LUDLOW. 



«iple, and his meafures were all the refiilt of integrity and 

 konour. He was one of the king's judges, and foon after 

 that event, Cro-nweli, to keep him out of the wa)', caufed 

 him to be nominated lieutenare-general of horfe in Ireland, 

 and one of the commiflioners for civil affairs. After the 

 death of Ireton, the chief command of the army devolved 

 on Ludlo.v, !)Ut as he continued to oppofe the ambitious 

 projefts of the protestor, he was, in a very fluirt time, fu- 

 perfedcd. He was afterwards impriloned, but being ad- 

 mitted into the prefence of Cromwell, he vindicated his own 

 condudl and the repub ican principles on which lie adted with 

 great freedom and prefence of mind, and could not, by any 

 mea 'S, be induced to make any engagement for future fub- 

 BiiiTion. When Richard was declared proteftor, Ludlow, 

 with other republicans, joined the army party of Walling- 

 ford-houfe, and was i^ulruniental in 'the reiloration of the 

 Long parhament, in which he took his former feat ; was ap- 

 poinced one of the committee of fafety, and had llkewil'e the 

 command of a regiment. He was again fent to Ire'and as 

 commander-in-chief of the forces there, and his firft care 

 was to fix the oiEcers in the intereft of parliament. When 

 he found things taking a decided turn towards monarchy, 

 he haftened to London with a view of preventing this 

 change, and when lie found the effort hopelefs, and that 

 the tide of pub'ic inclination in favour of a kmg was irrefift- 

 ible, he began to confider of his own fafety. His name was 

 not among the leven excepted in the bill of indemnity ; never- 

 tllelcfs, the proc amation refpedting the perfons wlio fat in 

 judgment on the late king Charles filled him with juil appre- 

 henfion, and notwithilanding the ri monftranccs of his friends 

 to the contrary, he determined, as Iiis fafeft courfe, to with- 

 draw from the kingdom. He landed at Dieppe in 1660, 

 whence hf proceeded to Geneva, where he was joined by twis 

 other perfons who had likewife been judges of the late king, 

 but thinki-.gthem(elves not fufficiently feciire they witiidrew 

 into Switzerland. Even here, the vengeance of the royal 

 far^dy purfaed the regicides, fome of whom were a6tually 

 affaffinated by the agen's of the Englilh government ; an 

 attempt was made aganll the life of Ludlow, but being dif- 

 covered, he evaded the blow, and paffed the remainder ot his 

 life in "-he neighbourhood of Berne, highly refpected and 

 elleemed by the magiltrates and people of that city, as well 

 for his private virtues as his public character. In 1689 he 

 ventured to come over to England, and appear openly in 

 London ; but a motion being made in thehoule of commons 

 for an addrefs to the king to iffue a proclamatio.i for his ap- 

 prehenfion, he returned to the continent, and clofed,his life 

 in exile, at the age of feventy-three. A monument was 

 erected to his memory, in the principal chnrch at Vevay, by 

 his widow, who had been the faithful and courageous part- 

 ner in all liis fortunes. Edmund Ludlow was undoubtedly 

 one of the pureil and moll difintereltcd perfons who flou- 

 riihed in thofe times. He was equitable and humane, calm 

 and fedate, yet refolute ; virtuous without aufterity, and 

 pious without fanaticifm. His '« Memoirs" were firft printed 

 at Vevay, in two vols. 8vo. 1698, to which, in the follow- 

 ing year, another volume was added. They were reprinted 

 in one volume folio, London 1751 ; to this edition was added 

 " The Cafe of king Charles L," drawn up by John Cook, 

 folicitor to the high court of juftice on his trial. In the 

 fame year, the work was printed in three vols. i2mo. at 

 Edinburgh. An edition in 4to. was publiflied in 1771. 

 The " Memoirs" contain an account of the author's own 

 tranfaClions during the civil wars, and tlis fubfequent pe- 

 riod, together with many particulars relative to the general 

 iiiiiory of the times, written in a clear, interelting, and unaf- 



feftcd ftyle. Biog. Brit. Ludlow's Memoirs, three vols. 

 l2mo. 



Ludlow, in Geography, a market-towTi, fituated in the 

 hundred of Munflow, and county of Salop, England. It 

 (lands on an eminence at the jiinftion of the rivers Tcme and 

 Corvc, in a fertile and pifturefque di Uriel, and commands a 

 variety of beautiful profpedts. The ancient Britifh name of 

 this place was Dinan Llyt Tyuifog, or the Pnnct's Paliict. 

 Hence it is fuppofed to have been the refidcnce of fome 

 prince of tlie country, prior to the fubjeilion of Wales by 

 Edv.'ard I. This town extends about a mile in lei gth, and 

 in its broade.1 part is fomewhat more than half a mile in that 

 diredlion. It was formerly furrounded by a wall, fome part 

 of which is ftill Handing, but in a ftate of great dilapidation. 

 Towers were placed at certain dillances, and there were for- 

 merly feven gates, of which only one now remains. The 

 ftreets are modly wide, and well paved, and lie in a diverging 

 and inclined direction from the highe'.l, or central part of the 

 town. The houfes, in general, prcfent rather an elegant 

 appearance, and are more regularly difpofed than in molt in- 

 land towns of the fame antiqui'y. They are chiefly occupied 

 by families of independent fortune, who arc attradled by the 

 healthful fituation of the place. Gloves conllitute the prin- 

 cipal manufadlure, befides which, however, there is a confi- 

 derable trade in the tanning, timber, and cabinet making 

 lines. A number of perfons are likewife employed in the 

 various branches of mechanifm. There are four markets 

 during the week, but the moll important one is Iieid on Mon- 

 day, and is well fupplied with every article neceflary for the 

 fuppurt of man. 



Ludlow, according to the parliamentary returns of i8or, 

 contained 804 iionfes, and 3897 inhabitants. It >vas incor- 

 porated by ct. alter in the reign of Edward IV. The go- 

 vernment is now veiled in a recorder, two bai iffs, two ca- 

 pital ji:flices, twelve a.dermen, twenty-five common coun- 

 cilmen, a town clerk, a corot.er, and ieveral other inferior offi- 

 cers. The elcdion of the baihffs is ufually attended with a 

 degree of magnificence and fplendour far furpaffing the fame 

 ceremony in other towns of fimilar extent. The quarter- 

 feffions are held here before the recorder and juliices of the 

 town, who, in former times, had the power of inflifting 

 capital punilhments, but all criminals liable to deat'i are now 

 removed to the county gaol at Shrewlbury. Ti.ere is a 

 court of record every week, in which the recorder and baihffs 

 fit as judges. Tliis place fends two members to parliament, 

 who are chofen by the common burgeffes, amounting to about 

 5C0 in :. umber. 



Several cf the public buildings of Ludlo v are remarkably 

 neat ftruclures. The churcli, fituated in the highell portion 

 of the town, is a very fpac.ous and elegant edifice, in the 

 form of a crofs, and feems to have been built in the reigns of 

 Henry VII. and Vlil. In the centre riles a lof:y Iquare 

 tower, embattled at the top, and very handfomely embel- 

 liihed. This tower adds in no fmall degree to the beauty of 

 many of the views from the neighbouring country. The prin- 

 cipal entrance to the church is under a large hexagonal porch. 

 The nave is divided from its aides by lix lofty pointed art hes on 

 each fide. The choir is of large diinci.fions, and lighted by 

 five lofty pointed windows on each fide, and one at the eall 

 end, which occupies the whole breadth, and nearly the 

 whole height of the clioir. This great window is entirely 

 filled with painted glafs, reprcfentitig chiefly the legend of 

 St. Lav.rence, the, patron (aint of the church. On each 

 fide of the choir ilands a chantry chapeL That on the north 

 exhibits fome very fplendid remnants of painted glafs, pour- 

 traying the ftory of tlic ring prefented by feme pilgrims to 

 4C 2 Edward 



