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Colonel Cotterel

A Royalist officer commanding a garrison at Pontefract Castle.

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Also known as one Colonel Cotterel, Colonel Cotterel, Cotterel

First appearance: xxx of the first siege of pontefract castle

Colonel Cotterel shows up with force in Of Our Imprisonment in Pontefract Castle. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Vice-Governor of Pontefract Castle; orders Will's arrest and imprisonment; later betrayed by Morrice.
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In Of Our Imprisonment in Pontefract Castle: Vice-Governor of Pontefract Castle; orders Will's arrest and imprisonment; later betrayed by Morrice. Later, in Of My Journey to London: Imposed strict rules on captives at…

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