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



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further saith that the s d Lord Sands had eight Horses att the s d ffox hunting t 

 and that hee and some of the s d party staid to hnnt till Monday, the day the 

 rising was, and the same day brooke up their sporte, and roade away, and others 

 of the s d party went away the Thursday before." 



" Mr. Mumparson informeth that the lord Sands bought three or foure of the 

 s d horses of one Mr. Eoughton, att or about the same tyme, and that one of the 

 said horses was fitt for the great saddle,* and not for hunting, beeing of a very 

 great valeue." 



" Sir Tho : Moore & Mr. Deane that 

 was of the number of the said fox 

 hunters, were in the Rising att 

 Salisbury." 



" The examination of Eich. Rowe of Hornisham [Horningsham], in the county 

 of Wilts, Turner, 



" Saith, that hee was invited by Esquier Willowby of Westnowell [West 

 Knoyle] f in the s d county, to come to his house to make Trenshards [trenchers] 

 &c, about w cb worke hee was imployed for about two monthes or a quarter of a 

 yeare, before the late riseing att Salisbury, in w ch tyme, about 14 days before the 

 s d rising, hee observed a meeting of divers Gen tm att the s d Mr. Willowbys house 

 to hunt the ffox ; w ch meeting continued there for the space of a weeke, as hee 

 remembereth. Hee saith that they hunted the flox in the day tyme, & danced 

 in the night, having a fiddler w th them. Hee farther saith, that most of them 

 wore swords att the s d meeting. The names of the gen tm are as followeth : Cap* 

 Butler of Hanley [Handley] in y e county of Dorsett, & his brother ; Mr. Hollis 

 of Monckton [Monkton] in y e county of Dorsett ; Mr. Langford in the county 

 of Dorsett ; Mr. Hide of Hatch in y e county of Wilts ; Mr. Greene' Jun r of Meere 

 [Mere] in the county of Wilts in the late rebellion att Salisbury ; Mr. J ohn 

 Marvin of Pertwood in the county of Wilts ; Mr. Dorrington of East Burton in 

 the parish of Meere. Hee farther saith, that he observed the s d Cap* Butler, 

 Mr. Edw : Hide, & Mr. Will'm Stowerton, son of the Lord Stowerton [Stourton], 

 to have beene generally att the s d Mr. Willowbys house, att other tymes a little 

 before the s d hunting matche. This exam 1 farther saith, that the s d Mr. 

 Willowby bought a very lustie white stoned Horse of a greate price, w th cropt 

 eares, a month or six weeks before the rising, w ch hee heard say was to be rode 

 att the hunting match. But this exam* did not observe, that the s d horse was 

 rode by any body at the said match. This exam* further saith, that the s d Mr. 

 Willowby & his wife, w th Mr. Greene Sen r of Meere & his wife, rode upon the 

 Sabbath day to Salisbury, the day before the rising there ; hee saith further, that 

 the said Mr. Willowby was tryed for his lyfe, as beeing one of the risers att 

 Salisbury. Hee saith that the greate stoned Horse was from home during the 

 time of y e rising at Salisbury, for two or three days, and that Mr. Willowby, who 

 came home on Monday att night, the day the rising was (w th a sword by his side) 

 did not ride home on the s d horse. But y e s d horse came home the night following, 



• This must imply a charger ; although in these days hunters are more valuable than chargers. 

 + Willoughby, of West Knoyle. 



