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A SECOND LETTER TO His Highneſs THE LORD PROTECTOR From Captain UNTON CROOKE, Signifying the totall Defeat of the Cavaliers in the Weſt, under the Command of Sir JOSEPH WAGSTAFFE.

Publiſhed by His Highneſs ſpecial Commandment.

LONDON, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highneſs, 1654.

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A SECOND LETTER TO His Highneſs THE LORD PROTECTOR Signifying the totall Defeat of the Cavaliers in the Weſt, under the Command of Sir Joſeph Wagſtaff.

May it pleaſe Your Highneſs,

I gave your Highneſs laſt night an account how far I had purſu­ed the Enemy that came out of2 Wiltſhire into Devon; I ſent your Highneſs the numbers of them, which I conceived to be two hun­dred; It pleaſed my good God ſo to ſtrengthen & direct me, that al­though I had none but my own Troop which was not 60. that about ten a clock at night I fell into their quar­ters at a Town called South Molton, in the County of Devon; I took, af­ter four hours diſpute with them in the Town, ſome 60. Priſoners, neer one hundred forty horſe and arms. Wagſtaff himſelf eſcaped, and I can­not yet find him, although I am ſtill ſending after him; this party of them was divided into three Troops, Co­lonel Penruddock commanded one of them, and was to make it a Re­giment, Colonel Groves command­ed another, and was to compleat it3 to a Regiment, Col. Jones the third and was to do the like; theſe 3. Gen­tlemen are of VViltſhire, and men of Eſtates. One of Sir Edward Clarks Sons was with them, he was to be Major to Penruddock, the Priſoners tell me that we killed him.

I have brought all the Priſoners to Exon, and have delivered them over to the High Sheriff, who has put them into the High Gaol. Your Highneſs may be confident this Party is totally broken, there is not four men in a Company got away; the Country ſurprize ſome of them hourly, the Maior of South Moulton, being with me in the Streets was ſhot in the bo­dy, but like to do well.

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I have nine or ten of my Troop wounded, I remain, Your Highneſs moſt Obedient Servant, UNTON CROOK.
ExonMar. 16. 1654.

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TextA second letter to his highness the Lord Protector from Captain Unton Crooke, signifying the totall defeat of the Cavaliers in the west, under the command of Sir Joseph Wagstaffe. Published by his highness special commandment.
AuthorCroke, Unton..
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Edition1655
SeriesEarly English books online text creation partnership.
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Bibliographic informationA second letter to his highness the Lord Protector from Captain Unton Crooke, signifying the totall defeat of the Cavaliers in the west, under the command of Sir Joseph Wagstaffe. Published by his highness special commandment. Croke, Unton.. [2], 4, [2] p. Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, printers to his highness,London, :1654. [i.e. 1655]. (Last leaf is blank.) (Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 20th".) (Reproduction of the original in the British Library.)
Languageeng
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  • Wagstaffe, Joseph, -- Sir.
  • Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.

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