John Felton

(1595 c.-1628)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Felton, John, 1595?-1628 DNB: Felton, John (d. 1628), assassin LBT ID: JoFelto1628 VIAF ID: 42190295 LOC ID: nr93019324	B/BAP: 1595 DIED: 1628-11-29
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The disgruntled soldier who murdered the unpopular Duke of Buckingham at Portsmouth, becoming a hero of ballad poetry.
REFERENCES TO John Felton: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Mr. Perceval Found 1: ¶ 8 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIII. Found 1: ¶ 53