By Sir G. F. Duckett, Bart., F.S.A. 



105 



\_En dorsed~\ 



" Information touching 



severall of the 



late Rebells, & other 



disaffected persons in 



Willshire. 



N. 66." 



" John Stronge of Dunheade [Donhead St. Mary], in the Countie of Wilts, 

 informeth that Cap tn Roberte Grove, of the same parish^, and formerlie of the 

 Cavaleere partie, was absent from his house aboute five or six daies, at the time 

 of the risinge of Salisburie, and was at the howse of one Mr. Molines nere Sher- 

 burne, a reputed Cavaleere, on the sondaie before the said risinge, upon w ch daie 

 hee sente his servaunte home to his howse at Dunhead, for a suite of Clothes, 

 w ch , as the servaunte alleadged, his master was to weere at Dorchester assizes 

 fouer daies after. He farther informethe, that there wente one out of the said 

 Mr. Molines howse, that joyned with the rebells, while the said Cap tn Grove was 

 there, and farther hee saith not. 



" Mr. Keate, of the same parrish of Dunhead, informethe, that in the Duske 

 of the Eveninge, fouer or five daies after the riseinge at Sarum, hee observed, 

 with his daughter, two persons on horsebacke to ride in hastilie, into the said 

 Cap tn Groves yarde, and hee enquiringe, after their goinge awaie the same nighte, 

 or the nexte daie, but could not learne that these did, either." 



" The Information of Annie Gaine of Dunhead St. Mary, in the county of 

 Wilts, 



" Saith that a ffortnight or three weeks before the rising att Sarum, hir sonne 

 in lawe Doctor Donne, that then soiourned in her house, invited certaine persons 

 to her house to a feast, whose names are as ffolloweth : Capt in Grove, and James 

 Bennett, both formerly in the King's army ; Mr. Corsse, Mr. Greene, Mr. 

 Goddard, Richard ffreaker, Robert Mullins, Will'm Meggs ; and that there were 

 present two brothers of the said Doctor, and others, whose names shee had for- 

 gott ; and being asked, what was the reason of the said meeting, shee replied, itt 

 was to make merrie att her sonne in lawes farwell, that was then to goe to live 

 in the Isle of Wight ; and further shee saith nott. 



" Martha Lush of Dunhead above said, informeth, that the said Doctor Dunne, 

 about two or three days after the s d . feast, and about a fourtnight before the 

 rising att Sarum, came to her house, and beeginning discorse w th her, about her 

 husband, said, that the Roundheads Religion was the worst of all Religions, and 

 that you and I shall see the tyme, when Inch and Legge (meaning two ministers,) 

 shall bee turned out of their parsonages ; for that the said Inch preached a sar- 

 mon of thanksgiveing after Worcester fight, for the victorie obtained there ; hee 

 said further that the tyme may come that I may bee a friend to him for itt ; aud 

 that the parliment men did deserve to have their heads, some of them, cutt off. 

 Shee further informeth, that the said Doctor Dunne, att the same tyme was very 

 much offended with her, for that her husband, that had been formerly a Cavaleer, 

 was now ledd away by the said Inch his preaching ; and further shee saith not. 



" The said Doctor Donne, his brothers, and the rest of this meetinge arc by the 



