John Morris

John Morris (1617?–1649) was a celebrated and dashing army officer of the First English Civil War. He served on both royalist and parliamentarian sides of the conflict, and was executed on a treason charge.

Early life John Morris was eldest son of Mathias Morris of Emsall, near Pontefract, Yorkshire. Mathias Morris was the son of Thomas Morris and Barbara Wentworth, daughter of John Wentworth of Emsall Esq.

Roundhead soldier After the surrender of Liverpool in 1644, Morris threw up his commission on a whim, and joined the parliamentary army, where he became a colonel. But when the New Model Army was set up, he was out of place, and was not immediately entrusted with command. Morris went back to his home at Esthagh. The manor house, Hague Hall was acquired by Nathaniel Burkead Esq around 1620 the area must have been the location of more buildings as John Morris and his family were not the sole inhabitants. Edward Watson inherited the manor in 1649 from his father-in-law Nathaniel Birkhead,