# Colonel Cotterel — When Charles the First Was King character guide

> Colonel Cotterel in When Charles the First Was King by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** one Colonel Cotterel, Colonel Cotterel, Cotterel

**First appearance:** 0029-xxx-of-the-first-siege-of-pontefract-castle

## Who they are

A Royalist officer commanding a garrison at Pontefract Castle.

## In the story

### [Of Our Imprisonment in Pontefract Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_charles_the_first_was_king_se/chapters/xl-of-our-imprisonment-in-pontefract-castle)

Vice-Governor of Pontefract Castle; orders Will's arrest and imprisonment; later betrayed by Morrice.

### [Of My Journey to London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_charles_the_first_was_king_se/chapters/xli-of-my-journey-to-london)

Imposed strict rules on captives at Pontefract; responsible for the depredations Will complains of.

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