Allen Apsley (Royalist)
| Sir Allen Apsley | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1616 St Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Died | 15 October 1685 London |
| Buried | Westminster Abbey |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Wardour Castle, Battle of Cropredy Bridge, Second Battle of Newbury, Battle of Naseby |
| Other work | MP for Thetford |
Sir Allen Apsley (1616–1685) was a leading Royalist in the English Civil War. He was the son of Sir Allen Apsley (1582–1630), and brother of Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681).
He began his military career as a captain in Lord Goring's regiment in 1639. He was chosen to be Master of the King's Hawks. He fought in the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29 June 1644. He was a Colonel in co-command, of the rearguard of foot of the Reds. He was also in co-command of the rearguard of horse.
Allen Apsley was born in September 1616 in East Smithfield near St Martin-in-the-Fields London in a house owned by the King on loan to his father Sir Allen for services to the navy and baptised on 6 September in All Hallows Church, Barking. He was the eldest son of Sir Allen Apsley and his third wife Lucy St John of Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. Soon to follow were four more sons and five daughters of which only three boys and two girls survived the father. William and James were the two other boys but most notable was the eldest daughter Lucy who in 1638 married John Hutchinson. Allen and his brothers were educated at Merchant Taylors' School for boys and Trinity College, Oxford (Allen didn’t finish his masters until after the civil wars).
His father Sir Allen was a man of some reputation who in 1620 was made Lieutenant of the Tower of London where it is said he was so friendly to the prisoners that they did not want to leave. He was also a good friend of the Duke of Buckingham and it was with Buckingham in 1630 on an expedition to the island of Wre that Sir Allen contracted a fever and died. He left his wife and children with a number of estates and financial dealings that were in a state of confusion due to his habit of lending money to condemned prisoners in the Tower. Lucy soon remarried and a bitter family feud erupted over the estates and monies remaining. This feud was finally brought to a close in young Allen's favour some six years later by the personal intervention of the King himself.
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