By W. W. Ravenhitt, Usq. 145 

 Returning to the Council Order Book : — 



" March 26th. Lord President Lambert, Sir Charles Wolsely, Sir GL Pick- 

 ering, Colonel Fynes, Mr. Strickland, Major-General Skippon, Colonel Montague, 

 M r . Rous, present. 



Ordered. That thanks be given to the Lord Mayor and Commissioners of 

 the Militia of London. 



That Baron Nichols (Nicholas) and Mr. Solicitor General (Ellis) doe presently 

 repaire thither and that letters be sent to them in that behalf." 



On the same day another entry was made in the Draft Order Book. 



" March 26th. Ordered that Mr. Roger Hill and Mr. Richard Graves be sent 

 down to [the] West, instead of Mr. John Saddler, to assist Mr. Attorney- 

 General [Prideaux] for preparing what is necessary for the tryall of those lately 

 taken for rebellion. Notice to be sent to them. [Marginal note : " not: sent 

 27th."] 



April 3rd. Ordered that the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer shall 

 appoynt the sittings to begin at Sarum, Wednesday, April 11th ; Exon, Wed- 

 nesday, April 18th; and Chard, Monday, April 23rd. [There is a marginal 

 note which I cannot decipher, possibly meaning the day might be deterred till 

 the2oth.]* 



Same date. Warrant for payment of £300 to such person as should be ap- 

 pointed to officiate as steward for incurring the expenses of the commission of 

 Oyer and Terminer in the Western Counties, and that Mr. Nicholas Bond be 

 appointed and desired to undertake that service. 



April 4th. Mr. Bond pleading ill health. Mr. Holway Cynydoth, formerly 

 appointed to the Northern Counties appointed instead. 



£200 granted to the Northern Counties circuit." f 



Now as Mr. Secretary Thurloe assisted the committee of the 

 Council in their arrangements, he would be able to give them the 

 following information' from notes taken in his usual methodical 

 style, from the lips of the first prisoners who arrived in London. 1 



" Collier. J That he saw Mr. St. Loe between Blandford and Evill [Yeovil], 

 who boasted he had 40 men for them. 

 Willis of Salisburye, an inkeeper. 



* There appears to have been no assizes in Dorset or Cornwall that spring, as there is no provision 

 made for them in this order ; and it is clear from Thurloe that thougMsome of these Commissioners 

 and the Atorncy-Gencral went to Dorchester, it was merely to rest there for the Sunday, en route to 

 Exeter. From the latter place they went to Chard, and thence hack to London. The days appointed 

 for the original spring circuit, which was interrupted at Salisbury, were: Hants, March 8th, 

 Winchester Castle; Wilts, March 12th, New Sarum; Dorset, March 15th, Dorchester; Cornwall, 

 March 21st, Launccston; Devonshire, March 2(ith, Exccster Castle; Somersetshire, April 2nd, 

 Taunton. Perfect Account, February 14th, to February 21st, 1G55. 



t Record Office Papers. Domestic Interregnum. % 3 Th., 3G5. 



1 3 Th., 285. 



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