157 tl.cy presently went to Topladi e's house, who had betrey'd the towne, and plunder' cl it and some others, while the governor's souldiers were busic in clearing the towne of the encmic. vVhen they had clone this, the goveri1or clicl what he could to restrcine the plunder; but the truth is, Gell's men were nimble youths at that workc, ye tt there was not very much mischi ef clone by them. 'I'op ladic's house fared the worst, but his neighbours saved much of his ·goods; he himselfc, with severall other townsmen and countriemen, who had bene Yery active against the well-afrcc ted, at this time were brought up prisoners to the castle. There were not above five-and-twenty of the Newark souldiers taken; how many were slaine at their going of and during the time of their stay we could not certeinely tell, because they had meanes of carrying the111 of by the bridge, where they left Capta ine Hacker governor " of their new fort with fourscore men. Their pri>oncrs and plunder they sen t away in boates to Newark; maqy of the townsmen went with them, carrying away not only their ownc, but their neighbours' goods, and much more had bene carri ed away, but that the unexpected sa lly af the castle prevented them. Dr. Plurnptre, one of the committee of Nottingham, whom they found priwner at the marshall's hous e in the towne, and 1·eleas"cl, went out of towne with them. This man, when he had provok'cl the gm·ernor to strike him, upon his mallitious and uncivill raylings against him for the respect he shew'd to the godly men of the towne, had retir'd to the house of a malli gnant gentleman, in arms agai nst the parliamen t, had receiv'd a protection fi·om the governor of Newark, and had di1'ers meetings with the Newark "The brother of Colonel Hacker, who was tried, condemned, and executed, for attending the execution of Charl es the l<'irst. Thi s brother, who served the king dnring the whole war with great zeal, could not obtain the pardon of Co l. Hacker, nor prevent the confiscati9n of his family estate, which was granted to the Duke of York, the king's brother, from whom he was obliged _to rans01n it at a high rate: it lay at Colston Basset, joining to Owthorpe.
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