History of Routledge surname 15th to 18th centuries who had served in English armies before the 5th day of June 1649, was assembled for adjudication of their claims for unpaid arrears. Included were a Lieutenant Edward Rutledge and a Thomas Rutlidge. Parliamentary forces prevailed in 1651, and Oliver Cromwell assumed government of the Commonwealth of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland under the title of Lord Protector until his death in 1658. His son, Richard Cromwell (1658-1659) succeeded his father's position for less than a year and willingly stepped down in 1659. AD 1652. Some soldiers who had served the Commonwealth in Ireland were promised land in lieu of
Battle of Mount Tumbledown wrote a tango called "The Carlos Daniel Vazquez's Thermopylae", which is sung by Carlos Longoni. Once the battle was over, Pipe Major Riddell produced his pipes on the summit and played the tune for which he is famous, "The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain". In place of fighting a cross was set up in tribute to the soldiers who gave their lives in that place. Two British artists have depicted combat into two paintings, one of Mark Churms and the other Terence Cuneo. In the UK an association of Families and Veterans Combat Mount Tumbledown was created. An ode was written