Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington
Civil War
Civil War
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In 1639, the young Sir Richard undertook to raise, arm, and provide 100 horses to attend upon [King Charles I of England](/wiki/Charles_I_of_England "Charles I of England") in his expedition into the [North of England](/wiki/North_of_England "North of England") against the [Scots](/wiki/Scots_people "Scots people"). For this and other occasions, his father, Lord Cork, supplied him with £5553 sterling. Sir Richard Boyle was returned as Member of Parliament for [Appleby](/wiki/Appleby_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29 "Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)") in the [Long Parliament](/wiki/Long_Parliament "Long Parliament") of 1640, and appointed a member of the [Privy Council of England](/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England "Privy Council of England"), but was subsequently excluded for his Royalist sympathies after the outbreak of the [English Civil War](/wiki/English_Civil_War "English Civil War").

He and [Lord Inchiquin](/wiki/Baron_Inchiquin "Baron Inchiquin") commanded the forces which defeated the Irish irregular army at the [Battle of Liscarroll](/wiki/Battle_of_Liscarroll "Battle of Liscarroll") on 3 September 1642, thereby preserving the [Protestant](/wiki/Protestantism_in_Ireland "Protestantism in Ireland") interest in southern Ireland for the remainder of the decade. A cessation of hostilities was concluded with the Irish a year later (15 September 1643\). He then applied to the King, in December, for consent to bring his regiment to serve him in England, and landed his men near [Chester](/wiki/Chester "Chester") the following February. He then marched to the King's aid in [Dorset](/wiki/Dorset "Dorset"), supplying this monarch with large sums of money for his cause.

He fought throughout the Civil War until the final defeat of the Royalist forces. The Commonwealth fined him £1631 sterling and he then went abroad, returning to Ireland at the request of the government, dated 2 January 1651\.


What fine was imposed on Sir Richard Boyle by the Commonwealth?