128 Records of the Rising im the West, A.D. 1655. 
But to return, here is another account of what happened at 
Salisbury, newspaper also. Weekly Intelligencer, March 13th to 
20th, 1655. 
‘The Judges came to Salisbury on Saturday last, being met by Mr. Dove the 
High Sheriff and his men, and that day divers of the Cavaliers came into the 
town, it being a time as they supposed of least suspicion. On the Lord’s Day 
about midnight the Cavaliers rendezyoused and were about 200. Monday 
morning early they seized all the horses, seized on the Sheriff about 7 o’clock, 
would have forced him to proclaim Charles Stewart King, which he refusing 
they wounded him in several places, cut him over the face with a sword, knocked 
him over the head with a pistoll, yet he told them he would lose his life before 
he would do it, and though he offered them money and other offers, yet they 
took him away. After they had abused the Judges they took ther paroll; let 
out the prisoners, some for debt (as Mr. Gohin, who was in for £1000, and 
others), and all the theeves and malefactors with their irons upon them, mounted 
those that would joyn with them, and went out (after they had proclaimed 
Charles Stewart King,) being about 300.” 
It is pleasant to read afterwards that the High Sheriff was only 
bruised and not wounded. 
Few joining them in Salisbury, they determined to leave it and go 
westward as the morning wore on, knowing that the Protector’s forces 
would be upon them as soon as possible, and feeling that somehow or 
other they must be reinforced. During their stay some of them 
attacked the Sheriff’s house; but it was so ably defended by Major 
Henry Wansey, of Warminster, with 30 men, who answered them 
with small shot, that after half-an-hour’s fighting they retired.’ It 
is to be remembered to their credit, that they committed no acts of 
plunder, save in the matter of horses as already mentioned. Not 
even of the barristers’ fees, so that Serjeant Maynard who walked 
the circuit lost nothing.* 
The whole body passed out with the Sheriff in their custody 
through Downton to Blandford, “where,” the papers say, “ he was 
permitted to dress.” 
1 Faithful Scout, March 16th, and other papers. This name will be remem~- 
bered as that of one of the authors of Hoare’s Modern Wiltshire. Some of 
his descendants are still living at Warminster. 
2 Heath’s Chronicle; Perfect Proceedings, March 15, 1650, 
