John Boys

Deceased Person

1607 – 1664

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Who was John Boys?

Sir John Boys is best known as the Royalist captain who was the Governor of Donnington Castle in Berkshire during the English Civil War.

Boys was born in at Bonnington, near to Goodnestone, in Kent, the eldest son and heir of Edward Boys of Bonnington, by Jane, a daughter of Edward Sanders. He was baptized at Chillenden, on 5 April 1607.

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Born
1607
Lived in
  • Bonnington
  • Shaw-cum-Donnington
Died
Oct 8, 1664

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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