Which preposition to use with roundheads

in Occurrences 2%

to come to Virginia Berkeley, deposed by roundheads in 1650, retires to Greenspring Manor Berkeley restored in 1660 by Charles II.

at Occurrences 2%

"Then, sir, we differ," Harry replied, "for that would not I. There are your friends," he said to Herbert, pointing to a body of Roundheads at a short distance, "Give me your word, however, that you will not draw sword again to-day.

for Occurrences 1%

You must crop off those long ringlets of yours, and turn Roundhead for the nonce.

of Occurrences 1%

All through this region they were alike; they had as little kinship with the Cavalier as with the Quaker; the west was won by those who have been rightly called the Roundheads of the south, the same men who, before any others, declared for American independence.

during Occurrences 1%

Owing, unfortunately, to its being fortified, the cathedral suffered much damage when besieged by the Roundheads during the Civil War.

for Occurrences 1%

The other events which have in turn destroyed or rent the castleits siege and surrender to Henry I., the second siege by King Stephen, and later the struggle of the Cavaliers and Roundheads for its possession, during the absence abroad of the then reigning Earlhave been recorded with less boastful emphasis.

in Occurrences 1%

As we rode out of the village we heard the first shot, and five minutes later charged the Roundheads in the streets of the village.

of Occurrences 1%

He was a true type of the Roundheads of the frontier, the earnest, eager men who pushed the border ever farther westward across the continent.

off Occurrences 1%

Jacob agreed at once to the proposal to throw the Roundheads off King Charles' track.

on Occurrences 1%

The Puritans who loved simplicity of dress and severity of manners and despised the flowing locks and worldly vanities which the Cavaliers loved were, by these, nicknamed Roundheads on account of their short hair.

to Occurrences 1%

No use for the King to hang two of Rupert's men for stealing, when their commander could urge in extenuation the plunder of the house of Lady Lucas, and the indignities offered by the Roundheads to the Countess of Rivers.

against Occurrences 1%

These papers gave the story of William Christian, who took the side of the Roundheads against the high-spirited Countess of Derby, and was subsequently tried and executed, according to the laws of the island, by that lady, for having dethroned his august mistress and imprisoned her and her family.

with Occurrences 1%

Furious at the sight of the house in flames, and ignorant of the fate which had befallen their prince and their master's son, they burst upon the Roundheads with a force which the latter were unable to withstand.

at Occurrences 1%

Her guardian and Mistress de Chavasse stood for that faction of Roundheads at which her father and all her relatives had sneered even while they were being conquered and oppressed by them.

Which preposition to use with  roundheads