274 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Capt.-Lieuts. Bartholomew Henderson, James Moore; Lieuts. 
Philip Beaumont, Thomas Stayner, — Chaffin. Officers of the 
horse—Philip Francis, John White, Richard Evins, Arthur Gay, 
Richard Burthogg, Henry Hatsell. Captains of the town—Ellis 
Grimes or Crymes, Philip Crocker, Robert Harvie, Christopher 
Martin ; Christopher Crocker, Captain-Lieutenant. 
It must have been about this time that Wardlaw ceased to. be 
active governor. He was succeeded by Gould. A letter from 
Wardlaw was read to the House of Commons on September 4th, 
1644, in' which it is stated that he had become incapacitated for 
service by infirmities incurred in the discharge of his duty.* 
The town had a month’s peace ; but peace did not mean idleness. 
The breathing time was employed in strengthening and repairing 
the old fortifications, and in adding new ones. Not only were the 
enemy’s redoubts and batteries slighted, but the hedges imme- 
diately contiguous to the outworks destroyed. This was more 
important than making sallies. Besides, the soldiers sorely wanted 
rest ; for it had been a common thing for them to endure six or 
seven nights’ duty without relief. 
The month’s peace consisted only in living free from actual 
assault. Mount Stamford daily favoured the town with some 
great shot, but they did little damage. Hostilities in the field 
were renewed on the 26th of January, when the Cavaliers at 
Plympton and Buckland fell upon some scattered parties of the 
garrison. Major Halsey, with the Roundhead horse, pursued and 
attacked the enemy at Tamerton. In February and March there 
were various sallies, which inflicted considerable annoyance on the 
besiegers, but had no effective result. 
In one of these, Col. Digby was placed hors de combat, receiving 
a rapier wound in the eye, from which he never properly recovered.t 
The conduct of the Siege thus fell into the hands of Sir Richard 
Grenville, of whom more anon. 
_ A little later death deprived the garrison of its commander, Col. 
William Gould, who held also the office of High Sheriff of Devon 
under the Parliament. The decease of this ‘noble and valiant 
gentleman” was improved by Stephen Midhope, one of the chap- 
lains of the garrison, who, when publishing the sermon, dedicated 
* State Paper Office. Domestic State Papers for that year. 
+ CLARENDON, vol.‘ii. p. 806. 
