Were the iirft local catalogues publifhed in 
England, He foon after acquired great credit 
by his new edition and emendation of Ge- 
rard's Herbal/' 
In the civil wars, his zeal for the royal 
caufe led him into the army, in which h@ 
greatly diflinguiflied himfelf ; and the uni- 
verfity of Oxford^ in confideration of his 
merit and learning, added to that of his 
loyalty, conferred upon him the degree of 
dodor of phyfic. May 9, 1643. 
In the army, he had the rank of lleute-. 
nant colonel to Sir Marmaduke Rawdon^ 
governor of Bajiughonfe, Mr. Granger in- 
forms us, that he fet fire to the Grange, 
near that fortrefs, which confifted of 
twenty houfes^ and killed and burnt about 
three hundred of Sir William Waller s 
" men, wounded five hundred more, and 
took arms, ammunition, and provifions 
*^ from the enemy." Wood adds, that 
*^ going v/ith a party on the 14th of Sep- 
tember, 1 644, to fuccour certain of the 
forces belonging to that houfe, which 
went to the town of Bajing to fetch pro- 
vilions thence, but beaten back by the 
\ enemy. 
