John Boys (1607 – 8 October 1664) 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, in Kent, the eldest son and heir of Edward Boys of Bonnington, by Jane, a daughter of Edward Sanders (of Northborne). He was baptized at Chillendon, on 5 April 1607.
Read more about John Boys: Defence of Donnington Castle, Later History
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