The Civil War
Axtell played a big part in the Civil War after being recruited by Parliament in 1643. He fought as an infantry man and was present at the siege of Lindon (1644, May), the siege of York (1644, June) and was at the battle of Marston Moor and many other sieges and battles. Axtell was a keen puritan and in 1646 he and some other puritan soldiers started preaching in churches in Oxford. At that time it was illegal to preach unless you were a qualified clergyman so he had to force the clergymen to give way.
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