of George Morgan of Itton, Monmouthshire. He inh ...
£1,500 * Evan Davies £600 * – Price, Esq. £1,000Gwaith Gwallter Mechain, p. 194


See also

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Escape of Charles II After the final Royalist defeat of the English Civil War against Cromwell's New Model Army at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, the future Charles II of England (already by that time King of Scotland) was forced to flee, famously av ...
* Oak apple *
Royal Oak (tree) The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. ...


Footnotes

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John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 1''"> John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 1''
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William Dugdale Sir William Dugdale (12 September 1605 – 10 February 1686) was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject. Life Dugdale was born at Shustoke, near Coleshi ...
, The antient Usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly call'd Arms. With a catalogue of the present Nobility of England, 1681, reprinted 1811, London
British History Online, Knights of the Royal Oak

Knights of the Royal Oak Society
* Davies, Reverend Walter, ''The English Works of Rev. Walter Davies, M.A.)'', Oxford University Press, 1868
Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the History and Antiquities of Gloucestershire
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William Phillimore Watts Phillimore William Phillimore Watts Phillimore (formerly Stiff) MA BCL (27 October 1853 – 9 April 1913) was an English solicitor, genealogist and publisher. Early life William Phillimore Watts Stiff was born on 27 October 1853 in Nottingham, the eldest ...
, Sidney Joseph Madge, Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., Ltd., 1884 * Frederick William Fairholt, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Jordan, John Tatham, ''Lord Mayors' pageants: being collections towards a history of these annual celebrations, with specimens of the descriptive pamphlets'', for the Percy Society by T. Richards, 1844
Oxford Historical Society Publications, Vol. 44
Clarendon Press for the Oxford Historical Society, 1904 *
Mark Noble Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and is well remembered for his time at English club West Ham United, spending eighteen years with the club. Apart from two sh ...
, ''Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell'', vol. I, online text, p. 70,
Royal Oak The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. C ...
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