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In a MS. letter-book of Sir Samuel Luke, it is stated that 
on the “5th of March, Banbury troopes brought into 
Banbury 72 sackes of Gloster clothes, wth. 60 odd troopers 
wth. their horses and armes, belonging to Gloster, wch. were 
a convoy to them.” 
The “ Perfect Diurnal” states, by letters from Warwick 
received on the 13th March, ‘that the Earle of Northamp- 
ton’s regiment of horse from Banburie the last weeke 
surprized about 30 horse laden most of them with cloath, 
comming from Gloucester to Warwick with a convoy of 
about fourscore; some of the convoy were, about twenty, 
taken; the rest fled.” 
The ‘“Mercurius Aulicus” states that “the Earl of 
Northampton’s brother, Sir Charles Compton, went with 
a regiment of horse from Banbury on Tuesday, the 4th 
March, to gather contributions from Warwickshire, where 
he lay at Ilmington. That on the morning of Thursday 
he fell in at Halford with 120 of the Rebels’ horse coming 
to convoy near 80 packhorses laden with much of the 
Gloucester Rebels wealth going to Warwick, six or seven 
of which packs got over the narrow bridge at Halford, but 
72 were seized by the Royalists, and were found to con- 
tain broad cloth of 20s. a yard, in which were concealed 
money, plate, fine linen, and rich apparel. In charging 
this convoy Sir Charles’ forces killed 12 of the Rebels, and 
took near 70 of them prisoners, including one lieutenant 
and one cornet with his colours, and almost six score 
horses.” 
Some of the above accounts of transactions in South 
Warwickshire I transcribed with my own hand 45 years 
ago from the Kings Collection of Pamphlets, relating to 
the Civil Wars, in the Library of the British Museum ; for 
