Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, governor of Nottingham castle and town .. with original anecdotes of many of the most distinguished of his contemporaries, and a summary review of public affairs: . even quarter of bread corne, seven beeves,two hundred and fourteen flitches of bacon, five hundred and sixtyfishes, and fifteen hogsheads of beere. Assoone as the governorreceivd his charge, he made proclamation in the towne, that Avhat-soever honest persons desird to secure themselves or their goods inthe castle, should have reception there, if they would repaire theirquarters, Avhich div
Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, governor of Nottingham castle and town .. with original anecdotes of many of the most distinguished of his contemporaries, and a summary review of public affairs: . even quarter of bread corne, seven beeves,two hundred and fourteen flitches of bacon, five hundred and sixtyfishes, and fifteen hogsheads of beere. Assoone as the governorreceivd his charge, he made proclamation in the towne, that Avhat-soever honest persons desird to secure themselves or their goods inthe castle, should have reception there, if they would repaire theirquarters, Avhich divers Avell aftccted men accepting, it was presentlymade capable of receiving 400 men commodiously. In the beginning of July l643, Sr. John Meldrum, Avith all theforce that quarterd in Nottingham, marcht forth to the reliefe ofGainsborough, leaving the tOAvne to be guarded by few more thenthe very townsmen. There had bene large workes made about it,Avhich would have rcquird at least three thousand men to man themand defend them well, and upon these Avorkes there Avere aboutfourteen gunns, Avhich the governor, Avhen the forces Avere marchingaAvay, before they Avent, drew up to the castle, Avhereupon the. If* ^OD townsmen, especially those that were ill-affected to the parliament,made a greate mutiny, threatning they Avould pull the castle doA\ ne,but they would have their ordinance againe, upon their workes, andwishing it on fire and not one stone upon another. Hereupon thegovernor sent Alderman Drury, with 14 more, that were heads otthis mutiny, prisoners to Derby, Avhither Maior Ireton convoydthem with his troope. The reasons which made the governor carrythe ordinance from the towneworkes up into the castle were, , the towne, being so ill affected, the ordinance remaining in it,would but be an invitation to the enemie, to come to take themaway, and a booty for them if they should. 2dly. He had oftenvisited the guards, and found them exposd much by their carelesse-nesse,
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