266 NOTES TO THE LETTERS. P. 203. Ihard from Loundoan that you, with Sir Arter Hasellrike, left Loundoun on Friday was senight, and that your intentions ware to hast to Sir William Waller. -Ed- ward Harley now enters upon his military services. Lady Brilliana hears of his safe ar- rival with Sir William Waller, where, says she, "the Lord of heaven and earth bless you and presarue you. My hart is with you, and I know you beleeue it, for my life is bound up with yours." P. 204. I an very sorry that my brother has down what he has.--" 10 June, 1643. The Earl of Portland and Lord Viscount Conway, being accused by the Commons of being concerned in Edmund Waller's plot, were sequestered from the Lords, and committed, the one to the custody of the Lord Mayor and the other to one of the sheriffs, but their lands and goods not to be seized on till upon trial it appeared they were guilty. Not being proved, they were soon discharged." Cobbett's Parl. Hist. vol. iii. p. 131. P. 205. All Lancaschere is cleered, only Latham howes. My Lord of Darby has left that county,which they take ill.-Lord Derby about this time wasordered off to the defence of the Isle of Man, leaving Lady Derby in the possession of Latham House, now threatened by the Parliament army. The siege of Latham House commenced in February, 1643 -4. The Journal of this memorable siege has been several times printed from a MS. in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P. 206. I acknowledge the greate mercy ofmy God that He presarued you in so sharp a fight when your hors was killed. 11 July, 1643. -This was probably in Edward Harley's first conflict, which must have been that which took place at Lansdownon the 5th July, 1643, between Sir William Waller and Prince Maurice and Sir Ralph Hopton. P. 207. Sir William Vavasor has left Mr. Lingen with the soulders. 25 Aug. 1643.- " Friday, August 11th. The Welsh forces, under Sir William Vavasor, advanced to the Wineyard, where after two houres solemnity they with great valour tooke it, nobody being there to make a shot against them." Dorney's briefe and exact relation of the most ma- teriall and remarkeable passages that hapned in the late well-formed (and as valiently defended) seige laid before the city of Gloucester. Bib. Gloucesteriensis, p. 212. 209. There are some souldiers come to Lemster and three troopes of hors to Hearifordwith Sir William Vavasor, and they say they meane to visit Brompton again.-LadyBrilliana's troubles at Brampton began in the spring of 1642. In the absence of Sir Robert Harley, then engaged busily in Parliament, she had the anxiety of the management of his country affairs upon her mind. The payment of certain rents and charges upon his estate, as stated in page 229, due to the King, had been enforced in April of this year. The calling out of the militia by the Parliament, and issuing of the commission of array by the King, brought matters to their ripeness, and made it necessary that every man should now select his ground. Herefordshire stood well affected to the King ; Sir William Croft and others
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