HARWOOD, EDWARD [SSNE 8437]
- Surname
- HARWOOD
- First name
- EDWARD
- Title/rank
- COLONEL, SIR
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
- Region
- LINCOLNSHIRE
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Sir Edward Harwood was an officer in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. He may have served as early as 1599 and was promoted to ensign and lieutenant in 1602 and 1606, respectively. He was a captain by 1608 and served in the expedition to Juliers-Cleves in 1614. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1619 and to colonel in 1623. He served as colonel until 1632, when he was killed at the siege of Maastricht.
Sources:
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8044: Staten van Oorlog, 1608.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8297: Staten van Oorlog, 1609.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8047: Staten van Oorlog, 1610.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8045: Staten van Oorlog, 1613.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1242: Staten van Oorlog, 1617.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1244; Staten van Oorlog, 1620.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8048; Staten van Oorlog, 1621.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 2061; Staten van Oorlog, 1622.
Peacham, Henry, A Most True Relation of the Affaires of Cleve and Gulick... (London, 1615), unnumbered page.
Ten Raa, F.J.G, and de Bas, F., Het Staatsche Leger, 1568-1795, III (Breda, 1915), p. 180 and IV (Breda, 1918), p. 243.
Trim, David, 'Fighting 'Jacob's Wars.' The Employment of English and Welsh Mercenaries in the European Wars of Religion: France and the Netherlands, 1562-1610,' (PhD Thesis, King's College, 2002), p. 384.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE
- Arrived 1599-01-01, as VOLUNTEER?
- Departed 1632-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY