August 30, 1642
August 30, 1642
The story as it unfolds:

SCHOLARS CHAINED; PRAYERS REQUESTED; a SKIRMISH DESCRIBED.

From the section: Histories

In the Bishop’s palace, £1000 of plate, and gold; with twenty barrels of powder, and one hundred muskets, etc., but no Bishop Wren, the bird having flown, as Kilmister said. Four men with the plate, arms, etc, to Holyfen, to guard in the brickworks; and we rode to Cambridge, and there found Capt Cromwell, with the rest of the troop, surrounding St John’s, where a Mr Russell had been attempting to execute the King’s commission of array, that is raise a troop among the Scholars. He in a terrible manner burst into St John’s, and we took prisoners, including several doctors of divinity, and the college masters Beale (St Johns), Martin (Queens), and Stern (Jesus), and sent them in chains to London.

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From the section: Letters

Dear Mr Holyfen,

It's my great joy to report to you, sir, that myself and the nineteen other men employed by the Loomworks of Holyfen Village have after much wrestling with God, and many hours of discussion and debate, have elected to offer our services for the defense of the liberties of England and the freedom of the Gospel, to wit the troop of horse commanded by your uncle Capt Cromwell of Ely. Your brother Edmund is Lieutenant of this troop, and we are currently drilling and undertaking the study of the school of the cavalry in the country between Cambridge and Holyfen village.

Sir, we thank you for the great generosity you have shown us, and ask to be remembered in your prayers as we undertake this service.

I beg to remain your faithful servant,

Samuel Kilmister, Trooper, the Troop of Captain Cromwell

To Mr Sydney Holyfen, the Old House, near St John's Gate, London

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The Greencoats of Buckinghamshire, commanded by Colonel John Hampden of “Ship-Money” fame, routed a body of Cavalier horse two days ago on Dunsmore Heath, near Coventry.

Marching toward Coventry, the 400 musketeers and 600 pikemen of the regiment raised from Hampden’s tenants in the Aylesbury-Wendover-Tring area, encountered several troops of horse commanded by Lord Wilmot, the King’s commissary-general.

The Greencoats fired a cannon into the Royalists, which plowed a swath of destruction among the troopers and caused considerable fright among the horses. With “wonderful courage and shouts of joy” the regiment, Col. Hampden at their head, advanced; the Royalists turned and galloped north.

The troops of Parliament suffered no losses, other than one solider who fired a pistol into his boot.

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