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Hanley Castle W.S. Symonds Hanley Castle Table of Contents Hanley Castle.............................................................................................................................................................1 W.S. Symonds................................................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1. UPTON−ON−SEVERNA ROMAN CAMPHANLEYHANLEY CASTLEBRICTRIC MEAWE AT HANLEY CASTLETHE DE CLARESBEAUCHAMPSISABEL DESPENSERTHE FAMILY OF FORESTERSMISTRESS TABITHA FORESTERHER DIARYDISFORESTING OF MALVERN CHASE (1632)A FOREST AND A CHASECOMMONS SUCCEEDED THE FORESTHANLEY CHURCH AND RECTORMASTER JOHN KELLYSNOW IN AUGUST, (1635)EARL OF WORCESTER AT HANLEY CASTLEROMAN STINGING NETTLES..............................4 Chapter 2. FIRST RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCESTHE STAR CHAMBER AND MESSRS. PRYNNE, BURTON, AND BASTWICKPURITANS AND ROYALISTSSCOTLAND AND THE PRAYER BOOKEARL OF STRAFFORD AND THOROUGHLAUD AND TORTUREISABEL FORESTERMEETING OF PURITANS AT UPTONDISCOURSE BY PREACHER COCKTAILAUNT TABITHA'S VIEWS THEREONESTRANGEMENTSMASSACRE OF PROTESTANTS IN IRELANDJOHN KELLY'S VIEWS THEREONROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS....................................8 Chapter 3. SIR GILES NANFANBRIDGETSQUIRE BARTLETTHAFOD THE FOOLTHE BROTHERS YATESLORD COCKAYNETHE BEACON UPON THE HEREFORDSHIRE BEACONTHE WELL OF ST. WAUMCOMMISSIONS OF ARRAYCAPTAIN BOUNDTHE PURITANS AND THE RECTOR OF UPTONTHE MEETING OF PURITANS AT UPTON..........................13 Chapter 4. FOOLS, REBELS, AND KNAVESPARSON WOODFORDESIGNS OF WARPRINCE RUPERTMESSIEURS BRUMFAT, SLASHMERE, AND SLIGGONSA SUPPER AT HANLEY CASTLEMERRIE ENGLAND. .......................................................................................................................18 Chapter 5. CAPTAIN VON PRIG AND TREASONABLE CORRESPONDENCEHAMME COURTINVASION OF HAMME COURT BY PRINCE RUPERT'S TROOPERSSQUIRE BROMLEY AND PRINCE RUPERT STARTLING NEWS ABOUT LORD ESSEX AND THE ROUNDHEADSUPTON CHURCH AND UPTON BRIDGETHEIR IMPORTANCE IN TIMES OF WARKING CHARLES HOISTS HIS STANDARDAUNT TABITHA'S CONCOCTIONSTHE FIRST RECONNOITREJOHN KELLY AND THE GHOSTPERSHORE FERRYTHE ADVANCED GUARD OF LORD ESSEXROYALIST TROOPERS AT WORCESTER AND POWICK..............................................22 Chapter 6. LEVYING WAR CONTRIBUTIONSSEVERN END AND THE LEARNED MADAM PENELOPE LECHMEREMISTRESS BOUNDPREPARATION FOR SOLDIERS' KITSWAR MATERIALSTHE GALLOP TO POWICKTHE THORN TREE THERETHE FIRST FIGHT IN WORCESTERSHIREDEATH OF COLONEL SANDYSTHE RESCUE IN THE TEMEWORCESTER OCCUPIED BY ROUNDHEADS THEIR TREATMENT OF THE CATHEDRALLETTER FROM MRS. BROMLEY....................................................................................................................................................27 Chapter 7. (1642)THE OAK TREE BY THE SEVERNTHE COCK EAGLE STONEDRILLING ON LONGDON MARSHESGILES NANFAN AND LORD COCKAYNE ARRIVE FROM SHREWSBURYTHE LONGDON TROOPERSFAMILY JARSTHE WRONG BROTHERON THE MARCHFORESTER SENT TO RECONNOITREKINETONTHE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLEFIRST MEETING WITH KING CHARLES I.THE BATTLE OF EDGEHILLTHE BURIAL OF THE DEAD........................................................................................................................................................32 Chapter 8. (1642 AND 1643)THE MARCH AFTER EDGEHILLCHRISTMAS TIME, 1642THE NEWS LETTER ON NEW YEAR'S DAYINTRIGUES OF THE TEWKESBURY PURITANSA SPY IN OUR CAMPWRONG SUSPICIONSFORESTER SENT TO TEWKESBURY TO SIR M. CAREWTHE OWLTHE WELSH ROYALISTS AT HIGHNAMTHE QUEEN LANDS IN YORKSHIREHER OWN ACCOUNT OF HER DANGERBONNER'S GRANDFATHERTHE RIDE TO HIGHNAMTHE OWLTOO MUCH FOR LORD HERBERTTHE SLAUGHTER AT LUDNAM'S HILLTEWKESBURY ABANDONED BY SIR M. CAREW..............................................................................38 Chapter 9. (1643)GILES NANFAN'S LOVE OF GARDENINGFORAGING AT NEWENTAN i Hanley Castle Table of Contents Hanley Castle ENGLISH FARMERWALLER'S MOVEMENTS IN THE FOREST OF DEANUNFORESEEN MEETING AT UPTONWALLER'S TACTICSBLOWING UP OF UPTON BRIDGETHE FIGHT AT RIPPLE FIELDMR. BROMLEY WOUNDED....................................................................................................43 Chapter 10. (1643)WALLER TAKES HEREFORDWORCESTER PREPARES TO RESIST A SIEGEMAY−DAY (1643)THE ALARMDEATH OF A TRUMPETERREPULSE OF WALLER AND DEATH OF SIR ROBERT COOKE OF HIGHNAMIMPEACHMENT OF THE QUEENTHE SECRET EXPEDITIONBITTER BEER AT EVESHAMQUARTERS AT STRATFORD−ON−AVONREQUISITIONINGCHARLCOTE AND AN INVITATIONMARY BROMLEY'S AUNTTHE SHAKESPEARE BALLTHE HARPERDAME QUICKLYTO HORSETHE GHOST .......................................................................................................................................48 Chapter 11. (1643)CAPTAIN BOUND'S PROJECTTHE QUEENLORD COCKAYNE PURVEYOR TO HER MAJESTYTHE NEW HOUSE AT STRATFORDMARY BROMLEY'S REQUESTQUEEN MARY AND THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTERTHE MEETING AT KINETONTHE BATTLE GROUND OF EDGEHILLFORESTER SENT TO OCCUPY TEWKESBURYTHE RIDE TO EARL'S CROOMESAMUEL BUTLER THE SUCKING PIGA TEWKESBURY BARBERPRINCE RUPERT'S EAT−ALLSA RECOGNITION BY CAPTAIN BOUND............................................................55 Chapter 12. (1643)SCENE IN TEWKESBURY ABBEY CHURCHDEPUTATION FROM GLOUCESTERTHE BOAT WITH THE WOUNDED SOLDIERTHE RENDEZVOUS AT NEWENTTHE KING BEFORE GLOUCESTERTHREE KINGS OF ENGLAND AT MATSON HOUSETOO MANY GENERALSLORD COCKAYNE'S ADVICE TO THE BESIEGEDTHE ATTACK AT KINGSHOLMTHE MARCH OF LORD ESSEXREPLY TO LORD COCKAYNEDR. CHILLINGWORTH AND HIS DIVINE ENGINESTHE BEACON FIRE ON WAINLODE HILLTHE ENCAMPMENT ON THE COTSWOLDSTHE INTERIOR OF GLOUCESTER..............................................62 Chapter 13. (1643 AND 1644)AFTER THE SIEGE OF GLOUCESTERTEWKESBURY STOCKINGSADVENTURE ON BROCKERIDGE COMMONMR. BROMLEY'S POOR COUSINTHE SOUTHEND OAKA STRANGE LETTERBATTLE OF NEWBURYTHE EARL OF COCKAYNE VISITS AUNT TABITHAWINCEBY FIGHTTHE SCOTCH AND IRISH DIFFICULTIESTHE EARLS OF ANTRIM AND MONTROSELETTER OF CHARLES I. TO EARL OF ANTRIMDEATHS OF LADY BRILLIANA HARLEY AND MR. PYMNEW YEAR'S DAY, 1644FESTIVITIES AT BIRTSMORTON COURTINTERRUPTIONHOPTON QUARTERTWO PARLIAMENTSTHE PLAGUETHE IMPEACHMENT OF ARCHBISHOP LAUDTHE BLOODY ALMANACKA SUMMONS TO THE WATERSIDECOUSIN OLIVERTHE KERCHIEF..................69 Chapter 14. (1644)COLONEL CROMWELLTHE LETTER RESPECTING THE QUEENFIRST VIEW OF OXFORDROYALISTS AT OXFORDINTERVIEW WITH THE KING AND QUEENMISTRESS MARY HERBERT'S LETTER TO HER UNCLEDR. MAYERNE'S LONDON PIEARCHIE ARMSTRONG'S BALLADTHE CURE FOR CORNSDR. GASTON'S APARTMENTSTHE QUEEN SETS OUT FOR EXETERARRIVAL AT ABINGDONTHE FOREWARNING OF NOSTRADAMUSTHE PARTING.......................................................................................................................77 Chapter 15. (1644)THE QUEEN REACHES EXETERNEW PRESBYTERSAXON LEECHDOMTHE DEVIL'S TABBERINGSMOTHERING SUNDAYBATTLE OF NEWENTHERALDRY OF ISABEL AND BRIDGET NANFANMURDER OF THE REV. MR. PRALPH AT STOKE EDITHTHE PARSON'S WIFE AT FLADBURYEVESHAM AND DISLOYALTYCALAMITY AT PERSHORE BRIDGETHE KING AT WORCESTERTHE FATAL LETTERREQUISITIONING THE EVESHAM ROUND−HEADSBATTLE OF COPREDY BRIDGEMARCHES TO AND FROCRUELTY OF THE SAINTS AT GLOUCESTERCHIVALRY OF THE EARL OF ESSEXAUNT TABITHA'S OPINION THEREON.............................................................83 Chapter 16. (1644)HINTON WALDRIST AND SIR HENRY MARTENTHE KING AT BUCKLAND ii Hanley Castle Table of Contents Hanley Castle RECTORY, BERKSTHE QUEEN AT BEDFORD HOUSE, EXETERDR. GASTON'S OPINION ON THE SITUATIONTHE QUEEN'S FLIGHTTHE KING ENTERS EXETERTIDINGS OF THE DEFEAT AT MARSTON MOORFORESTER A LIEUT. COLONEL OF HORSETHE FIGHT AT REDMARLEYDICK BROMLEY IN A SCRAPETHE DRAGON AT CORSE LAWNSECOND BATTLE OF NEWBURYHOUSES OCCUPIED BY TROOPS.........................................................................89 Chapter 17. (1645)NEW YEAR'S DAY AT WORCESTER, 1645DEATH OF LAUDFAILURE OF PEACE HOPES AT UXBRIDGETHE NEW NODDLE ARMYPRINCE RUPERT'S DECLARATIONROUNDHEADS REPLYAUNT TABITHA'S LETTER ON DESECRATION OF UPTON AND HANLEY CHURCHESLORD COCKAYNE'S VALENTINEFATE OF COLONEL WINDEBANKETHE REV. HAMILTON HOWARD SNOPERLORD GLAMORGAN AND THE IRISHMASSEY OCCUPIES LEDBURYTHE MARCH TO MEET PRINCE RUPERTCASTLE FROME AND BOSBURYTHE BATTLE OF LEDBURYINFORMATION OF WITCHCRAFT AGAINST NURSE STUBBSCASPER KATLOFFTHE DEVICES OF CAPTAIN BOUNDTHE KING LEAVES OXFORD.................................................................................................................................................96 Chapter 18. (1645)THE KING MARCHES AND RELIEVES CHESTERSIEGE OF LEICESTERA DREAMGILES NANFAN APPEARS AT WORCESTERTHE CATASTROPHE AT NASEBYDUTYTHE RIDE TO ROSS THE ROYALISTS AT GOODRICH CASTLEPENGETHLYHEREFORD ITS CASTLE AND DEFENCESKING CHARLES THERETHE COUNCIL IN THE LIBRARYTHE KING SETS OUT FOR RAGLAN CASTLETHE FAMOUS CASTLE FINETHE GUESTS, THEIR WAYS AND DOINGSTHE CENTURY OF INVENTIONSMASSACRE AT CANON FROMETHE SCOTS MARCH UPON HEREFORD................103 Chapter 19. THE KING AT CARDIFFDUKE ROBERT'S SPIRITCAERPHILLY CASTLE AND BRECKNOCK CASTLE OMENSROUGH QUARTERS AT OLD RADNORDESPATCHES TO LORD DIGBYA PRISONERTHE FISHERMAN ON THE HEATHTHE SECRET DESPATCH FORWARDEDWITHIN THE WALLS OF CHESTERBETRAYEDCOLONELS OF SIR W. BERETON AND POYNTZ...................................................................................................................................109 Chapter 20. (1645)THE FISHERMAN'S ADVICETHE RELEASELORD DIGBY'S PORTFOLIOTHE DISAPPEARANCE OF HANLEY KEEPTHE SACKING OF OUR HOMEAUNT TABITHA AT THE WATERSIDEFRIENDS AMONG OUR