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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1232/O/30
TitleAnswer to the additional articles exhibited against Major Thomas Sanders: (a) He had a commission from Gell but does not know what validity it had - he raised 200 foot in a few months - the posting to Burton was probably done to put him in danger of ruin for the foot were of his own raising and the gun belonged to the State - Richard Houghton procured a commission as Colonel in Staffordshire and made Sanders his Lt. Colonel, Gell having thrust him out of the county - Sanders and Houghton kept the Burton garrison by authority from the Staffordshire Committee until the Queen's army took it by force (in the summer of 1643) (b) He sent messuages and letters from Derby to Gen. Hastings on matters of public concern and Sir John Gell know of this - he sent letters on private concerns to Hastings only twice (c) When his body of horse was gone, he left with 30-40 only on the north side of Newark - two messengers were sent from the body desiring him to provide for his own safety - he then retreated with Major Molanus wherein he is sure he was in no way perfidious (d) He has led up his horse himself against the enemy at no time neglected to do his duty as a commander (e) He received divers sums of money from several persons for the public service, whereto he was enabled by an order of the Commons - it has been disbursed in the public service (f) He never took any horses from any well affected persons or others (g) Many of the Captains of his regiment of horse were constituted by virtue of a commission from the Lord General (Essex) with the power of constituting officers, to which power Gell consented-the Captains have petitioned that Sanders alone be their colonel but he has by no means drawn them to that petition (h) He denies this absolutely (i) By agreement with Gell, Sanders was to have power to command the regiment as well as to constitute officers Gell to have the title colonel and to command his own troop only - he observed all Gell's reasonable desires - he never dissuaded the officers and soldiers from obeying Gell, Mar 1644/5
Date1645
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorThomas Sanders of Little Ireton (1610-1695), Parliamentarian soldier
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