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S TOK E SA % CA STLE .

OK % T ESA CASTLE (as it is commonly , though S erroneously cal led) is one of the most perfect and interesting specimens of an early fortified mansion in ; and from the beauty of o its situation , in a valley b unded by steep and richly O % wooded hills , at whose base the river ney ows through int e re t sin luxuriant meadows , it forms an object as g to * the artist as to the antiquarian . At the time of the the manor o f fEldre d Stoke was held by , a freeman , under Edric S ylvaticus , a powerful Saxon thane ; but on the wild

Edric joining in a revolt of the Welsh , his estates were 1 0 0 seized by the king , and in 7 the earldom of Shrews fi bury , with three hundred and fty seven manors in n , were conferred by the Co queror on his kinsman Roger de Montgomery . D omesday Bo o k speaks thus of Stokesay The same Roger holdeth Stokes . Here are seven hides arable ffi geldable . The land is su cient for fourteen ox

. teams . In demesne are five teams , and sixteen among the male an d female serfs and there are twenty V illeins n with eight teams , and ine female cottars . Here is a m ill yielding nine quarters of wheat yearly , and here is a miller and a keeper of bees . After the death of Roger de Montgomery and of so n his eldest , his estates were forfeited and Stoke again Bele sm e fell to the crown , in consequence of Roger de so n the younger , having espoused the cause of Robert , N n Duke of ormandy , in his attempt to obtain the E glish r t hrone . The greater part of his Norman followers e turned to their own country but Walter de Lacy having

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n n speedily resumed his allegia ce , obtained a pardo , and was allowed to hold Stoke and other estates from the c it e king in ap . n fe u fal t he In accorda ce with the customs of time , S the manor of toke , during the tenure of the Lacys , was o n bestowed by them , as superior lords , a branch of the ’ family of Say , Lord of Clun and Richard s Castle , of whom S a 1 1 6 Theodoric de y , in 5, gave the advowson of Stoke s a fi t so H au hm o n d y (the rs time called) to the abbey of g , fi an d also con rmed by Hugh de Laci as chief lord , he P gave some land at Stoke to the abbey of St . eter and

S t P . . aul at i ’ n k ni ht s Hugh de Laci , in maki g a return of the g his y n fees of baron , states that Helias de Say ack owledges ’ a service of three knight s fees the kn ights t o be be n an d an d n twee the ages of sixteen sixty , be fur ished d . an with horses Helias de Say died soon after this , 1 1 was succeeded by his son Hugh , who died 94 , and was n n succeeded by a seco d Helias , who gives to A drew Fit zm ilo se rvic e and of , for his homage and , , for

n - S We t t lin t o n twe ty three marks , the mill of toke and g , m e n an d with suit of his , a messuage and meadow to be o n e held in fee for a rent of pound of pepper . n Though the name of Say has bee retained , the manor does not appear to have been long held by that family , for it had reverted to the Lacys before the an d n n accession of Henry I I I . conti ued in their holdi g n ‘ duri g several generations , till on the death of Walter de . i n 1 2 0 Laci , 4 , his estates were divided between two grand daughters ; Maud , the eldest , married Geoffrey de n an d Ge neville , had the castles of Ludlow and Weobley , an d and other estates , Margery , the youngest , married n an d Joh de Verdun , received Stoke as a part of her portion . This John de Verdun had considerable estates in in - n Leicestershire but the forty sixth of He ry I I I , being B and one of the arons marchers , he several others were o t he ir ordered to reside n border properties , to check the n i n cursions of the Welsh . He was active o the side of ’ fift - the king duri ng the barons wars . In the y fourth of O L ST KESAY CAST E . 5

Henry II I . he was signed with the cross , together with P i r nce Edward , to go to the Holy Land , where he went of accordingly . He married Margerie , daughter Gilbert de Say , by whom he obtained the manor and castle of i and Weobley , in Herefordsh re , a part of Ludlow . He in 1 2 an d died 74 , the feoffee of Stokesay at that time was Reginald de Gray but it does n o t appear how he became 1 28 1 so , and in he sold the manor and lands to John de w n l a u m Ludlo e . A re t of eight shi lings p er nn is reserved in to John and Matilda de Gray , his wife , lieu of all an d Lu dlo we services , reliefs , aids , etc for this John de

- was to give a hen sparrow hawk . In F a dera 1 28 the , under the date of 4 , Laurence de Ludlow (the son of the purchaser of S toke) is said to S ’ hold the manor of tokesay for one knight s fee , under

John de Gray , who held it under John de Verdun . The family of Ludlo we spru ng from the town of that name , and seem to have been of some importance , several of them having filled the offi ce of sheriff of Ludl . o Shropshire William (father of the Laurence who , in 1 2 0 n n 9 , obtai ed a licence to embattle his ma sion n Mo n t o m e r at Stokesay) , was gover or of g y castle , and On e perambulator of the forest of Morse . of the family ,

n 1 . accordi g to Speed , was , in 349, the founder of St ’ F l Mary s White riars , at Lud ow , which Leland describes ” l as c o st ie t hin e . a fayre and g , outside Corve gate in n It remained this family for many ge erations , till in 1 8 Lu dlo we on the death , 49 , of Sir Richard , whose t h P wife was e daughter of Edward Lord of owis , it passed so n n to his Joh , who left two daughters , both married to n n sons of Sir Henry Ver o ; of Haddon Hall , Derbyshire , in an d n and of Tonge , Shropshire the youngest , A ne , n with her husband , Thomas Verno , took up their resid ence at Stokesay . They were livi n g there when Leland is n visited Shropshire , by whom it twice oticed in his Itinerar Lu dlo Lu dlo y Aboot V miles owt of , betwixt B S and ishop Castle , toke Say belonging some time to the Lu dlo s , now to the Vernons , builded like a castell ” Lu dlo V miles owt of . Again he says on his way to ’ B is also e Whister ishop s Castle , There a bridge at of 6 O L ST KESAY CAST E .

O Stone near ney , above Mr . Vernon hath a place , not O far from ney .

The son and grandson of Mr . Vernon made Stoke P their residence the latter styled himself Lord owys , as the direct maternal descendant of Edward Gray Lord P 1 60 his owis he died in 7 , leaving his estates to Sister Ale o no ra F Ke ddle st o ne , wife to rancis Curzon , of , county D S erby , but he had previously old Stokesay to Sir George 1 61 6 and Sir Arthur Mainwaring , by whom , in , it was B conveyed in some family settlement to Richard rooke , B F F . Sir Thomas aker , and Sir Richard rancis our years re - n later it was sold , together with other adjoi ing estates , D to ame Elizabeth Craven (widow of Sir William Craven , citizen and alderman of London) , and Sir William Craven so n her , and it long continued in the possession of their 1 2 1 descendants . It is now ( 9 ) the property of the heir Allc ro f t . of the late H . J . , Esq Stokesay has never been occupied by them as a was residence , but let on a long lease by the first Lord B Blsich Craven to Charles aldwin , of , county Salop , and h n is heirs . During the civil wars it was i habited by Sir B Samuel aldwyn (who , on his monument in the Temple n church is styled of Stoke castle) , serjea t at law , and was garrisoned for the king ; both Lord Craven an d the B in n aldwins being staunch loyalists , and co sequence were heavily fin ed by the long parliament . About the reign of Henry III we begin to hear of - n licenses granted to the barons , or their under te ants , to build substantial houses for themselves and early in the Lu dlo r eign of Edward I we find that Laurence de , ’ n tenet villa de Stoke Say , for one k ight s fee of John de n in , Gray and the said John de Gray , holds it of the ki g ca ite 1 2 1 Lu dlo we p , and that in 9 Laurence de obtained a license to strengthen with a wall of stone and lime , and * i - crenellate h s mansion of Stoke Say .

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The license to crenellate Acton Burnell is dated se ven years earlier ( 1 2 8 4) than that for Stokesay ; but % the tracery of the windows is of a more orid , and there fore more recent style . If this argument is to be depended on , it would follow that Stokesay hall was in 1 28 existence previously to 4 , and therefore dates much r i earlier than the tower , which ce ta nly was built after 1 2 1 9 . A careful examination of the masonry and plan u of the b ildings is quite consistent with this view . A string course whi ch runs round the moat side of the hall is continued round the tower but at the p oint where the l d : ha l ends , a slight ifference may be perceived in it b esides , the walls which unite the tower to the hall have all the app earance of being designed to combine two separate designs . Whatever may be said , however , of the relative ages of these portions of the castle , there can be little or n o doubt about the relative age of the northern end of the building . This consists of what would seem l originally to have been a tower , of which the batt ements were in later times removed to make way for the timber a structure spoken of bove . The lower part , which is of peculiar and symmetrical form in itself , is united with the rest of the building at an angle so small as to pre c lude the notion that it could have entered into the original design . It is not surrounded by the string course which surrounds the rest and at the point where this ceases may be detected an upright joint in the masonry , affording clear proof that a wall has been built ll here to join the tower with the angle of the ha . The building forms the western Side of an irregular u oblong court , about one h ndred and thirty feet long by seventy wide , surrounded by a wall and moat about

- twenty two feet in width , and consists of a hall and some other apartments , having at the south end a n Singular tower , which was co nected with the main building by a covered passage , two stories high . The south tower was probably built by Laurence de L dlo u . At this time the rest of the buildings to which it is attached , are , in the opinions of those most competent e to judge , of an earlier date and this is confirm d by the 8 O L ST KESAY CAST E .

t Swinfie ld B V t fact tha , ishop of , in a isita ion of 2 his diocese two years earlier (April 7 , rested ten days at Stoke , with a suite of between thirty and fort y * horses , and men in proportion . it s r The tower is of a very unusual form , base fo ming an irregular polygon of twelve sides and about thirty feet an d e xt e m all in diameter , presenting y the appearance of do uble ' o c t a o n a g tower , surmounted by a battlemented parapet pierced with loop holes ; the whole of these an d apertures have had interior Shutters , the hinges s fastenings till remaining in many of them . The roof is conical , and some years since was covered with wooden

’ Shingles instead of tiles an original do uble chimne y rises

- above the battlements on the east side , and a look out

- . e is turret on the north west angle The tow r lofty , and 0 is divided into three st ries the lower one is low , and is entered from the court by an arched doorway , between y two widel projecting buttresses , it is lighted by small so windows placed obliquely to the wall , as to prevent as

as s int e rl o r . far po sible , the shooting of arrows into the n The rooms above have la cet windows , both single and double , and have seats in the sills , and Shutters inside . The upper room was divided into three by timber % partitions these , as well as the oors and wainscotting fire of this , and of the room below , were destroyed by a which occurred in 1 8 30 (when the lower room was used ’ as a blacksmith s Shop) , and in the late repairs it has not

' been thought necessary to restore them . Both the lower rooms have large original stone fire places . A narrow stone staircase in the thickness of the wall leads from the lower story to the roof , and reduces the V internal angles of the tower to eleven . The iew from the summit is rather beautiful than extensive north and b ' t he Lo n m nd south it is bounded y g v hills , near Church i R o ll o f t he h o u se ho ld e x p e ns e s o f R i ch a rd de S w in fie ld 0 Bish o o f e e o d d u i n a o f t he e a s 1 2 8 a nd 1 2 , p H r f r , r g p rt y r 9 9 hn We bb and u bl s he d b t h e a mde n b t he R e v . o i e dite d y J , p y C S o cie ty fro m t he o rigi n al in t he p o s s e s s i o n o f t he late Si r Tho m as Thi s o in io n o f t he da e o f t h e da e s o f t he Win nin o n . E . gt p t t

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S w Brin d e o o d . tretton , and the g range , near Ludlow The western side of the valley is formed by a richly hill N wooded called Stoke wood , and the eastern by orton n on the summit of which is an ancient e n tre chment . Connected with the tower in the manner before n described , and communicati g with it by a door in the n seco d story , under a covered passage (of which the only remai n s are marks of gables on the walls) is an apartment measuring twenty - nine feet by n ineteen the walls are covered with an oak wainscot , the p—ilasters of which retain traces of gildin g the chimney piece is a superb n mass of carved oak of the age of Charles II , surmou ting n a sto e arch similar to those in the tower . The wood n work extends to the ceiling , and is divided i to compart fi ments by grotesque gures , with masks on two of the

n . n pa els The chim ey above is of brick , and of late date , an d this heavy ' mass of stone and wood is en tirely n supported on large pieces of timber in the room be eath , which has led to a con jecture that this chamber was r fire - o iginally built without a place , but the similarity of

the timbers to those in other parts of the building , render it more probable that this unusual constru ction formed

part of the original design . This room is lighted by no

fewer than eight windows , two principal ones having two lights , with a plain circle in the head , look east and west , and between that which looks into the court and the — window of the hall , are two small ones one a trefoiled

lancet , and the other ogee headed , the uses of which it is f n di ficult to imagi e . The ogee window is of later date , an d may perhaps have been made for the purpose of n obtaining a view into the court , and to the gate , whe some timber buildings were erected outside , which

blocked up the other east window externally , as the n wainscot did inside . These buildi gs had become r decayed , and were emoved some years since , but the a foundations h ve been lately uncovered . Two little Openings into the hall and a small window on the other s . ide of the door completed the n umber . An old manuscript book,containing notes relating to

many places in Shropshire , was , a few years since , picked 1 0 O L ST KESAY CAST E .

- up at a book stall in Shrewsbury , and gives some further account of the decorations of this apartmen t about seventy years Since , when there appears to have been ’ the arms of the Ludlow s , or a lion rampant sable in the circle of glass of one of the windows .

In Stoke castle , in the dining room , is a handsome curious carved chimney piece , The picture of Theodoric n Vernon , alias Verno with the red hand , alias the proud

Vernon with a gold chain about his neck , with a medal at dl % e y . % the bottom picture of Charles ye first . 3 e witch picture of Charles ye Also , two more pictures n there is no account of . The pictures of Charles I a d of Theodoric Vernon were declined by the late Lord n Craven either on the grou d of a legal claim , or as a purchase and on the change of the tenant some years ago , they were offered for sale , and purchased in a most - o n e dilapidated condition from the off going tenant . The of Theodoric Vernon is now in the possession of one of his descendants at Condover Hall . The same manu script also mentions divers shields o i arms that were B displayed in this room , viz . , aldwyn quartering Wigley — —A h rle Childe of Kinlet c e y and Holland . These must a B have been the be rings of Charles or Sir Samuel aldwyn , who held Stoke under a long lease from the first Lord 1 68 Craven , during the civil wars . The latter died in 3 , is and styled of Stoke castle , on his monument in the B Temple church . y one of them it is probable that this room was fitted up . Another Shield is thus described , t 1 s an . Crest , oak issuing out of a coronet % uarterly “ ml 2 an d and 3 Gules , 3 cinquefoils ermine . n an d Argent , a ship sable . A coro et garter with ye motto n & c % e Ho i soit , . motto below the garter Through

S 2 U . upporters , nicorns These were probably the arms of James I , Duke of Hamilton , who was a patron B of Charles aldwyn , and like him , a strenuous adherent to the royal cause , to which his life was forfeited , being beheaded by order of the parliament three days after P his royal master . The other arms were owis quartering Wo rfie ld Littleton , of Henley and Talbot , of , impaling

B . Shelton , of roadway O L 1 1 ST KESAY CAST E .

U nderneath this apartment are cellars and two small rooms , outside of which was a staircase , which formed the communication with the covered p assage that led to an d the door of the wainscotted apartment , to the tower % at - and at the foot of them , under two trefoil headed - O i door ways , is an pening to the hall , wh ch has its pri n cipal entrance by a pointed arch from the court . It is lighted on the west side by four large windows over the and moat , and on the east by three similar ones a shorter one , now blocked up externally they are transomed of two lights , with a circle in the head the upper lights are so ffi t and trefoiled , with early cusping , they appear to l have been glazed , while the lower ights had only e t he shutt rs . The windows have all seats like those in tower , and externally above each is a gable . The hall is fift y- three feet long by thirty- one feet and n wide , is lofty , covered with a very stro g double n v n o n collar beam roof , havi g car ed collar braces resti g i n large upr ght stone corbels , with good early E glish b moulding . It appears to have been warmed y a brazier n or dog s , the hearth of which still remai s , probably

Similar to the one preserved at Pe n shurst in Kent . The buttresses were added some years since , in order to counteract the pressure of the heavy roof on the walls . At the north e nd of the hall is a staircase of solid blocks in of oak , which gives access to two small rooms the and m n n n tower , for s the orthern termi atio of the build in In o n l g . e of them is a % oor of ti es . Above these is another story of timber resting on the solid masonry of n n the tower , and projecti g beyo d it , supported by m n n . brackets of wood , resti g on sto e corbels In this roo n n fire — n n is an origi al sto e place , consisti g of a projecti g % at sur top , supported by corbels and pillars originally

a n . mounted by hood . It has also several large wi dows % The ground oor of this tower is occupied by a cellar , which opens under an arched door from the hall it is we ll many feet below it , the walls are very thick , and , as as the rooms above , is lighted by narrow windows , or o n lo ps , evidently intended for defence . In a projecti g m portion of this cellar is a well , and on the walls are so e O L 1 2 ST KESAY CAST E .

traces of painting , representing the rose , portcullis , and

. other Tudor badges A door once, opened from this into b a range of timber uilding facing the churchyard , of which the foundations have been lately uncovered . O pposite to the hall , and forming the only external entrance to the court , is a gate house of timber , which consists of two stories , the upper one projecting ; the

' - t imbe rs are arch , weather boards and principal elaborate l in y adorned with grotesque carv g . This , and the timber h buildings t at have been removed , were probably of the

Elizabethan period , and it is now imp ossible to conjee u ture what the original gate ho se , or the upper part of k the north tower may have been . The earliest nown ’ r B V rep esentation of Stokesay is uck s iew , dated e which in no resp ct differs from its present appearance , except that the moat was then full of water , which was On s upplied from the adjoining pool . the left side of the fi court is a well more than fty feet deep , lined with st o n e which n worked , is Show in a Sketch made about n fifty years ago , to have bee canopied by an antique roof ,

t re fo lie d . resting on thick oak timbers , worked into arches

‘ There is no reason to sup p o se t hat the old mansion at Stokesay was ever more extensive than the limits of the moat and some foundation walls that have been traced near to the farm house , were probably only those of stables and outbuildings . n The church , which sta ds to the north of the castle , m - has no arks of antiquity , except a plain circular headed doorway . A large circular dove - house was taken down some years since , which was probably coeval with the oldest part of the mansion .

The following account of the taking of Stoke , by a party sent out by the parliamentary committee at

Shrewsbury , is copied from a quaint old work , entitled The Burnin Bush not Consumed g , by John Vickers

’ V ie ws o f Sto k e say are als o t o be fo u nd in Britto n s A rc hit e c t u ral A ntiq uitie s in t he Be au tie s o f England and Wale s and in ’ Pe a so n s hi n s o f Sh o shi e nt i ui i e s a nd as in Mr . r Etc g r p r A q t l tly , ’ u d T ne s D o m e s i r hi e u e H so n u r r t c A c t ct r . L STOKESAY CAST E . 1 3

There was drawn out of this garrison (Shrewsbury) 00 00 by order from the Committee 5 foot and 3 horse , ’ e : b ing part of Col Mackworth S regiment , and part of ’ —Ou r i Col Lloyd s, regt forces marched with n V miles of

n - Ludlow , the design bei g to reduce that part of the 8: Country to secure it , by placing garrisons there to block up Ludlow . With a praty of horse they viewed Holgate Brainc ro ft Castles both of which the e ne nmy had w n demolished , not ithstandi g they placed the Lord Co lvine Brainc ro ft Bro ncro ft in ( ) Castle , fell to repaire

fortify it . In the interim they sent Lieut . Riveling to view Stokesay , a garrison of the enemy . The place was considerable , therefore the next morning wee drew up to Daure t t it , summoned it , but the Governor Capt . refused , whereupon we prepared for a storm , and being ready to fall on , we gave a second summons , which was hearkened unto , a party admitted , and it is now garrison One ed for us . of these castles command Corve Dale , a rich varied Country the other secures Stretton Dale , s o that Ludlow is now blockt up on this side , hath only Hereford to rainge in . Continuing i n these parts for the securing of the Garrisons

Sir Michael Woodhouse , one that cometh out of

Ireland , Governor of Ludlow , procured all the Garri sons for 20 miles round to turn out for his relief . Col n Lunsford from Mo mouth , Col Sandys from Worcester , Co l S cu dam e re from Hereford , Sir Michael Woodhouse from Ludlow , forces from Hartlebury and other Garri all 200 sons , of which made a body of about horse foot , Brai nc ro ft Bro nc ro ft which , marched up near ( ) Castle being too weak to encounter with them marched to S t o ak Wistanstow , within a mile of , the better to enforce ourselves from Shrewsbury Montgomery whither we sent for forces (but came not in time enough) . The enemy contrary to our expectations judging St o ak of e more consequence made haste thith r to besiege it , of whose approach the Col : having intelligence with the Ofi fi advice of the field f cers resolving to ght , our horse Ffo wk e s made what haste they could to fight in Capt . O L 1 4 ST KESAY CAST E .

re fo rm adirs troop , to which were joined some , fell upon 200 a body of the enemys horse , being , and routed them n all the foot marched on with galla t resolution , beat up their ambuscades in the hedges for a mile together , until they came to the main body , which after an hours w as . fight , routed dispersed In this business Col Riveling deserved much as as u honour , much a man co ld do , and also the other 8 n Col did very galla tly . 1 00 00 We slew near to on the place , took above 3 l 60 ffi all common so diers , about o cers gentlemen , O o their rdnance , bag baggage , 4 barrels of p wder , a ul 1 00 good quantity of match b lets horse . Some l l n n gent emen of quality were S ai , these bei g most of the gallantry of Herefordshire . ” * In the action Sir Will Croft , the best head piece ac t ive st n was n and man in the Cou ty , slai on the place , G OV % n the of Mo mouth Ludlow hardly escaped , Sir n Michael Woodhouse , his horse bei g taken .

The glory of this great action belongs only to God , who was pleased to make weak means instrumen ts to do % so great a work . Major Fenwick who behaved himself gallantly is n o t wounded , but wee hope mortally . fi Tho S B These were taken in the ght . Col rough — — — N ; . ton Capt . Walter eale Capt George Wright Capt B — Le int o n — Tho Ste t Capt . Synge 9 % uarter Masters — — —M 7 Corporals 5Waggons 3 Mattresses r . Richard

n n . Richardso , Chirurgeo , many others This engagemen t seems to have been o n e of some n importa ce , as it is noticed in most of the newspapers of

On his m o n u m e nt in Cro ft ch u rch t he da te o f his de ath is iv e n a s 1 6 1 a n d a s h a vi n o u e d b e o e o o n as le bu t g 4 , g cc rr f r H p t C t , a ll t he c o n te m p o ra ry a cco u nts give t h e date o f 1 64 5(tho u gh Chi rk ’ Mr Whi m o e s h o u s e a re s o m e i m e s m e n i o n e d as c astle a n d . t r t t T h e m o n u m e n in o h u h t h e p lace w h e re i t o cc u rr e d) . t Cr ft c rc bl n o t la e d h e e i ll t he i vi l w ar w as e n de d a n d t o w as p ro ba y p c t r t c , in a n de e e se a he d t h e e o ds o f h e s e ime s tho s e w h o h av e y gr rc r c r t t , and fo u n d de la ys and i na ccu ra ci e s w hi ch atte nde d t h e tra ns mi ssi o n o f i nte lli ge n ce fro m o ne p a rt o f E n glan d t o a n o the r w ill ce as e t o b e s u rp ris e d a t s u ch a m i s ta ke h a vi n g o cc u rre d .

1 6 O L ST KESAY CAST E .

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O B N . Mr . liver aker s Ludlow Town eighbourhood

U nlike other buildings of the kind o has n chapel , owing no doubt , to the nearness of the N Parish Church . The latter presents externally a orman O L ST KESAY CAST E . 1 7

re - e difie d building , in the churchwarden era , but within n o has some very interesting poi ts . The S uth door is plain and untouched Norman . The Nave is filled with i high oak pews , many having carv ngs and quaint hinges , and in the Chancel is a very fine Jacobean canopied pew with arched openings . There are a few mural monuments of some age , the best being in the outside of the Chancel wall i an d , hav ng coats of arms an inscription to Alice B 1 662 . augh , who died There is a very good Early - n English tower arch , but almost hidde by an old gallery . in * and there is a good carved chair the Chancel .

L DLOW TOWN and N IGHBO RHOOD U E U .

1 68 0 Tourist edition . pag es , 7 original Illustrations B O B (5of Stokesay) . Cloth , 4/ net . y liver aker , Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers n (Londo ) .

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e se n o u t o f i n 1 2 1 . At p r t p r t , 9 1 8 O L ST KESAY CAST E .

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n P 1 6 8 WITH the first year of the Lo g arliament , 3 , newspapers are believed to have commenced in the shap e of small pamphlets they were published at uncertain n i tervals . The following accounts of the engagement at 1 6 Stokesay are extracted from those of the year 45, B preserved in the ritish Museum .

The Parliament Post No 6 8 , . , p . . Wee have given the enemy a great defeat near

- Stoke Say , in Shropshire , killed divers , and taken

two drakes three hundred armes , and foure hundred prisoners .

T u I ormer F eb 1 1 The r e n . 6 6. f , 4, 3

’ A party of Sir Willm ' Vaughan s horse marched S through a great part of hropshire , plundering as they n n K an d P we t . They went from Clu to nighton resteign , B B n n thence by rampton rya , and over Leintwardi ebridge n n were proceedi g towards Ludlow , but bei g closely pursued by Capt . Marvin , they were forced to take n sanctuary in Stoke church , i to which they got , and some d n B an . of their horses , stood upo their guard efore n n m they got i to the church , we had a short co flict with the and and which put them to the rout , killed a captain

n n an d . lieute a t , divers others , and took some prisoners n n n This bei g ear Ludlow , it is doubted if the e emy will in receive relief the church , but they will take heede how o t hey strangle again s far abroad .

G u ns . S O L T KESAY CAST E . 1 9

' o r E xact o ur iar l No . A D na . y j , 57

We likewise u n derstood of the brave services of o u r S men , who marching out of hrewsbury , did fall upon n o t S t o k e ne the enemy , far from y , which is a place n m n n belongi g to y Lord Crave , which house the e emy is n n \Vo rc e st e r supplyi g from their garriso s of Hereford , , B fo rt if e m e n and ridgnorth , did intend to y , but our o n e rin fi n o t inc u t g them in the eld . did only absolutely t w o rout them , but tooke from them drakes , foure n n hundred armes and three hu dred priso ers .

l r s i i ns o 8 ) iu r o N . 6 El e rcu C . 6 , f .

% o u have already had the intellige n ce of the taking n n of ma y priso ers of the enemies , which was drawn from B n Wo rc e st e r ' De rb Lichfie ld Hereford , ridge orth , , y , and , n n to the umber of fifteen hundred , whereof three hu dred n were taken prisoners , foure hu dred armes , and foure pieces of ordnance . It was performed by the Shrews

. 1 C0 . bury forces under Col Mackworth , his Lieut . and S other commanders at tokesay , about three miles from

Bridgen orth .

M iu s Bel ien s o r ra ble Occurences une 1 ercu r %Me mo . g , , j 9 His Majesty ’ s forces encountered a body of the - S ay S n rebels near Stoke , in hropshire , but bei g over

m ° Sir Will powered , were forced to retreat with the loss of

n n n . Croft , a galla t ge tlema , and some others

P r al erfect Diu n .

1 June 6. Intelligence received this day that the Lic hfie ld royalists drew out their men from Worcester , , an d Hereford , and other places , went to besiege Sir W ’ * illiam Whitmore s house , but the parliament forces

’ Th m i Mr Whi m o e s h o u se m a e i s a e n allin S o e s a . t k c g t k y t r , y ’ hav e a ri se n fro m his h av i n g be e n Lady Cr av e n s b ro th e r a n d t u r ste e . O L 20 ST KESAY CAST E .

r . from Shrewsbury met , and dispe sed them . In this Willm ' c , servi e Sir ” Croft the great Herefordshire Malig nan t was slain .

M ercu riu Rusticus s .

Willm Sir Croft slain at Stokesay , in Shropshire ,

1 1 6 . June 9, 45

m Whitelock , in his Me orials , records the engagement at Stoke - Say as follows

’ K o nin June 1 645. Several parties of the ing s j y g ’ to besiege William Whitmore s house , a garrison of the Parliaments , a party from Shrewsbury encountered with an d them , Slew , took prisoners about four hundred ,

m ° an d Will t he dispersed the rest , Sir Croft was slain in

fight .

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’ Wright s Hist o ry o f Ludlow

E s A o n U bo u W . t he l e T o . M . . H . By at h mas right , q , , n nd

Guide t o St okesay Castle .

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