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When Charles the First Was King · Character

Captain Wheatley

A Royalist officer.

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Also known as Captain Wheatley, Captain

First appearance: xxx of the first siege of pontefract castle

Captain Wheatley shows up with force in Of the Evil News from Dale's Field. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Brings fifty horsemen and a herd of cattle from Sandal Castle to Pontefract.
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