Browne Bushell

Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), was an English Civil War-era naval officer.[1] [2] He initially sided with the Roundheads. On the night of 15 August 1641 he led a small parliamentary force in a cutting out operation to capture the Henrietta Marie in Portsmouth harbour.[3] In 1643 he switched to the royalist side.[4] He was executed for piracy in March 1651.[1][2]

References
  1. Jack Binns. Browne Bushell : Oxford Biography Index entry, Accessed 1 May 2008
  2. Staff. The History of Bagdale Hall Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 1 May 2008
  3. MacLachlan, Tony Banks (2000). The Civil War in Hampshire. Rowanvale Books. p. 43. ISBN 0-9530785-3-1.
  4. Granger, James (1824). A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the revolution. 4. p. 9.

Further reading
  • Jack Binns, ‘Bushell, Browne (bap. 1609, d. 1651)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
  • Jack Binns, "Captain Browne Bushell: North Sea adventurer and pirate", Northern History, 27 (1991), 90–105.
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