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to Warwick Castle. It was shown at Kenilworth Castle in 
the early part of the 17th century, as the horse armour of 
the legendary Guy of Warwick:— 
“The Lord Brook having seised the Kings ammunition 
at Northampton, marched from thence to Warwick, and so 
to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he beat out of the town the 
forces of Colonel Crocker and Wagstaff, and coming to 
Lichfield, the Earl of Chesterfield and his forces left the 
town and betook themselves to the close. But in the fight, 
one of his men shooting at the window of the Lord Brook’s 
chamber, where his lordship was, the bullet pierced his eye, 
and my Lord instantly died.” Such is the brief account 
given by Whitelock in his memorials of English affairs 
during the reign of Charles the I. This transaction—full 
particulars I do not give, inasmuch as it took not place in 
this county—happened on St. Chad’s day, March 2nd, 1843. 
In the late calamitous fire at Warwick Castle, the Buff 
doublet, worn by Lord Brook when he was slain, was, most 
unfortunately, destroyed. 
About the middle of the same month, March, Lord 
Brook’s great rival in this county, the Earl of Northampton, 
was slain at Hopton Heath, in the county of Stafford. 
In April, 1643, Prince Rupert entered Birmingham by 
force. In the envounter which then took place, William 
the first Earl of Denbigh, who fought on the side of the 
King, was mortally wounded, and died on the following 
Saturday. The heat of the contest was at a place called 
Camp hill, and particulars relative to it are preserved in 
three scarce tracts, which were reprinted at Birmingham 
in 1815. 
A short account of this engagement is given in the 
“‘ Mercurius Belgicus,” a Royalist publication, as follows :— 
*“ Anno Domini 1643, April the third, Prince Rupert 
