And so, his Colonelship is gone forth with the stoutest and the best horsewhip he could find.
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope
Although he hath fought for the wrong side to our thinking, bravely hath he fought, and made his way to a Colonelship, worth five thousand dollars, if ever they pay their wages.
"Erema My Father's Sin"
R. D. Blackmore
For instance, in a certificate dated June 25, 1596, it is stated that 'Mr Seymour's Colonelship reacheth from Plymouth to Dartmouth.
"Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts"
Rosalind Northcote