The Garrisons of Shropshire During the Civil War, 1642-1648 |
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Albright Hussey annum Apley Castle armes army Atcham battle of Naseby Benthall Bridge Bridgenorth Broncroft Buildwas Burning Bush burnt Bush not consumed Captain Cause Castle Cavaliers Charles Charlton Chester Church Colonel Birch Colonel Mytton command Committee of Shrewsbury Dawley Devilliers Earl Edward enemy Ercall fortified Francis Gate gentlemen Governor Hanmer hath High Archall Hopton Castle horse and foot King King's Lee Hall Leigh Hall letter Lilleshall Lord Capel Lord Newport's Lord Powis Ludlow Castle Majestie's marched miles Moreton Corbet myle night October Oswestry owner party Perfect Diurnal pieces of ordnance placed a Garrison possession Powis Castle Prince Rupert quarter rebells regiment royalists Salop sent Severn Shrawarden Shrawardine Castle Shrewsbury Committee Shropshire siege Sir Thomas Middleton Sir Thomas Whitmore Sir William Brereton Sir William Vaughan Sir William Whitmore souldiers Stoke Say surprize surrendered Thomas Middleton Tong Castle took UNIV unto Wales walls Worcester ye said Sir
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Page 16 - The good wife, troubled with continual calling upon her for victuals, and having it seems but that one cheese, comes into the room where the king was, and very soberly asks if the king had done with the cheese, for the gentlemen without desired it.
Page 62 - ... was decided that she could do so because her husband was attainted in law, and she was the king's tenant, he extemporised from the Bench the following...
Page 18 - Oxford that day ; so he finished the most tedious and grievous march, that ever king was exercised in, having been almost in perpetual motion, from the loss of the battle of Naseby, to this hour, with such a variety of dismal accidents, as must have broken the spirits of any man, who had not been truly magnanimous.
Page 9 - Shrewsbury, there was not a disorder of name, the country being very kind to the soldiers, and the soldiers just, and regardful to the country. And by the free loans and contributions of the gentlemen and substantial inhabitants, but especially by the assistance of the nobility, who attended, the army was so well paid, that there was not the least mutiny or discontent for want of pay ; nor was there any cause ; for they .seldom failed every week, never went above a fortnight unpaid.
Page 14 - Out of Shropshire, we hear, that there are above a thousand in armes about " Clun, and Bishop's Castle, standing out against both sides ; neither for the " King, nor for the Parliament, but stand onely upon their own guard, for the "preservation of their lives, and fortunes.
Page 62 - Corbets, sheweth itselfe, where within our " remembrance, Robert Corbet, carried away with the affectionate delight of " architecture, began to build in a barraine place, a most gorgeous and stately " house, after the Italian modell. But death prevented him, so that he left the " new work unfinished, and the old Castle defaced.
Page 16 - ... troubled with the continual calling upon her for victuals, and having, it seems, but that one cheese, comes into the room where the King was, and very soberly asks if the King had done with the cheese, for that the...
Page 72 - Penguerne, and Salopia in Latin goeth farre from the Welsh Name. The Towne is strongly walled and defended with Water, the which is to be counted in a manner for the Towne Ditch. There be in the Towne . . . Gates. The Castle hath beene a stronge thinge. It is nowe much in ruine. It standeth in the . . . Part of the Towne. The Towne is more than a Mile within the Wall in Compasse.
Page 9 - Michaelmas, they shall bee received. Wee are here almost in as great straits as if the warre were * amongst us. Shrewsbury, which is our ordinary magazine, being exhausted of wine, vinegar, hops, paper, and pepper at four shillings the pound ; and shortly, a want of all commodities that are not native with us will follow, the intercourse between us and London being interdicted.