. England's worthies. Under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . ring and to conquer in , and taken divers other Townes andCaftles in Wales, and brought them intofubjection to the Parliament, and been afpeciall meanes under God, to reduce allthofe parts to a peaceable condition. IOO Englands Worthies. Richard Brown, Major Generall of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Barkshire. HPHis moft gallant Gentleman being abrave fpirited Citizen, and was fent bythe Parliament into Kent, in the yeere1643, f°r tne appealing of a defperate anddangerous I
. England's worthies. Under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . ring and to conquer in , and taken divers other Townes andCaftles in Wales, and brought them intofubjection to the Parliament, and been afpeciall meanes under God, to reduce allthofe parts to a peaceable condition. IOO Englands Worthies. Richard Brown, Major Generall of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Barkshire. HPHis moft gallant Gentleman being abrave fpirited Citizen, and was fent bythe Parliament into Kent, in the yeere1643, f°r tne appealing of a defperate anddangerous Inmrreftion, raifed and fomentedin that County by the Malignants, the ill-affecled Gentry and common people there;where he managed things with fuch fingu-lar prudence and proweffe, that in a fhorttime, he put the main body of them toflight about Seanock, took 200 of themprifoners, found about 12 flain on the place,befides many whom they had fecretly con-veyed away; and by this meanes he withthe fpeedy help of fome of the well-affecledGentry of the County, loon appeafed thatRebellion over the whole Englands Worthies. 101 2. He alfo after this tooke the Towne ofWinchefter, with all the Amies and Ammu-nition, in the mod famous battail at Alref-ford, in Hamp/hire, fought by renowned SirWilliam Waller, againft Sir Ralph Hopton,and his potent Army, this mod valiant andrenowned Major-Generall was a principallaftor and mod undaunted Commander, anda fpeciall meanes of obtaining a mod glo-rious Viclory there, over the Royall ene-mies. 3. In lime 1644, the Parliament modworthily having in mind his approved fide-lity, wifdome, and magnanimity, made himMajor Generall or Commander in chief ofthree Counties, viz. Oxford/hire, Berks,and Buckinghamfliire ; inverting him withfull power to exercife Martial 1 Law, for thereducing of thofe Counties to a peaceablecondition. 4. And not long after being made Gover-nour of Abbington, he was a continuallThorn in the eyes, and Goad in the fides
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