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The Royalist Rising in 1655. 



and whether Mr. Willowby and his wife rode him to Salisbury hee knoweth not. 

 This examt further saith that hee was invited by Mr. Willowby to come to his 

 house the evening before the rising att Salisbury, beeing the Sabbath day, upon 

 pretence to goe w th him to looke upon trensher worke early ye next morning? 

 some twelve miles off. And this exam 1 coming accordingly, Mr. Willowby was 

 goone to Salisbury two hours before hee came, whereupon this exam* sett up his 

 horse in the stable ; and the same night the groome runned away w th this exam t8 

 horse, after his M r to Salisbury. Hee saith further that the s d groom came home 

 on Tusday night, w th out this exam ts horse, and soe sone as he came home, hee 

 went away, and has not been herd of since, and farther this exam* saith not, 

 but to the truth herof hee setteth his hand, the ninth day of July 1655 



" The marke of Bichaed Kowe." 



" This examination was taken 

 before \_blan¥\ " 



" Ffarmer King of Maidenbradley informeth beeing att the tryall of the 

 prisoners at Sarum ; that one Arthur Elmes, one of the risers party, swore to the 

 Grand Jury, that the above s d Mr. Willowby was att Blandford amongst the 

 Cavaleres, whereupon the Grand jury found the bill, but the s d Elmes not coming 

 in to the petty Jurie, hee was quitt by proclamation, and is no we att libertie." 



" The information of James Heelye of Sarum in the countie of Wilts, saith, 

 that on the 12th of March laste, beinge the daye that the rising was at Sarum, 

 there were seene at Mr. Bucklands of Standidge [Standlinch] in the said countie, 

 some ten horsemen togeather in a partie, with swordes by their sides, amonge 

 w ch were S r William Courtneye, S r Charles Blunte, S r Alexander Carre, and one 

 Mr.Eallie of Douneton [Downton] ; this being according to the relation of a justice 

 of the peace of the said countie. Witnesse my hande the 17th of Julye 1655 

 " (Signed) Ja : Hely " * 



" These were all papistes, 

 and the parties at whose 

 bowse these were seen, were 

 of the same religion." 



[Bawl. MS., A. 28,/. 280—296; Bill. Bodl.~] 



* One of Cromwell's Commissioners for the County of Wilts. See his letters to Cromwell, 

 375, 376, vol. xviii. 



