English religious and political radical (1610–1648)
Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough
Commander of Parliamentarian navy Captain of Deal Castle
In office September 1647 – May 1648
Member of Parliament for Droitwich
In office January 1647 – October 1648
Parliamentarian Governor of Worcester
In office July 1646 – April 1647
Personal details
Born
6 July 1610 Wapping, Middlesex, England
Died
29 October 1648(1648-10-29) (aged 38) Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Cause of death
Assassinated
Resting place
Cemetery attached to St John's Church, Wapping[1]
Spouse
Margaret Rainsborough
Relations
William Rainsborowe, brother and Ranter
Children
William, unnamed daughter
Parent
William Rainsborough;
Occupation
Soldier, naval officer and radical politician
Military service
Allegiance
Parliamentarian
Years of service
1642–1648
Rank
Vice-Admiral; Colonel
Battles/wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Siege of Hull (1643)
Capture of Crowland Abbey
Battle of Naseby
Recapture of Leicester
Langport
Bridgwater
Siege of Bristol (1645)
Berkeley Castle
Siege of Oxford
Siege of Worcester
Siege of Colchester
Siege of Pontefract Castle
Thomas Rainsborough, or Rainborowe, 6 July 1610 to 29 October 1648, was an English religious and political radical who served in the Parliamentarian navy and New Model Army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. One of the few contemporaries whose personal charisma and popularity rivalled that of Oliver Cromwell, he has also been described as "a soldier of impressive professional competence and peerless courage".[2]
He is now most famous for his participation in the 1647 Putney Debates, when he argued "the poorest hee ... in England hath a life to live, as the greatest hee."
^"Plaque: Thomas Rainsborough". London Remembers. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^Gentles 2004.
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