. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . JOHN BRADSHAW From the portrait by Robert Walker belongingto Lord Ribblesdale It should be noted that this portrait, which liasbeen in the owners family and known as Bradshawsince the contemporary period, bears inscriptionswhich if correct would not support the claim toauthenticity. It was accepted as a portrait by R. Gardiner and other authorities. -Jhe Jirtrcuture of c^H^-T/rf tje Cocf T^jarenoii r - PRAISE-GOn I3ARB0NFrom a contemporary engraving. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, MARQUIS OF ARGYLL From the portrait, now burnt, formerly b
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . JOHN BRADSHAW From the portrait by Robert Walker belongingto Lord Ribblesdale It should be noted that this portrait, which liasbeen in the owners family and known as Bradshawsince the contemporary period, bears inscriptionswhich if correct would not support the claim toauthenticity. It was accepted as a portrait by R. Gardiner and other authorities. -Jhe Jirtrcuture of c^H^-T/rf tje Cocf T^jarenoii r - PRAISE-GOn I3ARB0NFrom a contemporary engraving. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, MARQUIS OF ARGYLL From the portrait, now burnt, formerly belongingto the Duke of Argyll, Facffi. 15S JOHN BRADSHAW 159 of State, which he attended regularly, without securing anymarked influence on its policy. That he had strong republicanconvictions and the courage to express them is proved by hisrebuking Cromwell to his face for dissolving the Long Parlia-ment. Similarly, he refused, as a member of the Parliament of1654, to pledge himself to maintain the Protectorate or to obeyCromwells order to take out a new commission as Chief in revenge prevented his re-election in 1656. Thence-forth their mutual dislike grew, and Bradshaw openly denouncedthe Protectorate as a despotism, though his invectives carried littleweight. After Richard Cromwells abdication he was again a memberof the Council of State, but his health was now failing. He rosefrom his bed to protest furiously against Lenthalls arrest by thearmy, but he died a fortnight later and la
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