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JOHN RUSHWORTH (c. 1612-1690)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 858 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:RUSHWORTH (c. 1612-1690)  , the compiler of the See also:Historical Collections commonly described by his name, was the son of See also:Lawrence See also:Rushworth of Acklington See also:Park, See also:Warkworth, See also:Northumberland . When he was given the degree of M.A. at See also:Oxford in 1649, he was said to belong to See also:Queen's See also:College, but there are no traces of his presence at the university . He was bred to the See also:law, and in 1638 was appointed See also:solicitor to the See also:town of See also:Berwick . He was enrolled in See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn in 1641, and was called to the See also:bar in 1647 . He made a point of attending on all public occasions of a See also:political and judicial See also:character, such as proceedings before the See also:Star Chamber, or the See also:Council, and of making shorthand notes of them . On the 25th of See also:April 164o he was appointed an assistant clerk to the See also:House of See also:Commons . He was on See also:duty when See also:King See also:Charles I. came down to See also:arrest the five members on the 4.th of See also:January 1642-, and madeliotes of his speech . The king insisted on taking the notes, and ordered them to be published . Rushworth attended the trial of the See also:earl of See also:Strafford, and took shorthand notes of the proceedings . He was much employed as a messenger between the king and the See also:parliament, and from the lrth of April 1644 till the 9th of See also:March 1647 was licenser of See also:pamphlets . When the new See also:model See also:army was formed he was appointed secretary to the See also:parliamentary See also:general, See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Fairfax . He was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Naseby, of which he wrote an See also:account .

When Fairfax, who was offended by the See also:

execution of the king, resigned his command, Rushworth was for a See also:short See also:time secretary to See also:Cromwell . He was afterwards employed by the council of See also:state and during the See also:protectorate, and sat in Cromwell's parliament for Berwick . When See also:Richard Cromwell resigned the protectorate, Rushworth was employed by the Rump after it had been re-established by See also:Monk . He made his See also:peace with the See also:government of Charles II., and though he was threatened with trial as a See also:regicide he was not seriously molested . During the reign of Charles II. he continued to See also:act as See also:agent for the town of Berwick, and he sat for it in parliament . He was also for a time agent for See also:Massachusetts, but the See also:colony complained that it received no See also:advantage from his services . During the last years of his See also:life he See also:fell into poverty, and from 1684 till his See also:death on the 12th of May 1690 he was a See also:resident in the King's See also:Bench See also:prison . At this time he had destroyed his memory by over-See also:indulgence in drink . The collection of papers which he made was published in eight volumes See also:folio between 1659 and 1701 . The volumes from the See also:fourth onwards appeared after his death . The first, which appeared with a See also:dedication to Richard Cromwell, was recalled and the dedication was suppressed .

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