50 DORSET SOLDIERS. 



are any guide, do not seem to have had any connection with 

 Dorset, and were probably hardly known to their men, 

 were threatened with Moone's fate and ran away. Many 

 of the soldiers followed their officers' example and ran away 

 also, so that when the contingent reached Selby in Yorkshire 

 only 340 were left, besides three who were in custody, charged 

 with the murder. The remnant at Selby were still insub- 

 ordinate ; and Sir Jacob Astley, who commanded the 

 English army, noticing that they disobeyed their officers 

 when mustering, had one of them " harquebused," as he 

 called it. There the story ends, and we do not know anything 

 further of what happened either to those who got as far as 

 Selby or to the runaways. The latter, however, were offered a 

 free pardon if they reported themselves for duty either at 

 Selby or at Blandford. 



It is a relief to turn from a mutiny to a successful venture 

 across the Channel. The capture of Boulogne in 1544 was a 

 big undertaking, necessitating the shipping of over 70,000 

 troops, who came from the southern half of England. Of 

 these 2,957 were from Dorset, contributed by twenty-eight 

 gentlemen of the county, among whom were included not 

 only the principal military leaders, but also representatives 

 of such families as Thornhill, Cheverell, Coker, Martin, 

 Troblefeld (or Turbervill), Husye, Wadham, Bingham, and 

 Moreton. Sir Thomas Poynings took 400 men and Sir Giles 

 Strangways and Sir John Horsey 100 each, and among those 

 killed in the course of the siege was Henry Strangways, of 

 Melbury. A part of the army, including some of the Dorset 

 men, remained in occupation of the town till 1550, and on 

 their return were feasted ( " entretayned " is the word used) 

 in London, their departure for their homes being accompanied 

 by the rather grim instructions to Lords Lieutenant and 

 others " to kepe them in ordre or elles to punishe them." 



None of the other oversea expeditions were on the same 

 scale as this. In 1513 Sir William Fylol, Edward Wadham, 

 and probably other gentlemen of the county brought or sent 

 contingents for the important campaign in Flanders and 



