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The Royalist Rising in 1655. 



Informations respecting Persons Concerned in the Royalist 

 Rising in Wilts, July, 1055. 



" The examination of Mr. Anthony Batchelor of Great Amesbury in the county 

 of Wilts, Inholder. 

 " Saith, 



" That being at Salsbury at the Assizes, when the rebellion was there, he saw 

 in the partie of the risers Mr. Thomas Rutter of West Cholderton, in the afore- 

 said conntie, and heard him call'd at that time by some of the sade Rebells, 

 Quartermaister Generall, he haveing then about him Swords and Pistolls, which 

 said Rutter, as hath beene credibly informed by one of his neighbours, namely 

 Robert Collier, was about three weekes since seene to be at his home in Cholderton 

 aforesade ; unto the trueth hereof I sett my hands this ninth of July, 1655. 



" (Signed), Anthonie Batchelob. 



" Since this information, the sade Rutter hath beene searched for, but cannot 

 be found." 



" Thomas and Edward Carter of Enford, in the county of Wilts, informe, that 

 on Sunday, the day before the Rebellion at Sarum, there mett at Mr. Clarkes of 

 the sade Enford, who was engaged in the sade rebellion, one Mr. Henry Mills of 

 Nether Haven [Netheravon], and Mr. Scardivill of Ffeilding, in the sade county, 

 both which persons stayed at the sade Mr. Clarkes till it was late in the eveninge 

 that day, but there business their, these Informers knoweth not. This Infor- 

 mation was taken July the 12th 1655 



p. mee : 



Tho. Savage. 



" The sade persons, namely Mr. Mills and Mr. Scardivill, were taken up by 

 the Sheriffe of Wilts as suspected, uppon the Insurrection, and have given in 

 bond to him to appeare before his Highness or Councell when called. 



" Mr. Roughton the Elder, of Wilcott, in the countie of Wilts, conf esseth, that 

 twice or thrice, he was in company with Maior Clarke, Mr. Bowles, and others of 

 the late risers, this last winter at hunting, near Everlie [Everleigh], and dined 

 with them at the sade Everlie, after their sport ended. He saith further he had 

 a sonne, engaged in the rebellion, as alsoe that he sould the Lord Sandes # at 

 Lurgithall [Ludgershall], the day the riseing was at Sarum, four horses of a good 

 price, and went thither the same day, on purpose to hunt with the said Lord 

 Sandes. He denieth that he mett on purpose with the sade Clarke, Bowles, 

 &c to hunt, but accedentally, as he was ayreing his horse uppon the Downes. 



" This acknowledgement was made by the above mentioned Mr Roughton unto 

 me, upon the fourteenth of July 1655, and upon enquire after him, I finde him 

 to be a reputed Cavileere, and to have beene formerly questioned by Maior Boteler . 



" (Signed), Lnl : Holton." f 



* William, sixth Baron Sandys of the Vine, 

 t One of the Commissioners for the County of Wilts. See his letters to Cromwell, p. 375, 376, 

 vol. xviii. 



