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Robert Porter (after 1603–1648) was a sword-cutler in Birmingham who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. ==Biography== Robert Porter was the third son of Henry Porter (died c. 1619) and Anne, daughter of William Colmore, of New Hall, Birmingham. At the start of the Civil War Porter owned a "Blade Mill" in Digbeth Street, Birmingham, and being, like his brother-in-law, Waldive Willington (Governor of Tamworth Castle), a keen supporter of the Parliamentary cause would only supply swords to the Parliamentary side. At the start of the Civil War Birmingham supplied the Parliamentary army of the Earl of Essex with about 15,000 sword blades, many of which probably came from Porter's blade mill, because when Prince Rupert briefly held Birmingham after the Battle of Camp Hill (3 April 1643), Porter's Mill was singled out and burnt down by local Royalists ("malignants" as they were described by supporters of Parliament) to prevent it supplying further blades to the Parliamentary armies. Porter not only made blades, but knew how to use them. He was a captain in the Parliamentary cavalry during the Battle of Camp Hill, and is reputed to be the author of a letter published in a propaganda pamphlet by the Parliamentary side (see ''A True Relation of Prince Rvpert's Barbarous Cruelly against the Towne of Brumingham''). Porter was a trustee of Field's Charity and the Lench's Trust in Birmingham. He died in 1648. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Porter (sword-cutler)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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