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395:, 'in departing from their allegiance, and being reconciled to the Church of Rome'. The proceedings were stalled by the subsequent dissolution, and on 9 October 1690, he was released on bail. In February 1696 he again fell under suspicion of treasonable practices, and was confined to his own house, but was enlarged the following May. Peterborough was
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but, in a disastrous sally out (3 May 1662), his force was soundly defeated. Confining the rest of the troops within the city walls, he himself returned to
England unexpectedly, arriving in Plymouth on 8 June 1662. He was sent back, with some reinforcements, but was recalled in December of that year
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refusing a dispensation for the marriage of the princess with a prince who was not a declared
Catholic, the scruples of the family were overcome, Peterborough being proxy for the duke (30 September 1673). Peterborough then escorted the princess to England.
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in 1685, and colonel of the 3rd regiment of horse. In March 1687 he was received into the Roman church. When the King fled
England in 1688, Peterborough was caught trying to escape with him, taken near
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322:'s determination to marry the archduchess himself put an end to the project. He was then commissioned to ascertain the respective personal and other attractions of the Princess
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276:. He himself was awarded a generous pension.
518:Mordaunt, Henry, second Earl of Peterborough
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161:in 1644. In about December 1644, he married
128:was sent to France to be out of harm's way.
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