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He took his brigade of 2,500 mounted troops of the [[New Model Army]] which was detached to join the Scots [[Covenanter Army]] following a polarised debate in the [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]].<ref name=”Battles of the English Civil War (Woolrych, 1961)”/>{{rp|107}}

He took his brigade of 2,500 mounted troops of the [[New Model Army]] which was detached to join the Scots [[Covenanter Army]] following a polarised debate in the [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]].<ref name=”Battles of the English Civil War (Woolrych, 1961)”/>{{rp|107}}

On 8 June 1645 Vermuyden met with [[Oliver Cromwell]] to explain that pressing matters overseas meant that he would have give up his commission in the New Model Army. Cromwell agreed to discharge him. When the [[House of Commons]] agreed to Fairfax’s request that leave should be given for Cromwell to lead the Cavalry in the New Model Army, he assumed personal command of Vermuyden’s troops.<ref name=”Cromwell’s Regiment 1 (Frith 1927)”>{{cite journal |last1=Frith |first1=Charles |title=Cromwell’s Regiment (1) |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |date=1927 |volume=VI |issue=23 (January 1927) |pages=16–23 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44236024}}</ref>

On 8 June 1645 Vermuyden met with [[Oliver Cromwell]] to explain that pressing matters overseas meant that he would have his commission in the New Model Army. Cromwell agreed to discharge him. When the [[House of Commons]] agreed to Fairfax’s request that leave should be given for Cromwell to lead the Cavalry in the New Model Army, he assumed personal command of Vermuyden’s troops.<ref name=”Cromwell’s Regiment 1 (Frith 1927)”>{{cite journal |last1=Frith |first1=Charles |title=Cromwell’s Regiment (1) |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |date=1927 |volume=VI |issue=23 (January 1927) |pages=16–23 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44236024}}</ref>

== South African Banknote ==

== South African Banknote ==


Latest revision as of 13:21, 25 September 2025

Bartholomew Vermuyden, portrait by Dirck Craey

Bartholomew Vermuyden (1616/7 – 4 August 1650, Tholen) was a Dutch officer who had a senior role in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War.

Bartholomew was born in 1616/7 in Tholen, the son of Johan Bartelsz Vermuyden, an uncle of Cornelius Vermuyden and Maria Joans Liens, who married in London circa 1618.[1] Maria Joans Liens was the sister of Joachim Liens, the Dutch diplomat married to Cornelia Vermuyden, already his aunt.

He held the rank of Colonel and commanded a regiment of Horse, i.e. cavalry.[2]: 107 

He took his brigade of 2,500 mounted troops of the New Model Army which was detached to join the Scots Covenanter Army following a polarised debate in the Committee of Both Kingdoms.[2]: 107 

On 8 June 1645 Vermuyden met with Oliver Cromwell to explain that pressing matters overseas meant that he would have to relinquish his commission in the New Model Army. Cromwell agreed to discharge him. When the House of Commons agreed to Fairfax’s request that leave should be given for Cromwell to lead the Cavalry in the New Model Army, he assumed personal command of Vermuyden’s troops.[3]

South African Banknote

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For a long time, the South African banknotes featured a picture of Vermuyden, mistakenly believed to be of Jan Van Riebeeck.[4]

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