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my Lord Hopton, Major Sheldane dyed the next day and was 

 muclie lamented : this disaster encourag'd the Kebells and dis- 

 courag'd vs. Our horse were bad before but now worse, our 

 ffoote drooped for theire Lord whom they lou'd, and that they 

 had not powder left to defend him, for as I remember we had 

 then but nine barrells left : that night wee quarter'd att Marsfeild 

 being Thursday, the same night the enemy drawes out of Bathe 

 up to Lansdowue againe ; the next morning being friday we 

 marched to Chippenham, the same night the Enemy steps into 

 our quarters att Marsfeild, and now the Couotry seeing him 

 following vs begins to disert vs ; soe that wee could gett neither 

 meale nor intelligence, two necessary things for an Army : wee 

 lay att Chipenham two nights, but were on Sunday earely ffrighted 

 from thence by the Enemys neare approache ; wee marched to 

 the Denizes. 



Further Notes on tJie Claverton Skirmish. By H. D. Skrine, M.A. 



An old map shows very distinctly the road I suppose the Royal 

 Army to have taken, and you will see that at the date of that 

 map the road joined the present ford road below the Dry Arch. 

 The maps do not show how far Monkton Farleigh Down extended 

 towards Bradford, but I think it can hardly have been farther 

 than the ford road. That road would be the line of communication 

 between Davet and Waller, and down it must have been the 

 pursuit of the defeated Parliamentarians ; though some may 

 have scattered over the precipitous and craggy common towards 

 Bathford and Bath. 



I do not think the line of march I have pointed out can be 

 disputed ; but it may be well to note that strategical reasons 

 would be very strongly in favour of its being chosen by the 

 Marquis of Hertford and Prince Maurice. It was the most 

 direct, the shortest, and in every respect, from the open country 

 it traversed, the most suited to the march of an army; and there 



