See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

PHILIP See also:

• PHILIP SKIPPON (d. ,66o)

SKIPPON (d. ,66o)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WARS

Wars, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Lexham, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he adopted the military profession and in 1622 was serving with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• VERE
• VERE, SIR FRANCIS (1560-1609)

Vere in the See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate . He took See also:

• PART

part in most of the battles and sieges of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries . At the sieges of See also:

• BREDA

Breda in 1625 and 1637 he was wounded, and under his old See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Vere, he was See also:

• PRESENT

present when Bois-le-Duc ('s Hertogenbosch) and Maestricht were attacked in 1629 . A See also:

• VETERAN

veteran of considerable experience, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• SKIPPON, PHILIP (d. ,66o)

Skippon returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1639, and was immediately appointed to a command in the (See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

Honourable) See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery See also:

• COMPANY

Company . In "1642 the Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War was fast approaching, and in See also:

• JANUARY

January Skippon was made commander of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City troops . He was not present at Edgehill, but he rode up and down the lines of his raw militiamen at Turnham See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, See also:

• CHEERING

cheering and encouraging them in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's victorious See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, the Lord See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General of the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament forces, soon made Skippon his See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, a See also:

• POST

post which carried with it the command of the See also:

• FOOT

foot and the complicated See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of arranging the See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• BATTLE

battle, He was with Essex at See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, and at the first battle of See also:

• NEWBURY

Newbury distinguished himself at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . At the end of 1644 the amazing See also:

• DESERTION

desertion of Essex when his army was surrounded at See also:

• LOSTWITHIEL

Lostwithiel See also:

• LEFT

left Skippon in command; compelled to surrender without firing a shot, the old soldier See also:

• BORE

bore himself with calmness and fortitude in this adversity . At the second battle of Newbury he and Essex's old foot had the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of recapturing six of the guns they had lost at Lostwithiel . The See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as major-general of the New See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

Model Army soon followed, as, apart from his distinguished services, there was scarcely another See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in England with the knowledge of detail requisite for the post . In this capacity he supported See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax as loyally, as he supported Essex, and at See also:

• NASEBY

Naseby, though dangerously wounded, he would not quit the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field .

For his conduct on this decisive field the two Houses of Parliament thanked him, and they sent him See also:

• SPECIAL

special physicians to cure him of his See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound . It was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before he was See also:

• FIT

fit to serve in the field again . He only reappeared at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, which he directed . At the end of the war he was selected for the command of the forthcoming Irish expedition, with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal-general . .The discontent of the soldiery, however, which ended in open See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny, put an end to a command which Skippon had only accepted under See also:

• GREAT

great pressure . He bore a part in all the movements which the army leaders now carried out . A Presbyterian himself, he endeavoured to preserve a See also:

• MIDDLE

middle position between his own See also:

• SECT

sect and the See also:

• INDEPENDENTS

Independents, and to secure by any means a See also:

• FIRM

firm treaty with the king . The army outstripped Fairfax and Skippon in See also:

• ACTION

action . The major-general was named as one of the king's See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, but, like his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, did not take his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . During the See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he held high See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, military and civil, but ceased to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence passing events . Ile was one of the members of See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords, and, in general, was universally respected and beloved . Age and infirmities prevented him from taking any part in the revolutions, which culminated in the restoration of the See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

Monarchy, and in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1660 he died .

Skippon was a deeply religious man, and wrote several books of devotion for the use of soldiers . One of his few sayings in Parliament, that on the fanatic Naylor, has become famous: " If this be See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty, See also:

• GOD

God deliver us from such liberty!" See Vicars, English Worthies (1647) .