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Some writers of the time explained the
inexplicable by writing of his charismatic power to
draw many to his causes. If John Coode had charisma,
it wasn't physical. A 1698 proclamation for his arrest
describes Coode as:
…deformed and club-footed with a "face
resembling that of a baboon or monkey."
He was defiant, quick to anger, impious,
argumentative, boastful, theatrical, and an
alcoholic, which further reinforced his other
characteristics.
Remember the judgment of Susanna’s
contemporaries at her apparent madness? Who
wouldn't go mad married to John Coode?
John Coode is only on the family tree as a 2nd
husband. But his revolutionary activities culminating in
the 1689 Revolution have a strong effect on direct
ancestors for over 100 years.