272 



Records of the Rising in the West, A.D. 1655. 



William Strode, of Win canton, in the county of Somerset, gent. Acquitted by 



verdict of the petty jury. 



On the third indictment. 

 Henry Collyer, of Staple Langford, in the County of Wilts, gent. Confessed 



the fact upon his arraignment. 

 William Wake, late of Blandford, in Dorsetshire, gent. Confessed the fact 



upon his arraignment. 

 Christopher Havilend, late of Langton, in the County of Dorset, labourer. 



Confessed the fact upon his arraignment. 

 Hans Stiver, late of New Sarum, in the County of Wilts, gent. Found guilty 



by verdict of the petty jury. 

 James Horsington, alias Huish, late of New Sarum, gent. Found guilty by 



verdict of the petty jury. 

 John Giles, alias Hobbs, late of New Sarum, yeoman. Found guilty by verdict 



of the petty jury. 



Abraham Wilson, late of the same, cutler. Found guilty by verdict of the 

 petty jury. 



Joseph Collier, late of Steeple Langford, gent. Confessed the fact upon his 

 arraignment. 



Richard Browne. Found guilty by verdict of the petty jury. 



Nicholas Brodgate, late of Blandford Forum, yeoman. Acquitted by the petty 



j^y. 



Marcellus Rivers, late of Bensted, in the County of Southampton, gent. The 

 grand jury did not find the bill against him. 

 26 prisoners condemned. 

 3 acquitted. 



1 ignoramus by the grand jury, viz., Rivers. 



On comparing this list with that furnished to the Government by 

 Disbrowe, 1 we find that not a third of the 109 persons then in 

 custody were brought to trial at this assize ; supposing the above 

 to be perfect, as it apparently is. In the second indictment 

 William Jenkins, of Fordingbridge, in Hampshire, gent., is a fresh 

 name. In the third indictment Nicholas Brodgate, yeoman, may 

 be the same person as u Richard " the husbandman, and Marcellus 

 Rivers, of Benstead, as " Joseph " of that ilk in the first catalogue. 

 Of the last individual we shall have somewhat to say bye and bye. 



Somewhat of what happened at Exeter we glean from the Attorney- 

 General's letter to Thurloe written on the Saturday (April 21st) : — - 

 " Sir, 



I have not of late received any directions from you concerninge oure 

 prisoners, which hath beene much expected by my selfe and the judges, in 

 answere to what I wrote you from Salisburie and Dorchester. I have forborne 



1 See p. 139, sup. 



