30 COKNWALL DURING THE CITIL "WAE. 



"powder left for cue houre longer, they then (with unexpressible 

 " valour) fell upon the Rebels with their swords and pikes, and 

 " fought it so manfully, that at last they wholly routed the Rebels 

 " Army, killed many hundred of them dead in the place, wounded 

 "many more, tooke 1700 prisoners, whereof above 30 Commanders, 

 "as Chudleigh, Sergeant Major Generall of their Army, Sir Robert 

 " Wingfield, with divers other Sergeant Majors and Captaines; and 

 "of Common Souldiers more than they know what to doe with." 

 Lt. Col. Colmaddy was killed, with many others of quality. The 

 Royalists took 1 1 pieces of brass ordnance, and one brass mortar for 

 grenades, besides four iron pieces and one iron mortar, 57 barrels of 

 powder, with a proportional quantity of bullet, shot, and match, and 

 between 2 and 3000 arms, and £3000 in ready money. On the King's 

 side, no person of rank was killed or hurt, and only 46 soldiers. An 

 intercepted letter says of the Parliament Forces : " Our men went on 

 " resolutely at this last fight at Stratton, being assured that our Horse 

 " would countenance them in the Reare ; but when they were 

 " charged with the Horse of the enemy, and ours did not what we 

 "expected, we were discouraged, and so the enemy, by the help of 

 " their Horse, broke in on our Foot and routed us, taking all our 



" Cannon, and most of our Ammunition " " our confidence on the 



"arme of fleshe (which was our strong Army) was too great." Sir 

 Ralph Hopton was afterwards made a peer, as Lord Hopton of 

 Stratton. 



There is an account in 1643, of the strength of the Royalist Army 

 in Cornwall, with the names of the principal Officers. It is written 

 by one of the Parliament side, and is called "A True Relation of the 

 proceedings of the Cornish Forces under the command of the Lord 

 Mohun and Sir Ralph Hopton, &c." — After contradicting the rumour 

 of the death of Sir Ralph, it says : " The Cornish Army lieth upon 

 " the borders of our Shire, and at these places, viz. Liscard, Saltash, 

 "Launceston, Bridgerule, Stratton, and other Parishes necr the 

 "river; and first, the L. Mohun his Regiment, consisting of about 

 " 900, quartereth at Liscard, and the parishes thereabouts towards 

 "his mansion house near LostithelL At Saltash Sir Nicholas 

 "Slaninghis Regiment, consisting of about 1000, are garronized, 

 " whereof old Sir William Courtney is governour. At Launceston 

 " M. Trevanian his Regiment is quartered, consisting of about 700 

 "foot. At Bridgerule, in Cornwall, Sir Francis Haley his Troup of 

 "Horse, consisting of 200. At Stratton, Sir Bevil Green vil with 



