# Christopher Martyn

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**Christopher Martyn** (c. 1617 – 26 January 1678) was an English politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) variously between 1646 and 1660. He fought in the [Parliamentary](/source/Roundheads) army in the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War)

Martyn was a gentleman of Plympton and became a captain in the parliamentary army. In April 1644, he was commanding the Plymouth garrison and attacked the Royalists at New Bridge taking 200 prisoners. Two days later he repulsed a counter-attack and chased the Royalist cavalry to Plympton Bridge near where their army was stationed.[1]

In 1646, Martyn was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Plympton Erle](/source/Plympton_Erle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Long Parliament](/source/Long_Parliament).[2] He resumed his seat in the [Rump Parliament](/source/Rump_Parliament) after [Pride's Purge](/source/Pride's_Purge) with some hesitation. In 1653, he was nominated as one of the representatives for [Devon](/source/Devon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Barebones Parliament](/source/Barebones_Parliament).[2] He was elected as MP for Plympton Erle again in 1659 for the [Third Protectorate Parliament](/source/Third_Protectorate_Parliament), and was re-elected for Plympton Earle in 1660 in the [Convention Parliament](/source/Convention_Parliament_(1660)).[2]

Martyn married Jane Snelling who brought him property at Plympton.[3]

## References

1. ["plympton"](http://plympton.yolasite.com/civil-war.php). 2016-03-04. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083327/http://plympton.yolasite.com/civil-war.php) 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-08-21.

1. ["MARTYN, Christopher (c.1617-78), of Plympton Erle, Devon. | History of Parliament Online"](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/martyn-christopher-1617-78). *www.historyofparliamentonline.org*. Retrieved 2024-08-21.

1. Joshua Brooking Rowe. [*A history of the borough of Plympton Erle: the castle and manor of Plympton ...*](https://archive.org/details/ahistoryborough00rowegoog?view=theater). J.G. Commin, 1906.

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