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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75721	An account of the taking John Penruddock, Esq, Mr. Hugh Grove, and others, at Southmolton in the County of Devon, March 15. 1654. by Col. Unton Crokes troop of horse. : And the true state of the pretended articles of Mr. Penruddock, &c.		1654 (1654)	Wing A398C; ESTC R173173	2,280	1

An Account of the taking John Penruddock Esq Mr. Hugh Grove and others at Southmolton in the County of Devon March 15.1654 by Col. Vnton Crokes Troop of Horse And the true state of the pretended Articles of Mr. Penruddock c. MR. Penruddock Mr. Grove with the Commander in Chief and others had taken up their Quarters at the Falcon Inne and about ten a clock at night the Collonel possessed the Town with his Forces and divided his Souldiers to severall stations and with a party aflaulted the Falcon Inne where for a time a hot dispute was made from the House but at length they sallyed forth and skumished and cryed Quarter and some were hurt and Mr. Grove was taken prisoner and others endeavoured to escape and afterwards Mr. Penruddock upon search in the house was taken Prisoner and conveyed a Prisoner to the Guard the Collonel all this while not speaking with them Afterwards the Col. being busie in reducing the Forces in the George Inne word being brought unto him that Mr. Penruddock was taken the Col. sent for him from the Guard and told him that hee heard that hee was a Commander and wished him to use his power with them in the George to yeeld without effusion of any more blood telling him that if they would yeeld hee would give them Quarter and intercede to the Protector for their lives And soon after the Collonel and Mr. Penruddock went to the George Inne where all that Mr. Penruddock could say or do prevailed nothing they within reviling him telling him hee had betrayed them and said that they abhorred his motion and fired upon him for a farewell The Col. afterwards proceeded by force to the reducement of the Inne and sent to the Mayor of the Town for his assistance and resolved to try the utmost extremity by fire and Sword And all things were prepared and ready for execution and they from the house discharged a volley of shot which did some execution Mr. Mayor being shot in the buttocks and went home And this was all that came upon Mr. Penruddocks endeavours After some farther procedure made by the Col. They in the George Inne being reduced to all extremity they in the Inne desired a parley and that granted they desired Life Liberty and Estate and to keep their monies The Col. answered that those conditions were Paramount his power but that if they would immediately yeeld themselves prisoners and come forth in the street he would so intercede to the Protector that they should not bee injured by any power under Heaven either in Life Liberty or Estate Here were the only conditions and made with those in the George Inne only nothing at all relating to Mr. Penruddock or Mr. Grove who were prisoners long before Hereupon 5. persons viz. Mr. Wake two of the Mr. Colliers and two others came out of the George to the Col. and undertooke that 28. men horse and armes would immediately follow them and so many in the George should be delivered up and the Col. appointing some of his own men to take an account of the men at the door the 5. persons only came forth the rest came not to the Col. to the door but took an opportunity and escaped out at the back doores or hid themselves in hay mowes or other places The Collonel thus abused and so free of all treaty and yet conceiving and finding those 5. persons to bee men of worth and valour would not take any advantage against them but continued his resolution to intercede to the Protector for them which hee did as effectually as hee could and saved their Lives and Estates although they were condemned unto death the Col. using his utmost endeavours to have had them set at Liberty also but could not prevail although his Importunities were great and many on their behalf as is evident and known When Mr. Penruddock heard of this success at the George Inne and that the Collonel had promised to intercede for the Lives of those 5. Gentlemen Hee told the Col. that hee ought to be included because hee had used his endeavour to reduce them although it took no effect The Col. replied that there were no Articles given only a promise to intercede for those 5 persons and that as for the rest in the Inne after the said 5 persons came out they would not stay the result but had made their escape and left the said 5 persons to mercy Mr. Penruddock insisted still to have had formal Articles made in writing for his own advantage after hee was a Prisoner never pretending to any before or to any afterwards but for using his endeavour to perswade the said surrender which took no effect And yet the Col. used all the means hee could to have saved his Life also as a Gent. of great hopes and fortune But could never bee drawne by him to betray his trust though tempted with 500. 1. then with a 1000. 1. then with his whole Estate too mean considerations to weigh down truth and honesty And whereas it hath been by some alleaged that the Collonel should say to some of the Prisoners that if their General Wagstaffe had been there hee should have been used as they were but that now hee was likely to fare worse It was spoken only to this purpose that had hee been with them hee should have had air Quarter as a souldier but being escaped hee might bee abused or miscarry by other hands And whereas also it hath been reported that the Protector should say that had the Col. gave Articles hee would have allowed them The Protector never said any such thing to the Col. but on the contrary wrote under his hand that hee would not spare Mr. Penruddock upon any consideration whatsoever But a ful discovery of the whole design These things the Col. can make appear by the intercourse of Letters betwixt the Protector Mr. Penruddock and himself and by sufficient witnesses and Appeals to the Honorable Lords whether these Interloquatory passages in furore belli and dark night can in the least amount to Articles or whether upon these surmises the Col. ought in the least to bee clouded or blemished Hee protesting in the sight of God that he never signed or sealed any Articles whatsoever or ever made any promise than as to those 5. persons as aforesaid A more full and exact account of all that passed hee hopes shortly to present to the view of the world for the full cleering of his injured innocence if hee may bee so permitted to do