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after having so unequivocally expressed his mind to 

 him, he is left to shift for himself, is long detained, and 

 at length departs at his own expense. 



The siege of Raglan Castle was maintained by Colo 

 nel Morgan, Major General Laughorne, Sir Trevor 

 Williams, Baronet, and Colonel Eobert Kirle, with 

 about 5000 horse and foot. 



It became necessary for the besieged, in their ex 

 tremity, in the pleasant month of May, 1646, to destroy 

 every shelter or advantage the enemy might derive 

 from the houses in the village, or its old church. They, 

 therefore, levelled the goodly tower of the latter, as 

 also the houses near, burning likewise whatever might 

 in any way have been likely to prove available. 



Sir Trevor Williams, at the same time, was arrang 

 ing to blockade Eaglan, garrisoning his men in the 

 town of Usk. On the other side, Colonel Kirle, with 

 his force, was stationed within two miles of Eag 

 lan ; while Laughorne occupied Abergavenny 5 and 

 Colonel Birch, besieging Gutbridge Castle, left Eaglan 

 without hope of relief. 



In their skirmishes with the enemy, posted in these 

 positions, the Eoyalists lost 16 killed, and 20 taken 

 prisoners ; while Sir Trevor Williams seized 80 horses 

 grazing under the castle walls. Colonel Morgan, then 

 at Worcester, shortly after, joining the army, made 

 Landeimy his head-quarters, within a distance of three 

 miles. 



A domestic incident may be here mentioned, not only 

 as showing the discomfort of the place, but as connected 

 with the wife of the subject of this memoir ; and also 

 as characteristic of the Marquis s religious sentiments. 

 Dr. Bayly states that : 



&quot; One evening, during the hottest period of the can 

 nonade, there came a musket ball in at the window of 



