George Joyce
Deceased Person
1618 –
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Who is George Joyce?
Cornet George Joyce was an officer in the Parliamentary New Model Army during the English Civil War.
Between 2 and 5 June 1647, while the New Model Army was assembling for rendezvous at the behest of the recently formed Army Council, George Joyce seized King Charles I from Parliament's custody at Holdenby House and brought him to Thomas Fairfax's headquarters on Triplo Heath, a move that weakened Parliament's position and strengthened the Army's.
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