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A76640	A true relation of a wicked plot intended and still on foot against the city of Glocester, to betray the same into the hands of the Cavaliers. Discovered by Captaine Backhouse who was wrought upon to have betrayed the same by the sollicitation of one Edward Stanford Esquire, a grand Papist but a lieut: colonell amongst the Cavaliers; and by himselfe set forth to give the Parliament and his Excellencie satisfaction and the better to vindicate his owne integrity. Together with severall letters from my Lord Digby and Sir William Vavasour to Capt. Backhouse concerning the said designe. 4. Maii. 1644. It is this day ordered by the committee of the House of Commons for printing, that this relation be printed by Edward Husbands. Jo. White.	Backhouse, Robert, d. 1645.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.; Vavasour, William, Sir, d. 1659.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1644 (1644)	Wing B265; Thomason E45_12; ESTC R2502	27,077	33

the City of Gloucester thereby occasioning the drawing down of Forces thither might give the Parliament Forces in other parts of the Kingdome the greater freedome to execute their designes with lesse opposition 6. That fair promises might allay their fury to the country till our relief came that we were able to feede them with harder meat and till winter were past that Armies were fit to march 7. That they might in the end see the cursed and shamefull fruit of such wicked inventions and their hopelesse aime to prevaile against a Citie United and attempt no more so evill 8. That the Enemy and the world may know that the Officers and Souldiers in the gar●ison of Gloucester are not so perfidious as to betray their trust to dishonour themselves to all posterity for any reward whatsoever For these and the like reasons and upon consultation had with some other of the chief Officers of the garrison who approved thereof I applyed my self to the businesse without imparting any syllable of my minde to the Messenger but by giving of this answer to Mr. Stanfords first Letter Sir I Am bold to write freely to you by this Messenger at this time I perceive your desire And I would have you know that I shall be ready to doe his Majestie whom I protest I honour with my soule all the reall service I may But there are two things that I must first propose to you and have a grant of them First sworn secrecy to as many as shall be acquainted with it and they must not be many Secondly there must be a Messenger between us that may passe to you and must not be suspected here which my friend would be if he should come often and this Messenger must know nothing of our intentions for which purpose I have sent one now under my friends protection to whom you must procure a free passe under His Majesties hand he is a fellow trusty to me and dwells in the suburbs of the Town whereby he may come home without suspicion let me heare from you now by him and where I may send to you again and once within 10. or 12. dayes you shall heare from me again before which time I shall consider more seriously of the businesse and of some more particulars then in so short time as the stay of this Messenger can be brought to any maturity Sir you know my heart and be assured I am and will be Sir your humble servant in all I may 20. Novem. 1643. Rob Backhouse Postscript As for the reward you speak of you know my estate is not great and therefore I shall desire you as my approved friend to manage it so as that I may be assured not to play an after game poorly This Letter being shewed unto the governor and other Officers privy to the businesse I sent it away to Mr. Stanford to Worcester who returned me this Letter following Dated 27. of Novem. 2. Letter GOOD Robin I received much contentment in your private Letter in the desire you expresse to serve the King which will give me meanes of doing you much good Your two requests shall be observed Secrecy and settling a safe meanes for our correspondency For the first there shall be no body acquainted with it but the best friend I have in the world my Lord Digby who you may be sure will be able to performe to you what ever you shall expect for your reward As when you shall descend to particulars of the service you will do and what you desire you shall receive an ingagement from his Lordships owne hands And therefore I pray you lose no time in proposing for the meanes of conveying our secrets do you appoint in your next Letter by this bearer the convenientest place for you and there I will have a trusty fellow lie Leager to receive your Letters and deliver you mine and be you confident upon my word and faith that you shall not faile in what shall be promised you I will expect your answer at Worcester on Wednesday and lie there on purpose to keepe a correspondence with you To this Letter was by consent as formerly returned this Ansvver Noble Sir THe reality I have ever found in you makes me the more confidently to rely upon you You writ me of your only best friend that you will solely acquaint with our intentions I conceive it must be imparted to some more for you must devise and set the way amongst your selves you know my command is of the horse by which meanes I may the more easily introduce a force without any suspicion but whence such force shall come you must direct and the Commanders of such forces must needs be acquainted with it Doe you but lay the plot and be private and if it take not one way ere long I question not but it will another but I doe adventure my life if I should be disclosed therefore I desire all secrecie And when I heare from you againe I shall returne you an answer by this bearer which I thinke will be least suspected of any if he may but come freely to you 29. Novemb. Sir Your reall Servant 3 Letter The first of Decemb. that no time might be lost I received from Worcester this 3d. Letter from the same Master Stanford DEare Robin be confident I will be as secret as you can desire and the Officers themselves shall not know the designe Now I shall desire you to propound some particulars which way you think most probable and leave us alone for the drawing downe of forces I shall expect a sudden returne of this bearer with some particulars so in hast I rest Your assured loving friend Postscript I shall desire you to propose the way it being farre easier for you to set it downe then for us to imagine it and for your conditions name them and I will undertake they shall be performed To this Letter to make them the more confident and the better to accomplish our designes this answer was given Noble Sir I Have considered of your last by which you desire my conceit in proposall of particular Propositions and of my reward to both which I shall thus propose unto you to present to more mature judgements 1 Whether I may not by drawing out my Troope in an evening as I can doe at any time meet with your forces and bring them in upon a sudden in a Moone-shine night at the Gate and so master the first Guard which may easily be done and not discerned till too late my Troope being above 60. who may be all in the reare and at your mercy though I might my selfe lead in the force which cannot give the Alarum in the night so soone as to prevent the designe 2 Whether if I perswade the Governour to draw out a strong party of foot and horse upon some designe to lye out all night eight or ten miles distant from the Garrison as I know I can doe and I my selfe stay at home in

whose absence you may safely advance in the evening to the Towne side when I can come out to you and so bring you in under colour of our owne forces 3 Whether if I find out a place slenderly guarded and somewhat easie to come in at I may not draw off the Centries upon some pretence as I can doe being known to them all and there direct your entrance 4 Whether if I send for Hay and give you notice of the very time of its comming in which must be in the night I may not after the Carts bring in some men as Carters who may have Snaphance Musquets in the Carts and some Dragoones to fall in in the very Reare of the Carts who may master the first Guards and possesse the Ordnance there and so let in both horse and foote who with such Ordnance may march through all the streets in towne These severall waies I propose for the present but I conceive that those who have been versed in the taking of Townes or are better read in surprisalls of Garrisons may make more choise of Propositions any of which if I apprehend it feazible I shall gladly undertake or render my reason of dislike if I conceive it not so But Sir I must once more conjure you by all the bonds of ancient affection that ever were between us and as you desire the progresse of the designe that you be carefull to whom you impart this great secret for if it should be known or suspected in me I shall be utterly ruined and undone This very Letter adventures my necke as for my reward I am right sensible of how great concernment the businesse is unto your side and albeit you know it is utterly against my spirit to indent before hand for my reward especially with so gallant and noble Personages yet the straites for mony that of late I have been put unto having as yet received no pay at all for my selfe from those I serve and the condition of my estate and charge considered bids me a little looke to that I was told of 5000. l. that should be given me I shall onely expect 2000. l. to be secured two or three hundred whereof I shall desire you as my friend to procure me in hand as soon as may be that thereby I may be enabled to beare up my Port and credit especially amongst all the common souldiers and under officers of the Garrison to whom I must be open handed to ingage affection that they may readily open when I call at any time Secondly to engage mine owne Troope and to bind such unto me with a silver cord as I shall find fittest for my purpose And thirdly plentifully to reward intercoursers between me and you or me and such others as you shall appoint who may execute my command upon a sudden with all celerity and fidelity These things I shall thus leave unto your consideration and mannage but assuredly know that I shall be sir your servant with all fidelity I may Robert Backhouse 7. Decemb. 1643. Postscript If you take care that the Messenger passe but safe to Tewkesbury you may send any thing by him very safely and I hope ere long you and I may meet to discourse it when all the world shall not know This Letter being sent gave Mr. Stanford such hopes of prevailing in his designe that it went to Oxford as afterwards appeared but in the interim I received this Letter from him 4th Letter ON Friday let this Messenger come to Worcester and by him you shall receive backe an answer of your particulars But by him I would have you send me word which way you would have the monies conveyed to you and I doubt not but shortly to see you a very happy man As for the summe you require Bultie A Manour neere Gloucester of his shall make it good but you may take my word for I promise you I will see it paid in ready money 12. Decemb. E. S. I doubt not but the Parliament will in time make this Gentleman to make good his promise in this Letter on the 15th of Decemb. I sent this Letter following Noble Sir I Have sent this Messenger according to your desire and shall expect to heare from you by him And whereas you desire to know how to convey any money to me this bearer is as true as steele and if he come but secure to Tewksbury there is no danger on this side he may bring any summe in Gold with ease and safety Thus in haste for present I take leave and rest Sir Your reall servant with child till I can handsomely see you R. B. To this Letter I expected a full answer and of my former but that was not fully ripened at Oxford but he returned me this answer by my messenger 5th Letter DEare Robin if you will make your selfe a fortune performe really what you have promised for others may hereafter on the same conditions be glad t● make good your offers this I doe not speake that I doubt you in any thing but you know there is no love without some jealousie as for our meeting I will no● faile for I am confident you have no plot on me But I cannot appoint it till 〈◊〉 see this bearer again which without fail must be on Tuesday next and then I my se●● will march neerer your quarters for I doe long to have businesse finished that w● may as we were once be fellow subjects merry together and by his returne you shall receive a full fatisfaction according to your own desires which I will be confident are as honest as once I found them Friday 10. of the clocke To this Letter no answer was returned but I sent my Messenger to Worcester according to his desire by whom I received these two Letters 6th Let ●… DEare Robin this inclosed I am very confident will be very satisfactory to you and let me tell you if you prove but reall in what you have promised you cannot propose to your selfe a greater happinesse then I am confident you may purchase by really performing of what you have promised On Sunday I shall desire to have an answer of this inclosed that I may as soone as it is possible effect a meeting for beleeve me it is equally wished by him that covets to be Your loving friend E. S. L. Digbyes Letter The inclosed Letter was SIr you having so farre declared your desires to serve his Majesty unto my very good friend Mr. Stanford I thinke it fit you should now receive some more authenticke assurance of his Majesties gracious acceptance thereof then perhaps you will thinke his bare ingagement to be therefore I doe here solemnly ingage any word unto you both as a Minister of State and as a Gentleman that if you shall perform faithfully what you promise there you shall punctually receive immediatly after such a pardon as your selfe shall desire and the summe of two thousand bounds As for the 300. l. which you desire in present

such a confidence I will have in your word that as soone as ever I shall have received your answer to this under your hand It shall be forthwith payed into what place soever you shall appoint or to what person As for the particular waies of effecting our designe those you propose are very rationall but the choise and disposition of that must be between you and those who are to execute it with whom if it were possible you should procure a meeting at some unsuspected place I doe propose unto you your choise of severall men and whom of them you shall like best and thinke fittest by reason of the place where his command is to him alone and no other businesse shall be imparted whether Sir William Vavasour commander in chiefe of the forces now ●n Glocestershire or Colonell Mynne commander of a Brigade of the English come out of Jreland or Colonell Washington who is at Evesham or lastly whether ●he Governour of Berkly Castle as soone as you shall sead me an answer you shall receive satisfaction from him who hopes you will so behave your selfe as to make me Your assured friend George Digby Oxford this 14th of Decemb. 1643. Thus may the world see how ignoble this Lord will ingage his honour and per●on to insinuate into his Majesties favour to ruine a Kingdome to betray a City ●nd many thousand innocent soules into mercilesse hands and to make me a man ●e never saw or he cares not whom the trayterous actor thereof well to this ●etter by consent as before was given this answer My honoured Lord I Have received your Lordships and have considered thereof And your Lordships directions suits with what I wrote unto Master Stanford in one of my late Letters to him viz. That the Commander of such Forces as are to come in must of necessity be privie to the Designe As touching the choice your Lordship proposeth to me I conceive that Sir William Vavasour will be the fittest man 1. First because he is the neerest in his command unto the businesse Colonell Mynne is twenty miles off lying then at Thornbury Colonell Washington the like then at Evesham the Governour of Berkly fifteen and of an inconsiderable strength there but Sir William Vavasours forces lye not above twelve miles distant then at Ledbury and hath strength enough of his own 2. He may best come to the Garrison undiscovered there being towards his Quarters no Suburbs or houses neer to the Town nor other out guards or smaller Garrisons in his way whereby to give any Alarum If I hear by Mr. Stanford from him when will be a fit time for him I shall upon a very few dayes notice comply with his expectation as Mr. Stanford and I shall agree upon all circumstances with whom I hope to speak ere long Thus much I thought fit to acquaint your Honour and rest 28 Decem. 1643. My Lord your Honours most humble Servant R. B. At the same time was sent to Mr. Stanford this answer to his Letter SIR SInce I received your Letter I have received a wound by a shot in my hand which hath so pestered me that I could not write unto you sooner I have written to the noble Lord Digby my opinion as by the inclosed you may perceive Sir I cannot suddenly ride far but if you please to come either to Ledbury or to Sir Iohn Winters Quarters you may then in any evening meet me in Corslane the middle way between this Garrison and Ledbury where you and I may meer and the Moon not know thereof if you so think fit and shall appoint an hour I shall not misse you a minute for into your hands I dare throw my self with freedom though I shall be loath to trust any other I know not either with my person or secret Sir as for my satisfaction I am satisfied with my Lords ingagement for the main and I shall expect the three hundred pounds promised in hand for the Reasons in my last Letter expressed to be sent me by this Bearer with whom you may in this case send a Convoy of eight or ten good horses as far as Corslane without any fear of us and then it will be sure to be safe 〈◊〉 refer the busines to your manage assuring you confidently that I am your most humble servant R. B. Postscript Sir I beseech you be carefull of these Letters and as secret as the night or I must perish miserably These two Letters being dispatcht away to Worcester they wrought according to our desires a belief and hopes of my reallity to accomplish their wicked Designe Whereupon Ianuary the second I received this Letter following from Master Stanford The seventh Letter DEar Robin I am so desirous of your good which is onely to be effected by your promises that I am a little fearfull of doing any act till it have been debated twice or thrice between us least it may hinder the good service you intend And I am confident you absolutely resolve to perform and be assured this it is not in your power to oblige them you serve to gain so much for your own advantage as you may the King by going through with this businesse nor are they in a condition thanks be to God able scarse to promise you so great rewards as here you shall assuredly receive Now dear Robin I shall tell you my minde First concerning the Moneys I conceive it most unsafe and wholly unnecessary for it is impossible he should bring it safe without a Convoy the greatest part of the way and how easie that may be discovered I leave to you to judge Secondly you cannot dispose of it to them you intended without discovery the businesse being suddenly to be executed the Moneys I have ready but I think it fitter to pay it to some friend of yours according to your directions by way of return but for fifty or one hundred pounds I think we may venture it And if it be taken you may pretend you are to send me a Coach and Horses for it Thirdly for my meeting you it will be unnecessary till Sir William Vavasour return from Bristoll with more forces Fourthly that you must appoint some other place for our meeting in regard of Sir John Winters lying at Newnham This is the opinion of him that will ever be your affectionate friend E.S. 2 Ian. 1643. To this Letter was given this answer Dear Sir I Sent on Wednesday last to you but heare is nothing of the Messenger I fear his taking which if it should be I pray your care for his inlargement You writ me that you conceive it unnecessary as yet to meet mee and the place unfit any place is indifferent to me but that place from Ledbury is an indifferent place and free from suspicion either by day or by night that therefore I shall leave to you when and where to meete I will bring no soule with me but ride without sword or Pistoll as to take the ayre let

be a dis-service to you I have quite left them unsatisfied with what I intended so that Sir Walter Pye is gone to Oxford with a great complaint but that is nothing did it not prevent your Motion So that now Sir I must intteate you to follow what you first moved that is you draw out of Town your own Troop or one more if you can a good distance from Town you having the Word may lead on the Forlorne hope and your horse may bring up the Reare the performance of this will confirme your friends in their good opinions of you and oblige me to expresse my self Tewksbury 16. Ian. 1643. Your humble Servant Will. Vavasour Thus you see how Sir William Vavasour a man of renown as Fame would render him can smoothly insinuate to promote so foule a treachery and would make me beleeve that he will rather hazard a chiding by the King and the displeasure of many other Gentlemen of worth his very friends then that any soule should be privy to so great a secret Not imagining that I well knew long before that not onely the Lord Digby Master Stanford Sir Iohn Winter Master Dutton and the whole Counsell of War at Tewksbury Nay the whole Court at Oxford were acquainted with the designe but also for so closely did they carry this businesse which was of so great consequence to them that Brittanicus hath blazoned me in Print long since for a Traitor and well he might had all that they have let fall and divulged beene really true By which passages by the way let all false hearted traytors who for base private ends would faine be tampering with the Enemie to betray their trusts take heede what they do for they cannot keepe secrets And yet they are so wise do them right as never to trust him in any Office or place of charge for them who for any respect hath been drawn to infidelity and breach of trust by them But to proceede the next day after the receipt of Sir William Vavasours Letter with whom now I must as with my Lord Digby keep correspondency I gave him this answer Sir I Am sorry to heare that our Intentions should be so frustrated especially since I had so far proceeded in mine own thoughts in the mannage thereof And I le assure you I still finde the Governour so diligent in observing the Garrison at Tewksbury that he hath given private commands to the Officers both of horse and foote to be instantly ready upon notice given of your least advance this way for which purpose he constantly day and night keepes good parties of Horse out as Scouts to bring him notice Insomuch that I feare it will be impossible for my Troop and your Forces to joyn without discovery which how dangerous that may be unto us both I leave to you to judge especially when he and all his strength be at home did not his eyes so much look upon your strength and the neerenesse of your quarters then would the proposition you now fal on be far easier effected and with much more safety For as I shall be glad to corfirme the good opinion my friends have of me in really performing what I have undertaken being confident that they will take care of me who thus often hazard my life and fortune for them so shall I be infinite loath to draw them on upon any designe that may prove prejudiciall to them the right laying of the businesse is the life thereof the miscarriage the utter destruction both of my self and many of them besides the utter losse of effecting so good and so great a businesse wherein I protest I shall thinke my self happy to sacrifice my life to accomplish the same according to my desires One mis-feazance in a businesse of this nature is never to be repaired Therefore upon the whole matter this is my Opinion that it will be most necessary that the Governour be drawn out with a good partie when the businesse is to be done I am sure this will be with more safety on your side especially if the Allarm should be suddenly taken This will searce be done unlesse w● Forces draw out of Tewksbury for the reason aforesaid which they may do towards Ledbury and be neere enough to do the businesse and so enter on the best best for us I me ne side of the Town as I have formerly written and then could I give him some private information that I have intelligence that Berkley will tender though they remove not and so draw him out in whose absence since my hand is still lame I must keepe home and then shall have absolute Command of the Horse best for Scouts and shall be able with more facility and safety to do the businesse with as much speed as you please I desire you to consider thereof for shall not be out of care till I see it perfected and that my good friends the Parliament I meane may have surther experience of my fidelity and that I may ever be 17. Ian. 1643. Your Servant R. B. Postscript Sir I beseech you be infinite carefull to whom the businesse be imparted and let me in charity before hand be-speak you that as little Towns-mens blood may be spilt in the entrie as may be it will be better drawn after where cause is This Letter wrought the end for which we sent it to draw them on at the West-gate and best gate for our advantage and to perswade them of my reallitie to them Upon receite whereof Sir William Vavasour sent me this Letter Sir William Vavasours second Letter Sir I Have Received yours and am very inclinable to your motion of drawing towards Ledbury a place more feazible for me to draw my men to then any other it being within the associated Counties the Commissioners cannot pretend against it but we must have a little patience untill the contribution monies are brought in for my men are very apt to mutinie and indeede will not march without money I shall with all possible conveniencie send to you and give you a further account of it as also that I am Sir 19. Jan. 1643. Your most affectionated Servant W. Va. After the receipt of this Letter I waited to heare from them till the fourth of Feb. at which time J received these two Letters follow Master Stanfords Letter DEAR Robin now we are come to try you and if you love your self faile not in what you have promised for if you do beleeve it you are ruined for ever And if you intend really give me notice by this bearer of all particulars concerning your Town in what condition it now stands and in so doing you will prove your self that which I ever wished you and regaine me to be Your Friend as once I was reall Edward Stanford Sir William Vavasours Letter SIr I am so confident of your reall intentions that I am willing to follow your advice as far as in me lyeth Sir William Waller is grown so strong that we

your care be to preserve me from any of your Scouts for I must ride from any two or more that I shall see but I shall be glad to see you as for the three hundred pounds you writ me word you have it Sir I must tell you that since this businesse hath been working in my head which I have pretty well perfected now I have been inforced to take up money at a hard hand to doe the things I intended And it is impossible that you can imagine the sundry waies that I have layed in my head and partly put in action to further and prepare mine owne secret intentions And truely Sir I must tell you the money is so necessary to me that n●x● unto my fidelity promise and ingagement to my Lord Digby and your selfe it is the chiefe moving wheele and if there be the least jealousie of my fidelity I shall desire you as my truest friend in the world to let me know and then I shall crave onely favour to have all papers burnt my counsells kept liberty to bewaile mine owne unhappinesse and that I may serve them and you in some other businesse of lesser trust wherein mine integrity may more appeare with lesse suspition If the summe I desire in hand be thought too great an adventure I would have you consider mine adventure the least line of any of my Letters being sufficient to have me hanged and this I have and must commit into severall mens bosomes whom I never saw but build my faith upon your judgement and integrity without any jealousie or feare which I should not doe were you not Master Stanford for that which you write of the danger in the passage how easie a matter will it be for you to command a dozen honest men to ride a long almost to Tewksbury to guard a little money that you may pretend you are sending to pay to save the forfeiture of a morgage And if you appoint but the day how easie is it to me to send my Troope to Tewksbury to meete a little money which is to be paid unto me upon a bond I le stand to the hazard on our side and I know you may secure it on yours Well I leave the businesse to your consideration but for my self I am devoted to your service whilst I am R. B. 3. Ian. 1643. About the 7. Ian. Master Stanford sent me a Message by the friend who brought the first Letter to me by word of mouth to meete him in Corselane the day following where accordingly we met my Lieutenant scouting behind me the while to prevent my own surprisall where I received 200. l. of him and his promise to discharge me of a bond of 50. l. wherein I was formerly bound to one Font a great Papist and a very friend of his At which time the Plot was layed by him Sir Will. Vavasour and others who were then lately come to Tewksbury That I should endeavour to draw the Governour out of the Garrison with a very stong party towards Berkley with assurance that the Castle should be rendred which Master Stanford told me should really be so that the gaining of Glocester might be the more facile in whose absence I must undertake to get the Gate opened and the Word delivered to them which Plot when I heard it proposed I much approved but withall I advised that the Forces might suddenly be drawn off from Tewksbury assuring him that whilst they lay there I should not be able to draw out the Governour which he promised should be done assoone as he spake with Sir William Vavasour This Plot if it had beene thus prosecuted by them had been by Gods mercy of great gaine to us For we thereupon resolved to have sent a Garrison into Berkley Castle and with silent Forces from Presbury Garrison to have possessed Tewksbury and by speedy retreating to have made that good also But it so fell out that they fell off and deserted their owne Plot as will appeare by the sequell But one thing was remarkable that at this meeting Master Stanford never so much as moved me to any asseveration of fidelity to him but desired me to send unto him within two dayes which I did as followeth Sir I Have sent according to my promise but the Governour is so intent and serious in wayring upon the Forces at Tewksbury that until they be removed it will be vaine to move him to draw out any other way but when they are Marcht a day or two I am confident that I shall perswade his march to Berkley especially if he may have any assarance of their rendring the Castle which you told me would be and which will occasion him to stay a day or two to settle the same who otherwise out of his care of Gloucester is apt and wont to make speedy retreats when he is abroad Sir if you come to Newnham towards Saturday or Sunday Sir Iohn Winter may send you in a man to me to appoint when I may meete you in Huntloys wood or on the hill beyond Huntley after you have conferred with him whose secresie I shall desire you much to engage and then I shall agree more fully with you on all Circumstances Sir I beseech you know and rest assured that I am Your most humble Servant in much care till c. 11. Ian. 1643. To which Letter I received this answer DEARE Robin the reason why you have stayed so long for an answer is this Sir William Vavasor sent to the Governour of Berkley Castle to draw out his whole Garrison which he refusing to do without the Kings or Princes speciall Command We shall now flye to one of your former propositions being confident you will not faile to make good any one of them which was that you would at any time draw out your own Troop with one more which shall be put in the Reare of our horse and your self to leade our Forlorne hope into the Town which if you will do send but this Messenger with a note to Sir William Vavasour what day you will meete him and I will not faile to be there this you must be sure to do on Wednesday next for the businesse will admit of no delay Yours E. S. 16. Ian. With this Letter I received a Letter from Sir William Vavasour as followeth Sir William Vavasours first Letter SIr I was so confident of your reallity in endeavouring to performe what you have undertaken that I immediately sent Orders to Berkley Castle to the Governor who wil not obey my orders so fully as to draw out the whole Garrison without his Majesties speciall Orders a great part he will but would have a Reason I have drawn great part of the foote towards Parshoe and endeavoured to have marched with the residue and all the horse But Sir Walter Pie and some other Commissioners were so opposite to it that unlesse they might know and approve of my designe they would not consent to it which I thought might