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1600 of the Kings, 4 of ye Parlia: Reg: ran away and 16 
troops of Horse. So wee wayre 6000 and they 18000, yet 
we took ye standerd and cleffe Sr Ed Varney standard bear- 
er in the head & slew the Lord Lindsey Generall of the 
field.” In another engraving in this work soldiers are 
represented with firelocks on forked rests. 
Confining myself to the county of Warwick, I will give 
a few of the principal names of those who espoused the 
one side or the other. On the side of the Parliament the 
principal leaders in this county were the Lord Brook, the 
Lord Fielding (afterwards the second Earl of Denbigh,) 
Sir Edward Peto, of Chesterton, Colonel William Purefoy, 
of Caldecott Hall, Mr. Abbot, of Caldecott, and many of 
the Presbyterian ministers, who by their preaching exer- 
cised great sway, especially amongst the inhabitants of the 
several towns. 
Amongst those who espoused the cause of the king were 
the Lord Northampton, the first Earl of Denbigh, the Earl 
of Chichester, Lord Craven, Sir Charles Adderley, Sir Simon 
Clark, Sir Clement Fisher, Sir Henry Gibbs, Sir Thomas 
Holt, Sir Thomas Leigh, Sir John Repington, Sir Richard 
Shuckburgh, Sir Hercules Underhill, and many of the 
country gentlemen who had subsequently to compound for 
their estates, and of whom I have a list. 
The king’s forces were mostly recruited from the 
tenantry of the lords and gentry who espoused his cause. 
Those of the Parliament from the inhabitants of towns. 
Coventry, Warwick, Birmingham, Stratford, Alcester, 
Henley, Coleshill, and Rugby. The country was mostly 
uninclosed. Spread over it were ancient British fortresses 
or fortified oppida, Roman camps, one medieval walled 
city, Coventry; three castles, Warwick, Kenilworth, and 
