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and declared that he had never been sequestered. He is possessed 
of a nag and wearing apparel to the value of £20. His fine was 
£3 6s.8d. Apparently this gentleman may be identified with the 
“friend and kinsman” whom Edmund Ludlow describes as coming 
to him during the siege of Wardour Castle, and earnestly recom- 
mending its surrender. He is further known to us as one of those 
who accompanied Charles II. during his concealment at Heale House 
after the Battle of Worcester. 
Franots Porrer, B.D., a native of Mere, but resident at Kil- 
mington, close on the border of the county near Stourhead, an old 
gentleman far too deeply absorbed in his philosophical researches 
into physics and mathematics to act as a dangerous partisan, yet 
someone informed against him before the sequestrators of Somerset. 
On making his appearance before the board at Wells, one of their 
number, well acquainted with his harmless disposition, took him 
aside and told him he need be under no sort of alarm; and, giving 
him a glass of wine, recommended him to make the best of his way 
back to his home ; which friendly advice he followed, and it is be- 
lieved heard no more from sequestrators. See his history in John 
Aubrey’s collections and in Granger’s Biographical Dictionary. 
Wuusam Poutton, of Stratford, Gent. His delinquency, that 
he left his habitation 3 and residing at Oxford, adhered to His 
Majesty throughout the war, and served in his army as a captain. 
He was at Oxford at the surrender thereof, and is to have the benefit 
of the articles. He hath taken neither the Negative Oath nor the 
_ National Covenant. He is seised of lands at Hurdcot, Ford, 
Laverstock, and Wincanton, annual value, £3 17s. 8d.—a freehold 
at Stratford, holden by demise from the Church of Sarum, £70—and 
a copyhold at Monkton Deverill, held of Sir James Thynne, £15, 
Fine at a tenth £108 6s. January, 1646. He had previously paid 
_ fourscore pounds in respect of his personal estate to the Wilts 
Committee at Falstone House. 
_- Ricwarp Ricuarpson, of Boreham, Gent. A certificate signed 
by Gabriel Martyn, Edward Martyn, Robert Brown, and Thomas 
