| |
| | Berkshire History: Biographies: Daniel Blagrave (1603-1668) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Daniel Blagrave, the regicide, was the son of Alexander Blagrave of Southcote Manor, the famous Chess-Player, and his wife, Margaret. |
 | | He was also Parliamentary Treasurer for the county of Berkshire and, in 1654, was named one of the commissioners for the ejection of scandalous and inefficient ministers, in which capacity he was accused by his enemies of using undue severity and of proving a vexatious persecutor of the clergy. |
 | | By the means, which he had acquired from his different offices, he was able to purchase the fee-farm rent of the manor of Sonning, in Berkshire, and other estates, as it is said, on easy terms. |
| www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/dblagrave.html (290 words) |
|