Abstract
The article explores the nature of a subclass of the cavaliers of the English Civil War through a study of the life and military career of David Hyde, the man who, in the tense atmosphere of December 1641, coined the term ‘roundhead’. It examines the propensity of Hyde and other Cavaliers for violence and the fighting of duels, particularly through a study of the events of New Year’s Day 1643 in the Royalist garrison town of Worcester and a duel of May 1645 in Bristol. It stresses that Hyde and cavaliers of the same type constituted a minority within the class of cavaliers.
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