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Property of the Marquess of Downshire

Circle of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of Colonel John Penruddock (1619–1655), half-length, wearing armour and a white lace jabot, in a painted stone cartouche

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April 6, 01:42 PM GMT

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Property of the Marquess of Downshire

Circle of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of Colonel John Penruddock (1619–1655), half-length, wearing armour and a white lace jabot, in a painted stone cartouche


inscribed lower left: Col: Pennruddock

oil on canvas

unframed: 35.4 x 27.8 cm.; 14 x 11 in.

framed: 41.5 x 35.5 cm.; 16⅜ x 14 

In the family collection of the Marquess of Downshire for three generations.
Royalist conspirator John Penruddock was an English colonel who fought during the English Civil War. He is best known for being the leader of the Penruddock uprising in March 1655, one of a series of Royalist revolts organised by the Sealed Knot, an underground royalist organization intended to restore Charles II to the throne of England. There were plans to seize Salisbury, Newcastle, York and Winchester and to instigate smaller uprisings in Nottinghamshire and Cheshire, however most of their attempts were quickly suppressed or even failed to take place as the Protectorate had anticipated their intentions. Penruddock was captured and later beheaded alongside other ringleaders in Exeter on 16 May 1655.