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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1232/O/77
TitleExamination of John Ward, soldier in Colonel Thornehaugh's troop, taken before Major Thomas Sanders Captain George Palmer and other officers of Colonel Thornehaugh's regiment at Stratford on Avon
Date19 Apr 1648
DescriptionBeing in the White Lion in Stratford on 18 inst., he enquired of a gentleman who called himself Captain Thomas whither he was going - Thomas answered Ireland and Ward said he would go with him if he could have accommodation - Thomas said that accommodation there was very small but the Colonel would give him better satisfaction - Thomas said that Parliament was all faulty and any honest men were as bad as the rest because they were silent. - Parliament had sat for 2 years and had done nothing - they had purged out better than they had left in - examination of John Simpson, soldier in Captain George Palmer's troop - being likewise in the company of the said Thomas, he heard Thomas question what Parliament had done for two years - all save 6 were self-seeking men - Parliament had refused the widows' petition but the same day dealt themselves £50,000
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorThomas Sanders of Little Ireton (1610-1695), Parliamentarian soldier
FormatDocument
TermEnglish Civil Wars (1642-1651)
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