Absolutely correct. My bad. I forgot to mention them, and they were very important. A good part of the later activity of the Civil War era came down to squabbling between the Presbyterians and the Independents. The latter won. Were the Independents the same as the Congregationalists ? I thought the latter were a sort of offshoot of Presbyterians, same doctrine, but each congregation was completely independent. Someone who knows better may assist.
Yes, the idea of a lawful Protestant male heir of the body of Rupert has always fascinated me. Given such an heir, it would have been well nigh impossible to maintain the claim of the line of Sophie. And the magic of Ruperts reputation would probably reconcile a lot of the Tories , and even some Jacobites. He would have married happily enough if he could have afforded it.
I actually started a thread about an English House of Wittelsbach around Christmas of last year so if anyones interested I can bump it....