. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . ns of quality prifoners, and manycommon foukliers or troopers, with manyhorfe and much Armes. 3. Afterward this Noble and brave Com-mander, accompanied with valiant and jVictorious Colonel Mitton, alfaulted andtooke the llrong Town and Caltle of Of-we/iree, wherein hee took Lievtenant Colo-nel Bladivin, 4 Captaines, 3 Lievtenants,2 Cornets, 2 Enfignes, and many other Of-ficers, above 300 common ibuldiers, andvery many armes and much ammunition. 4. About the midft oiJidj/ following 164


. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . ns of quality prifoners, and manycommon foukliers or troopers, with manyhorfe and much Armes. 3. Afterward this Noble and brave Com-mander, accompanied with valiant and jVictorious Colonel Mitton, alfaulted andtooke the llrong Town and Caltle of Of-we/iree, wherein hee took Lievtenant Colo-nel Bladivin, 4 Captaines, 3 Lievtenants,2 Cornets, 2 Enfignes, and many other Of-ficers, above 300 common ibuldiers, andvery many armes and much ammunition. 4. About the midft oiJidj/ following 1644,this Noble Earle marching on with his Vic-torious forces, and making fliew% as if heintended to have befieged Shrewsbury, con-trariwife wheeled about, and marching intoChe/hire, fell upon the houfe of the LordCholmley, a very llrong Garrilbn of the ene-mies in thofe parts, which hee took by alfaultwith all the armes and ammunition therein ;this alfo being a fmgular good piece of fer-vice to the State, in regard that this Garrifonhad been a very great and long mifchiefeto the Countrey in all those ImOtcJL Grsty of Grohy, ,*»«^ Englands Worthies. fyS\ (orf) (bg WDjft Sd)(^(qq) SsiflS) (pu) ©w ®r) 0^(3® Sal SaS® Qc cod; (OCT)(PS) ( Henry Gray, Earle of Stamford, Generall of South JFales, Sfc. TN the yeere 1642, i. This noble andfaithfully affefted Earle of Stamford ha-ving given many reall teftimonies of hislove to Religion and Loyalty to his Coun-try, was by this prefent Parliament (forthe timely fupprefling and reftraining ofthe ravenous cruelties of the Royalifts inHerefordfliire, Che/^iire, and othev Counties,and for the better fetling of the peace andSecurity of them) made Gen: of all SouthWales, and the 4 next adjacent Counties;viz. Gloucefter, Worcejier, Hereford andCheOiire, invefting him with power to raifeforces in all thofe Counties, and to appointOfficers and Commanders over them forthe mutuall defence and prefervation Upon the confid


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